A home game for the Pleasant Valley Spartans boys basketball team is just the thing to get fans excited on a cold January night.
"We try to make the game as energetic as possible," Pleasant Valley senior Teddy Sergesketter said.
"Everyone`s really excited to be here and watch our team win," Pleasant Valley senior Maddy Strusz said.
The atmosphere at this game could be very different if the game was played in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association now lists out certain words or phrases you can`t say, like "scoreboard" or "air ball."
"It was interesting as I read the list of prohibited chants and cheers, I thought to myself `Where does that list end?'" Pleasant Valley Athletic Director D'Anne Kroemer said.
Kroemer has questions about how this change would impact student involvement during games, especially with big rivalries.
"We`re always looking for ways to encourage our students to be an active part of competition. With the elimination of some of those cheers and chants, they may not see it as fun," Kroemer said
The students do know that sometimes things can get out of hand, in the heat of the moment.
"Especially when we`re playing our rival Bettendorf, there are things that are said that we get in trouble for, their student section gets in trouble for," Strusz said.
For every game, there's a staff member close by.
"There`s always an administrator or the principal or athletic director watching us. We`re not allowed to jump on the court, and there`s things we can`t say," Sergesketter said.
"They`ll make note of it and definitely tell us to keep it down or don`t say those things or give us a look," Strusz said.
It's those steps that they feel are the best way to keep up the engagement while embracing sportsmanship along the way.
Right now, administrators don't see this happening in our area, but if it was up for discussion, the district's athletic directors would know about it first.