With Priory athletics on fire, people have started to ask, “What changed this year?” Is it our unstoppable senior class? Is it our unbreakable team chemistry? Could it be the Denny Bardos chants from the student section? While it’s undeniable that these are all contributing to our undying success, there’s one shining, deafening change that was introduced to our student section in September. It’s the Gong. It has to be the Gong.
Since its debut at Priory, the Gong has transformed regular games into historical events. A big-time hockey hit? Gong. Another Gaertner goal? Gong. Somebody on the other team falls? Gong. Coincidence? I think not. Statistically, Priory’s winning percentage has risen 400% when the gong has been struck with aggression. Opponents get rattled, refs lose their hearing, and the laws of physics become a figment of our imagination.
Naturally, this raises an important question for next year, as your fearless weilder of the gong will unfortunately graduate. Who will be worthy of wielding such a powerful object? But here’s what people don’t understand. I didn’t choose the Gong. The Gong chose me. Just like it will have to choose its next weilder. If you think you might be capable of being a weilder, scan the QR code below and answer the question.
Until then it waits… Like a relic of ancient power, waiting to be struck once more.
