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On Tuesday, November 22nd, all four grades of FTHS gathered in the gym to compete in the annual Battle of the Classes. The teams were ready and so was the crowd. The seniors were already in the lead after the costume contest, homecoming dance and Find the Patriot.

At exactly 6:30 at night, Mr. Giblin staring announcing the teams. First the freshmen, then the sophomores, then the juniors, and finally, the seniors. All of the grades screamed their heads off routing for their teammates.

Here are the results of the events:
-Egg toss: Tie- Seniors and Juniors
-Chicken in the Hen house: Seniors
-Junkyard Relay: Sophomores
-Finding your Pair event: Sophomores
-Tug of War: Girls: Freshmen vs. Seniors- Fresh
-Sophomores vs Juniors- Juniors
-Juniors vs Seniors: Juniors
-Boys: Seniors vs Freshmen- seniors
-Juniors vs Sophomores- Juniors
-Juniors vs Seniors- Juniors
-Balloon Pop: Seniors
-Lip Sync: Seniors

The overall winners of the night: THE SENIORS #ourbigex17

After all of the excitement, the Patriot Press got to interview some team members from the freshmen team, junior team and senior team.

Halle Bascone from the freshmen team reflected on what it was like to compete in her first BOTC. “It was an amazing experience, we built such a great bond and they’re like a second family.”

Matt Madonna said, “The roar of the crowd got me hype,” when talking about his grade routing for him while he was the star of the dance.

Finally, from the freshmen team, Melanie Amoroso said, “It was one of my greatest high school experiences so far and it was nice to get so close with the team.”

Gianna Micalizzi from the junior team said, “The competition was hard this year, but we tried our best and put all our time into BOTC. Even though we got third place, we’re still proud of ourselves.” Also, the rest of the junior team wanted to add that they felt that some of the younger teams did not have some good sportsmanship, but they are still happy to have competed.

Finally, from the winning senior team, Nick Coluccio said, “It was great to win, but overall the night was a lot of fun and memories were made. That’s what it’s all about.”

Congratulations to the seniors on a great win!