School Spirit And Sportsmanship

School Spirit And Sportsmanship Coronet Instructional Films 17:00:59 ‘Niles High’ basketball team leaving locker room, two players stay behind & get bottle marked ‘Acid’ out of locker w/ sign pinned up ‘Beat Maine!!!’ Flashback to show signs advertising basketball game - ‘Blitz Maine!’ - ‘Up Nile - Down Maine’ etc in store windows. Players into car & drive to Maine Township High at night; drape banner over entrance ‘Rah! Rah! Niles!’ Students arrive next day & pull it down; anti-Niles signs put up by Maine students. 17:02:53 Morning of game - Niles students in high spirits - then discover school steps painted w/ ‘Go Maine - Beat Niles - Yea Maine’ etc. SOF: “Are we gonna let them get away with this kids?!” INT school - players Roger & Joe by locker talk (SOF) & make malicious plan. VO “Is this good school spirit?” Chemistry lab - Roger steals sulphide tablets. 17:04:35 Cheerleaders perform routine on stage at school assembly in preparation for game. “Gonna keep that spirit!” / students call back “Yeah!” & chant in unison; cheerleader talks thru loudspeaker “That was great kids, now let’s have a cheer for the opposing team, Maine”. CUs Students perform Maine High cheer as cheerleader performs backflips on stage. CU Roger checks bottle of chemicals in pocket. School principal on stage, talks (SOF) re sportsmanship “We want our opponents to do their best, don’t we?” Roger & Joe smirk at each other. “Behave like good hosts”. Kids file out of assembly; Roger has change of heart, tells Joe he didn’t get chemicals. Roger in lettermen’s sweater rubs chin, thinking. 17:07:56 INT locker room before game; Joe says he found out which Maine player painted slogan on sidewalk - “Am I gonna get him”; coach gives pep talk - CUs players listening; Joe calls back Roger, pours acid down drain of drinking water. VO “Is the spirit in your school the kind that makes for good sportsmanship?” Fair Play; Manners; Etiquette; Bad Losers; Vandalism; Rivalry; High School Sports; Teenagers;