Pumpkins didn’t stand a chance today at Northwoods Fine Arts Academy, where students carried on a decade-long Halloween tradition called the 'Pumpkin Chunkin.'

“Chunk the Pumpkin!”

As soon as the noon bell rang, students raced outside, wearing their favorite Halloween costumes and chanting: "Chunk the pumpkin!”

Then came a Sasquatch emerging from the woods.

“The little mannequins on the hill get all chunked down with pumpkins,” one student explained. “We all make a bet which one will be the last one standing.”

Another laughed, saying: "I’m eyeballing that penguin!”

The Big Smash

Pumpkins rolled and tumbled down the hill until “They crash," one student explained.

That’s when the crowd favorite happened.

"Mr. John smashing them with a giant mallet," a student explained.

The Sasquat

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