Preview: What to expect from Break the Record Night

By Nick Juanitas,

            On Feb. 1, over a thousand Davis High students will flock to the North Gym to attend Break the Record Night. Student Government will be attempting to break the previous record of 1136 students.

Student Government has formed a committee led by junior Ahmani Jones in order to plan events for before and during the game. The committee hopes to organize a successful Break the Record Night with no disciplinary problems, during which the record gets broken.

Senior Rachel Smith, who is on the planning committee, believes that Student Government has enough events planned to make Break the Record Night a memorable one.

“During the game there will be a halftime show as well as a prize wheel. Before the game there will most likely be a swag station where you can make signs and posters and pick up newspapers to hold up before the game,” Smith said.

Halftime shows and pre-game activities are usually put on before the game to attract more fans and to make the atmosphere wilder, but this year Student Government is planning a few new activities to attract even more fans.

“The only thing this year that we’re trying to start is ‘silent night’ which is where the whole crowd is quiet till the tenth point is scored and then everyone goes wild. Also, we’re having personalized water bottles to hand out to the crowd,” senior Gaby Gutierrez said.

Senior varsity basketball player James Killkenny believes that the enthusiastic crowd leads to the team playing better.

“I love how much stud gov hypes the game because it fills the stands and gives the team a lot of extra energy,” Killkenny said.

Every year Student Government attempts to bring more people out to the game to build school spirit and create a fun atmosphere. Smith believes that people keep coming year after year because of the reputation of the game.

“I think it’s the reputation it has, just like Homecoming or Prom or Mr. Blue Devil, someone once decided it was amazing so then everyone else decided it was amazing and a must-go-to event. Then with people wanting to go, we put in more effort so more people would come,” Smith said. “And who doesn’t want to say they broke a record?”