Game Days during the school week can be hard with schoolwork and other important tasks at hand. Many teams take initiative to fight this extra stress and make the school day leading up to a game more enjoyable by dressing up and bonding as a team. Some teams dress nicely, some wear their jerseys, and others wear funny outfits representing the mascot of the team they are facing.

For the boys varsity hockey team, fancy dress up days are the tradition, meaning dress pants and ties. “I like dressing up on game day because it shows professionalism,” junior hockey player Matt Dahlseide said.

Boys Basketball follows the same trend as boys hockey, dressing up for most games. The vibe of dress up days is a positive one for the team. “[Dressing up] gets me excited for the game,” sophomore basketball player Ryan Kuntz said.

This mental preparation is common. For freshman hockey player Kenzi Giese, dressing up is a key part of her pregame routine. “Dressing up is part of me mentally preparing for a game,” Giese said.

Other teams, such a girls golf, aim for their dress up days to be fun, dressing with different themes each day they have a match. “Dress up days are cool because everyone knows we are a team and they know we have a match that day,” senior golf captain Cait Gibbons said. This sense of team is exactly what dress up days aim to do. Having something to unify a team and remind them that they are preparing for a game can be important to their performance at the end of the day. “Look good, feel good, play good,” Dahlseide said.