With all the success Dartmouth High School's sports teams have had this season, it would've been a shame not to have a pep rally to celebrate.

Dartmouth enjoyed their first pep rally last fall, and students loved it so much that they brought that energy back on Friday, Feb. 26 for a winter sports pep rally.

“You’ve earned your winter pep rally through positive behavior,” Dartmouth High Principal John Gould said as students filed in.

Hockey, basketball, cheerleading and track were some of the sports to be commended for their excellence this season.

Each team’s coach honored their players, reminding the students of how much they have to be proud of. With boys basketball and ice hockey having won the Old Colony League titles—ice hockey for the first time in Dartmouth High history—and several others following closely behind, Dartmouth certainly earned their winter pep rally.

“One word that describes us [is] ‘team,’” said ice hockey assistant coach Bryan Arruda. “The other—‘undefeated.’”

Athletic director Jeff Caron also congratulated the football team for their Super Bowl win last November.

Varsity volleyball coach Rachel Lassey was also honored for qualifying for the National Positive Coaching Alliance’s award.

The teams then individually filed onto the court, commending their fellow athletes for their success throughout the season. On the track team, senior Skylar Barthelmes qualified in shotput for the New England Track and Field Championships, and Nationals where she will be competing in the spring.

“Dartmouth stands apart from other communities, not just through play but the lessons you can apply to your life,” Gould said.

The rally was embellished by a special performance from the cheerleaders, as well as some members of the basketball team, decked in cheerleader outfits of their own. They bumbled along with the cheerleaders’ performance, inciting laughter from the crowd.

But will they have another in the spring? Gould rallied the students at the close of the event, inciting them into cheering “Go big green!” loud enough to earn their third rally.