BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 More than 7,000 people, most of them students from across Kern County, packed Mechanics Bank Arena for a special Bakersfield Condors game.<\/p>\n
The annual Field Trip Day game rewarded students for achievements like good grades and reading goals. For many of them, it was their first time seeing a hockey game in person.<\/p>\n
Kelly Taylor, a sixth grade teacher from Brown Road STEAM Academy said her class earned their way to the game through an attendance incentive.<\/p>\n
“We had an attendance incentive, and the 4 classes with the best attendance got to come to a Condors game,” Taylor said. “They announced it and our kids just went wild and screamed.”<\/p>\n
The excitement carried over to the bus ride to the arena.<\/p>\n
“We get to go and it was a lot of fun on the bus on the way down here and we’re just all excited to be here dancing to the songs and jumping up and down,” Taylor said.<\/p>\n
Alicia Salazar, a fifth grade teacher from Del Vista Maverick Science Academy said the student’s energy inside the arena was immediate \u2014 even for those who had never seen hockey before.<\/p>\n
“I think they were just excited, a lot of them maybe didn’t even know what it was but excited to have a field trip,” Salazar said. “They were excited, they were dancing and cheering up and down.”<\/p>\n
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