The stands erupted with the sound of school pride on Sept. 19 as the Jays went 49-0 against Raytown South. The air was thick with the smell of pretzels and the student section was filled top to bottom with students dressed in USA gear.
As of August of 2025, the student section has been ranked second nationally by the Student Section report, and number one for the week of Sept. 5-9. Raymore Peculiar is located in Peculiar Missouri and is the one to beat for the national title.
“I think that with the four Spirit leaders, we have really dug deeply with our students and our student body, and I think it’s going really well,” senior Charlie Hermann said, “It feels really good. I love all the students we have and I think we have a really cool program.”
Spirit leaders and seniors Charlie Hermann, Madeline Philips, John Pace and Brett Turnage are currently directing the football stands every Friday night. Leaders talk about their improvement with the energy in the student section, and highlight the raised “school spirit.” These leaders are chosen at the end of the previous year, selected by the athletic director at her discretion of who will be most suitable to lead the students in the following year.
“Our next big event is Blue and White Night, which is a kickoff to all of the winter sports. We are going to showcase girls swim and dive, wrestling and basketball. We will have silent auctions and 50/50 raffles as a fundraiser for those sports as well.” Phillips said.
The student section ranges from grades 9-12, and includes themes that the “Blue Crew Crazies” leaders pick at the beginning of the year. These themes can range from white out to country, and even color wars. For the game themed “USA,” the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps members were invited and shot off canons at every touchdown.
“My favorite thing is hanging out with my friends and watching the game,” freshman Will Shelton said, “The energy is good, I feel like the blue crew crazies do a good job to keep it that way.”
The way these student sections are ranked is first by a prediction. The final rankings are released in November or December.
According to the Student Section Report, “This year we plan to get several “barstool” pages that showcase Student Sections in their states. Some of those pages were very helpful last year as we get more accurate with our rankings. I know that Student Sections have a lot of work to do to get the students to the games to cheer on their classmates and go along with the theme and make sure they don’t cause trouble. These student sections deserve recognition.”
Next up for this student section the Blue Crew Crazies are planning to continue to navigate through challenges and uplift the students through school spirit and chants in order to achieve the number one spot in nationally ranked student sections.
“We had some challenges with the guys in the front of the student section the first home game but we got that figured out now so that’s one thing we had to get over,” Hermann said.
Upcoming themes for games are “fight night,” “pink out,” “greek life,” and “pj party.”
