The Spoon Game is a CRLS tradition. As the highlight of senior year, it is a chance for burgeoning hatred and festering friendship rivalries to finally boil over. The Register Forum mapped out the little known events in the Spoon Game’s history. 

1952: The class of ’52 established the Spoon Game. Initially dubbed Hay Holder, players had to hold a piece of hay between their teeth at all times. The administration brought the games to an end when a player asphyxiated on a single strand of dried grass.

1985: The ’80s were defined by style, flare, and unnecessarily tight perms. Unfortunately, the wear-as-much-hairspray-as-humanly-possible challenge proved to be highly flammable for the sorely missed Christopher Dwinkins. 

1990: Admin dared Spoon Game participants to join D.A.R.E. 

1999: The Spoon Game for the class of ’99 was interrupted by Y2K-related computer malfunctions. Poor Ella Pleebley was the assigned target for 327 students. 

2005: In order to protest what they deemed a “destructive learning environment,” teachers created their own spoon game. The operation fell apart when administration told them they weren’t allowed to speak. 

2008: During the height of the financial crisis, Spoon Game participants were forced to mine their backyards for any traces of crude oil. 

2020: In the midst of online learning, more students were caught sans pants than sans spoons.

2026: Nearly 30 fake student names have been added to the Spoon Game spreadsheet, so if you get a target who you’ve never heard of before, it’s probably because they are, in fact, a character from The Sopranos. Also, it’s time we addressed the one student who the admin ordered to be encased in Jell-O. While he will eventually gnaw his way out of this man-made prison, it feels morally wrong to subject him to that.

This article also appears in our March 2026 print edition.