Students Play Gotcha

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GOTCHA! Few words can instill such fear in a student’s heart. But at Spanish Fork High School, this one definitely can. Squirt bottles are always within arm’s reach, and friends keep watch; this game always keeps students on edge. It’s a traditional game played at the school every year. Students pay to play - they all receive the name of another student, and then the hunt begins. One has to squirt that person to get them out. Then they get that person’s name, and have a new target. The last few weeks of school, this group is whittled down until one student is left standing. This person receives the winnings from the money that students paid to play. This year, however, half of the money raised was donated to Utah County’s Habitat for Humanity, a service organization that has chapters across the nation. There are a few rules to make it fair and move faster. There are set time periods, or “rounds” in which a person has to get at least one person out, or else they are out themselves. The game is playable from 6:00 AM till 10:30 PM every day. School campus is off limits during school hours or school sponsored activities. Students cannot break an entry to get their person either. If a student is lucky enough to squirt the person chasing them first, they are safe for the rest of the day. Anything and everywhere else is free game. It’s a time of both deception and paranoia, but it makes for one of the most fun activities of the school year.
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Jen Huntsman, Tyson Galovich, and Jonathan Woodbrey