Pep rally with Fox 2 gets students pumped for first football game

Approximately 700 students fill gymnasium to get pumped for start of fall sports season.

Jerianne Harrison and Lauren Nosal

Students crowded into the main gymnasium at 6 a.m. for the chance to display their school spirit for the St. Louis area to see on Friday morning.

Activities director Scott Harris invited Fox 2’s Pep Zone to campus and the news channel was greeted by approximately 700 students who came to watch contests, see six teachers and administrators get soaked in the ice bucket challenge and show off their Spartan pride ahead of the football team’s opening game at 7:30 p.m tonight.