Barbecue honors basketball teams

Written by Paige Castren and Christelle Xu

ASB held a lunchtime barbecue Feb. 23 to celebrate the advancement of both the boys and girls basketball teams to NCS.

“It’s been roughly 10 to 15 years since we’ve sent both boys and girls basketball to NCS together,” activities director Helen Paris said.

The funding came from ASB, athletics and the money initially meant for the “Up Yours” lunch. Leadership decorated eaves with paper replicas of team jerseys, each personalized with players’ last names and numbers.

“It was great for ASB to put on the barbecue for basketball and to show support for the team,” senior John Songponnopachon said.

ASB made the decision Feb. 22 to put on the barbecue; they set up posters and announcements around school by first period Feb. 23. Despite the unexpected rain, ASB fed over 300 students.

“The price and food was good but there was a really long wait to get the food. It took like 20 minutes,” junior Andrea Bonilla said.

ASB members began turning students away so they would have enough time to clean up, not because there was a lack of food.

“One lesson I learned was that I should do every barbecue in the rain; everybody stays on campus,” Paris said.