St. Michael's School Gym Riots

Chris Davis, Pincher Creek Voice

Duct Tape, is there anything it can't do?
Dexter Obrique hangs out at the Gym Riot
C. Davis photo

On the afternoon of May 24, the Dale Wentz Gymnasium at St. Michael's School was transformed from a place of exercise and endeavour into a bedlam of high-spirited hijinks's for the annual Gym Riots.  Once a year, students of all ages participate in contests of dubious athletic merit, and even dodgier rules.  Students formed into 4 teams, and each team duct-taped one of their own to the wall, with the last person adhering declared the victor.  Teams had to find ways to cram all of their teammates onto a continually decreasing expanse of tarp.  Teams had to use said tarp to see which team could sling a ball the highest.  Boys lay in a pile in the middle of the gym while the girls tried to separate them, and then vice-versa, with the fastest time winning the event.

The Blue Team was declared the victor, after which the school celebrated 40 years of teaching by Dr. Mack (click here to read that story).