WTHR-TV meteorologist Chris Wright moderates a mock competition between Franklin Central’s “Brain Game” student team (at right) and a faculty foursome during a lively pep rally in the school’s gymnasium. The FC Brain Game Team is in the championship match-up of the popular televised game-show series that began featuring central Indiana scholar teams some 35 years ago. FTONEWS.com photos.

FC’s Brain Game Team sponsor, English and World Language teacher Adrienne Qualls, offers remarks during the school-wide pep rally.

At left, FC students patiently await introductions of the Brain Game Team members. At right, after the first Brain Game Team member has burst through the banner, students provide a tunnel for the remaining introductions.

At left, Brain Game Team members gather at mid-court following their introductions. At right, they begin stripping off their warm-ups in revealing their coat-and-tie “game uniforms.”

At left, WTHR-TV meteorologist Chris Wright, moderator of the Brain Game televised series, enters the FC gymnasium to participate in the pep rally. He will also moderate a special mock Brain Game contest between the student Brain Game Team and a challenging faculty delegation.

At left, FC senior Austin Tielking, who earlier helped introduce members of the Brain Game Team, does what he knows best – he fires up the crowd in support of his fellow student achievers. At right, the scoreboard displays the dominance the students had in the mock Brain Game contest. The students’ score is on the right.

A portion of the huge crowd in the Franklin Central gym joins in applauding members of the Brain Game Team as they are introduced during a special pep rally to recognize the FC contingent’s advancement to the finals of the televised game-show series that began competition with 48 central Indiana high schools.