The student body at Yerger Middle School gave the YMS Bobcat junior team a Red Ribbon Week pep rally send off for the Oct. 28 football game against the Texarkana Arkansas junior team with Mr. Henry Hale leading the rally and presenting the Spirit Stick to the Eighth Grade. YMS Principal Mike Radebaugh had the students sing Happy Birthday to Coach Jonathan Turner and by the end of the event, the team was stoked for the game. – Ken McLemore/Hope Public Schools

Winners of the College Dorm Room Sweepstakes from the recent Hope High School College Frenzy Day were announced by HHS Counselor Delma Stewart, left, and Career Coach Kayla Jones right. Haileyu Ward won the $25 gift card and hand IonVac; Darlene Matamoras won the phone lamp; Maise McLaughlin won the microwave oven; Richard Ware won the flat screen TV; and Kearon Brown won the dorm room fridge. Stewart said 49 HHS seniors registered for the drawings. Leading the cheering during the drawings were HHS Assistant Principal Lekia Jones, HHS administrative assistants Kenyetta Vaughn, Amber Butler and Whitney Muldrow. – Ken McLemore/Hope Public Schools

Third and fourth grade students at Clinton Primary School were led in a pep rally by teachers and administrators Friday for the Hope grade 3-4 Wildcats youth football team that was set to play in the Youth Football League Championship game Saturday, Oct. 30. – Ken McLemore/Hope Public Schools