Cats win in Brawl of the Reading at Sunnyside

Sunnyside Intermediate School students did a preview of the famed Brawl of the Wild MSU Bobcat UM Grizzly football game set for this weekend, with the Cats coming out on top.

Sunnyside flew a MSU flag Monday in honor of the victory.

Sunnysidede librarian Jade Miller said the school held a reading Brawl of the Wild Challenge using the Accelerated Reader program utilized by the school.

In the program, students take a comprehension test an earn points for reading books throughout the school year. It also shows the students how many words they have read during the school year.

With the game coming up this weekend, Sunnyside decided to host its first Sunnyside Intermediate School Brawl of the Wild Reading Challenge, intended to become an annual event. Students received a printout of their total word count thus far and decided whether they wanted their total to go towards the Bobcats or the Grizzlies.

"Let me tell ya, the competition was heated," Miller said. "I was so impressed by our student body buckling down, acing tests and helping their team pull ahead."

The winner was announced last Friday and the school is flying the flag of the winner today.

The count of words read came to:

Cats: 18,970,480.

Griz: 17,065,734.

"We are so beyond proud of our students' hard work and dedication towards reaching their reading goals," Miller added.