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Pep Assembly on Apr. 24

April 28, 2025

The first annual Rustler Games™ commences.

The pep assembly which took place on Apr.24 introduced the newest Rustler tradition…the exciting…the extravagant…Rustler Games! Dress to impress, hoop rock paper scissors, finish the lyrics, musical chairs, and tug of war were all featured events. The final scores were concluded with the Freshman with 20 points and Sophomores with 161 points. Our finalists the Juniors with 188 points head to head with Seniors with 169…competed in the final challenge of tug of war, Seniors losing. Little did the Rustlers know that the teachers had a twist up their sleeve. The losing team was rewarded with a double or nothing additional tug of war opportunity against the ‘Teacher Dream Team’. Pulling through, the Seniors won with a final score of 338 taking the crown as the first Rustler Games victors.

Event Class Winners:

Dress to impress: Juniors

Hoop rock, paper, scissors: Sophomores

Finish the lyrics: Juniors

Musical Chairs: Juniors

Tug of War: Seniors

About the Contributors

Malena Gangi, Newspaper Staff

Malena Gangi is a junior journalistic writer and photographer at Charles M. Russell High School. She has had three years of experience in the journalism department, has been an intern for The Electric newspaper, and is currently a member of the school newspaper club. She is an athlete in cross country and long distance track. Gangi also can be found engaging in her outside hobbies, including playing electric guitar, volunteering at the MacLean animal shelter, and sculpting pottery at Paris Gibson Art Museum. She has lived in eight states, due to her dad’s military career, but has settled in for the long run to finish her high school years. She is a big rock n’ roll music fan, and particularly enjoys the bands The Smashing Pumpkins, The Goo Goo Dolls, Megadeth, and Soul Asylum. Besides music, Gangi loves her black cat and golden retriever, Oliver and Bengi, and is obsessed with coffee flavored ice cream. In the future, she hopes to involve herself with a career that exercises her skills in writing, communications, and creativity. However, she is open to embracing the adventure of finding her career path and trying new things.

Maddy Osterman, Newspaper Staff

Maddy Osterman is a junior at Charles M. Russell High School. She enjoys many things such as learning Spanish, photography, and writing. She grew up in a family of six with many pets, moving all around Montana when she was younger due to her dad being in the military. She’s lived in Helena, Butte, and Great Falls. Osterman usually spends her free time running with the CMR cross country team, training for the Las Vegas Half Marathon, becoming a lady wrestler, and running track. She spends a lot of time with her friends and family, as they are a big priority for her. She enjoys a lot of different genres of music such as country, rap, and 90s hip hop. With many goals in life she aspires to go to college for photography or journalism, possibly join the military, and travel around. She has always wanted to go somewhere in Mexico and has helped that goal with learning Spanish the last four years.

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