Blue victorious at 100th Red and Blue

Blue celebrated its victory at the 100th Red and Blue.

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Even though Blue won, Lizzie Hefner and Grace Horcher celebrated together after the results were announced.

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Blue’s impressive tumbling skills won the team the event.

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Red put on a fantastic tumbling display.

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Red’s tug-of-war team put in a valiant effort, but lost to Blue.

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Blue continued a streak of Saturday night wins by beating Red at tug-of-war.

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Blue captains Sara Richman, left, and Bridget Leake paraded their team’s emblem around the SSHS gym.

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Red Captains Kelsey Schuermann, left, and Haley McDonald showed of the Red Team’s emblem, which was judged to be the best.

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Red and Blue Organizer Meaghan Healey was honored by both teams for her 20 years of running the event. This year was her last year as the lead of Red and Blue.

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The Blue Team sang its friendship song for Red.

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The Red Team wowed the audience with its marching song.

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After weeks of preparation and three days of fierce competition, the 100th Red and Blue ended with a solid victory for the Blue Team.

Both teams marked the occasion in their themes for the event: “Back to the Big DeBLUE” and “Who’s RED-y for a Comeback?!” Everything the teams created revolved around those themes. All of the skits and songs were about traveling back in time to see what it was like at the first Red and Blue — the Blue Team did it via time machine, while the Red Team scoured old yearbooks.

In addition to being the 100th anniversary of the event, this year’s Red and Blue was historic for another reason: it was the last time that Meaghan Healey, who had been running the show for 20 years, would be the head of Red and Blue.

The meet on Thursday, also called Song Night, had strong showings from both teams. The judges awarded a tie for the two songs the teams wrote (their Marching Song and Friendship Song), but Red won the night with posters and their emblem.

The Red Team’s domination seemed to continue into Friday. They started the night ahead of Blue 9-6. In floor hockey, the most contested event, Blue had pulled ahead to an early lead. But Red tied the game with just 30 seconds left on the clock, snatching victory away from Blue.

Blue rebounded on Saturday night, though, beating Red in three of the four events. Volleyball was a close game of attrition for the entire 15 minutes it ran. When one team scored, the other followed on the next serve and tied it up. But Blue managed to pull ahead with just seconds left on the clock and beat Red 22-20.

Going into the end on Saturday, Blue was up 15-12. But as the judges began to read the winners for the Thursday events and the skit, Red quickly pulled into the lead. They dominated Thursday, and beat out Blue for costumes, prop and skit, although Blue managed to win for dances and tumbling.

Blue also won for organization and attendance. They managed to pull ahead, bringing the score to 38-34. It was anyone’s game as Healey started to read off the winner of the final category, sportsmanship, which is worth a whopping 10 points. Blue prevailed in the end, filling the South Side High School gym with their cheers as they were declared the winners.