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HOB hosts Cape Pep Rally

Carson Kammerer, right, pounds out the pin of Holt Baker by H.O.B. student Leovic Bosque during the wrestling demonstration at the pep rally Feb. 7. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
February 12, 2020

A diverse group of Cape Henlopen High School students visited H.O. Brittingham Elementary Feb. 7 for an action-packed pep rally, entertaining students with music, cheers, athleticism and smiles.

The high school students were looked to as leaders by the young students, and the elementary kids were not disappointed as the teens showed the future of Cape their skills and talents.

Cape High was represented by the chorus, dance team, cheerleaders, drum line, and basketball and wrestling squads. H.O.B. students watched and participated in a variety of events. Some lucky students were chosen to dance, cheer, play drums, grapple with wrestlers and shoot some buckets with the basketball team.

“The collaboration between H.O.B. and Cape Henlopen High School is one built on community and pride,” said Cape teacher and organizer Patrick Kilby. “Both school administrations are amazing in that we are able to foster relationships between the elementary school kids and high school kids. Not only are we building relationships, but we are able to bring Cape Henlopen High School students who attended H.O.B. back to see their former teachers and to show the youngsters the many opportunities that lie ahead of them at the high school. Most of all, the H.O.B. students are able to build on their already outstanding level of school spirit, and take time away from the classroom to share in a school-wide initiative to build and support a positive atmosphere that the H.O.B. administration and teachers foster every day.”

“I love it,” said H.O.B. first-grader Swayzee Weatherspoon. “I liked the music and cheerleaders, but I think the basketball was my favorite. I want to play basketball when I get to Cape.”

 

H.O.B. students and staff receive high fives from the Cape students as they enter the pep rally.
Pep rally emcee Patrick Kilby lifts the hand of H.O.B. student Cash Hunter after his pin on Cape cheerleader and wrestler Bryan Garcia.
H.O.B. student Tristan Willey slams a dunk with the help of varsity player Sh'Kai Chandler.
Charlotte Maldonado, center, has a big smile during the pep rally.
Cape dance team member Sarah Metler, left, teaches student Ashley Preston.
H.O.B. student Benjamin Gump shows his support for the Cape students.
Cairi Lehrer, center, is interested in the pep rally drum line.
Staff member Marci Engel, right, rocks out with student Kaleela Lee.
H.O.B. student Nahomi Guillen-Sacramento learns a stunt from the Cape cheerleaders.
Kaimara Toppin learns a stunt from the Cape cheerleaders.
H.O.B. second-graders enjoy the basketball demonstration.
Cape chorale members (l-r) Alexis Barker, Sanchez Raymond, Albert Baltazar-Gomez and Hylea Lisenby get the H.O.B. students singing with Lil Nas X’s hit “Old Town Road.”
H.O.B. students (l-r) Ma’Rah White, Ashley Preston, Joelle Stephens and Mila Booth get cheerleader instruction from Sarah Metler and the varsity squad.
Jace Weatherspoon, left, and Brendon Sivels enjoy the wrestling demonstration.
Cape varsity standout Sh'Kai Chandler slams a dunk for the H.O.B. students.
H.O.B. students (l-r) England Snead, Isaac Lopez-Estrada and Cash Parker assist Cape color guard members Dane Reyes, Bryan Ramirez, Leslie Reyna and Diego Reyna.
Pep rally emcee Patrick Kilby gets the students excited for the event.
Cape’s Emma Judd demonstrates a cheer to (l-r) Sakaah Williams, Maren Edwards, Selma Kingsberry and Kaimara Toppin.
Cape cheerleader and JV state champion wrestler Bryan Garcia, left, gets taken down by H.O.B. student Cash Hunter.
Cape drum corps member Jeane Clark, right, gives H.O.B. student Swayzee Weatherspoon a try to hold down a beat.
Cape dance team member Marina Santini, right, shows a move to student Mila Booth.
Cape cheerleader Lauren Pribulick hands out some free Cape stuff to the students.
Former H.O.B. student and Cape dance team member Abeygail Evans, center, leads a group with teammates Hope Cordner and Molly Lingo.
H.O.B. student Jaelyn Morales Cervantes, center, dances to “Old Town Road.”

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