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  • Central guard Ken-Jah Bosley dunks during a pep rally at Mayfield Elementary Monday. The Central boy's basketball team, Central cheerleaders and band members traveled around the county Monday to participate in pep rallies at middle and elementary schools. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Mayfield Elementary second-graders Katelyn Cheeks and Javahn Huguely had the chance to shake hands with Central basketball players Monday before they compete in the Sweet 16 Wednesday at Rupp Arena. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Mayfield fifth-grader Jesse Gabbard pretends to "knock out Wayne County" with Central principal Elmer Thomas. Thomas put on his boxing gloves and the students pretended to be "knocked out" as he swung his fists through the air. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Central principal Elmer Thomas "knocks out" Clark-Moores students like the basketball team plans to "knock out Wayne County" in the first game of the Sweet 16 Wednesday at Rupp Arena, he said. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • The Central cheerleaders and band members joined the basketball team for the traveling pep rally Monday. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Mayfield Elementary students "ride the rollercoaster" during Monday's pep rally for the Central boys' basketball team. The players will compete at the Sweet 16 Wednesday at Rupp Arena. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Mayfield fourth-grader Caden Ellington was chosen by Central forward Quan Taylor to lob a ball in the air for Taylor to dunk at Monday's pep rally. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Central cheerleaders lead Clark-Moores Middle students in a cheer Monday to pump them up for the boys basketball Sweet 16 game on Wednesday. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Central forward Quan Taylor shakes hands and give high-fives to Mayfield Elementary students Monday during a pep rally at the school. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Mayfield Elementary students cheered on the Madison Central High School boys basketball team Monday afternoon during a pep rally held at the elementary school. The basketball team was joined by Central cheerleaders and members of the Central pep band. This was their fourth stop on a pep rally tour to the county's elementary and middle schools. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Madison Central band members joined the traveling pep rally to play the fight song and give Mayfield Elementary students and idea of what it is like to be a Central student and fan, principal Elmer Thomas said. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Central cheerleaders wore "Indian Insanity" T-shirts during the traveling pep rallies. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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  • Central cheerleaders visited six elementary and middle schools Monday as part of a traveling pep rally to support Central's boys team in the Sweet 16 Wednesday. Crystal Wylie/The Register

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March 4, 2013

Players, cheerleaders, band members visit elementary, middle schools

Central’s traveling pep rally

By Crystal Wylie Register News Writer

MADISON COUNTY —

High school students, teachers and parents are not the only ones excited about Madison Central’s boys basketball team competing in the Sweet 16 tournament Wednesday.

A traveling pep rally made up of Central basketball players, band members and cheerleaders visited Richmond elementary and middle schools Monday. The group is scheduled to visit three more schools today.

“In the kids’ point of view, these guys are heros,” Central principal Elmer Thomas said of the basketball players, band members and cheerleaders.  

The rallies were not only a way to build excitement for the upcoming game, he said, but “a great opportunity to talk about character, the importance of grades, listening to your parents and teachers, and doing the right thing.”

The traveling pep rally will have visited all of the Central middle and elementary feeder schools, he said. At each rally, band members, cheerleaders and basketball players were asked to step forward if they attended that particular school.

“All of these (Central) kids are great students,” Thomas said. “This is a way for me to express our expectations at Madison Central.”

Saturday’s win against Lexington Catholic (67-47) was the just part of a “tremendous few weeks” at Central, said Thomas, remembering the message on the scrolling marque at the school: “Central rocks at everything! Chop on!”

“We’ve had regional successes in Science Olympiad, archery and track. Our girls (basketball team) is competing for a regional title,” he said. “The culture at Central — it is a culture of excellence in all endeavors, high expectations and being a part of something really special.”

By the end of the day Monday, the school had sold nearly 1,700 tickets to Wednesday’s Sweet 16 game at Rupp Arena, the principal said. However, there are plenty of upper arena tickets that will be available at the box office window.

“When Madison Central plays at Rupp Arena, Madison County shows up,” Thomas said, noting that Central played during the most-attended high school games at Rupp Arena. One game was in 1987 and the other in 1999, both with around 24,000 in attendance.

Central will take at least 20 buses to the game Wednesday, he said.

If Central wins Wednesday, tickets will be sold for the second round at Rupp Arena after the game. Tickets will not be sold at the school.

 

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