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| The Redhawk student section
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many games is lead by a face-painted and flag-waving "superfan". The 1999-2000 "superfan" role was played by Mike Maloff and Kristen Scherer. |
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| The student section cheers the Redhawks on to another victory at a Boys Basketball game. The student section is again lead by the "superfan". |
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| Legend has it that prior
to the first game ever played between Naperville Central and Naperville
North in 1975, Head Football Coach John Perry told his Central team they
could spike the ball if they shut out the Huskies and scored 40 points.
With the shut out in tact, so and so dove into the endzone to make the
score 45 - 0.
"The Spike Ball" became the traveling trophy annually awarded to the winner of the Central vs. North football game. Each year the score of the game is painted on the ball and the scores exist as a living history of the annual Fall battle. The legend lives on today and with the success of the two programs in the IHSA playoffs, many years the schools face each other twice with the opportunity to avenge the regular season outcome in the playoffs. Since 1975, neither team has been able to "spike" the ball again according to Coach Perry's original criteria. |
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Where we come from, so we tell them, We're from Central, Mighty, Mighty Central! This chant was started by
the football team in the mid-1990's. It began as a team cheer after practices
and games and quickly spread to the student body.
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