Student Sections of the Week (Sept. 14-19, 2020)

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The River Ridge Purple Posse of New Port Richey was one of 24 winners for Student Section of the Week. Photo Credit/Twitter: @RRHSPurplePosse

 

When doing three days of research for nominees for Student Section of the Week in 25 States, I kept wondering, is the lost freedom to do this worth it?

The answer, ab-solll-utely!

After an estimated 175,000 votes last week, the Student Section faithful kept the spirit alive with an estimated 85,000 votes this week, most of it being from the South in Georgia and Mississippi. We want to thank all of you for voting! This is a WE thing and to put Student Sections on the map, we have to do our part and you certainly did that. 

To the ones that lost in a heartbreak, don’t worry, we have several more weeks of this and we potentially have a National Bracket for the best Fall Student Section of 2020!

Out of the 27 States that had Fall sports this past week, 5 of them only had one nominee, which meant they had a winner by default. Only one state didn’t have a nominee. 

This week, we welcome Wisconsin and South Carolina to the madness. Let’s see if we can reach 200,000 votes!

Some Student Sections were at minimum capacity while others used alternatives like showing their support on social media or a watch party at the school. Whatever works to show off your rowdy school spirit!

Since this is our first year covering student sections all over the country, we are still not familiar with all the student sections, which hurt for states that don’t have a large number of high schools.

While we are growing Nationally, the big time reward is given at this time. We hope to give these winners bigger rewards than Nation bragging rights, but while some Student Sections may not see these awards as something significant, some Student Section use this as motivation or accept these awards as a massive honor!

“In Valdosta, everything is around football and I mean everything,” Valdosta Student Section memeber and basebll player Jordan Caraway said. “So, to be the biggest football town in Georgia and maybe even the nation, it means a lot to us as fans and students to know we’re the best student section in Georgia. Go Cats!”

That’s enough proof of how big this is to Student Sections. Here are the Student Section Report Student Section of the Week! 

 

STUDENT SECTION OF THE WEEK (SEPT 14-19, 2020)

ALABAMA

Hoover Buc Nation

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Nominees

Auburn, Bob Jones of Madison, Gardendale Launch Pad

ALASKA

NONE

ARKANSAS

North Little Rock

Nominees

Van Buren Dawgpound, Conway, Jonesboro Dawgpound

FLORIDA

River Ridge Purple Posse of New Port Richey

Nominees

Edgewater Flock, Apopka, Armwood of Steffner

GEORGIA

Valdosta Doopsters

Nominees

West Hall 12th Man, Buford Wolf Gang, Alpharetta Rowdy Raiders

IDAHO

Idaho Falls

Nominees

Hillcrest Legion of Idaho Falls, Kimberly

INDIANA

Bishop Chatard of Indianapolis

Nominees

Harrison of Lafayette, Silver Creek O-Zone of Sellersburg, Snider Jungle of Fort Wayne

IOWA

Pocahontas Tribe

Nominees

Dowling Catholic Maroon Crew of West Des Moines, Southeast Polk of Pleasant Hill, Westfield Mt. Union

KANSAS

Maize Red Rage

Nominees

Newton Tron, Dodge City Rowdy Reds, Andover Central Jungle

KENTUCKY

Marshall County 

Nominees

Oldham County O-Zone of Buckner, Pikeville

MAINE

NONE

MICHIGAN

Romeo Dawgpound

Nominees

Chippewa Valley Rowdy Red Zone of Clinton Township, Lakeland Blue Crew of White Lake, Grand Blanc

MISSISSIPPI

Oxford O-Zone

Nominees

Lafayette of Oxford, Purvis, Madison Ridgeland Academy Pat Gang

MISSOURI

Liberty

Nominees

Lee’s Summit Loud Crowd, Raymore-Peculair, Fort Zumwalt West of O’Fallon

MONTANA

Billings Central

Nominees

Billings West Bronc Nation

NEBRASKA

Papillion-LaVista South Black Hole

Nominees

Millard South of Omaha, Lincoln Southeast, Bellevue West Flock Squad 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NONE

NORTH DAKOTA

Mandan

Nominees

St. Mary’s Central of Bismarck, Century of Bismarck, Fargo South

OHIO

Edison of Richmond

Nominees

Lake Catholic Jungle of Mentor, Mentor Nest, South of Willoughby

OKLAHOMA

Bixby Legion

Nominees

Collinsville Trap, Norman North, Edmond Santa Fe Wolfpack

PENNSYLVANIA

Mt. Lebanon Devils Den of Pittsburgh

Nominees

None

SOUTH DAKOTA

Harrisburg

Nominees

None

TENNESSEE

Middle Tennessee Christian School Cougar Den of Murfreesboro

Nominees

Brentwood Academy, Independance of Thompson Station, Ravenwood of Brentwood

TEXAS

College Park Cavlier Crazies of the Woodlands

Nominee

Boerne, Dawson of Pearland

UTAH

Olympus of Salt Lake City

Nominees

Lehi, Dixie of St. George, Skyridge of Lehi

WEST VIRGINIA

Martinsburg Dogpound

Nominees

NONE

WYOMING

Star Valley of Afton

Nominees

Sheridan