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By Jared Brush ’15 | Staff Writer
While many people were sitting watching football last Sunday, the senior and junior girls were playing it at this year’s Powderpuff game.
Normally, Powderpuff is about upperclassmen bonding and learning the sport of football. This year was not only about the sportsmanship but the event also raised money towards Suicide Awareness and eating disorders, Katie Kish ’15 said, who helped organize this year’s PowderPuff.
“It was a new thing we thought of this year,” Kish said. “We wanted to help bring more of a positive environment to the event and to help out good causes.”
As always, the teams were the senior girls against the junior girls. Each team had football players as their coaches to help them prepare for the game. Both teams practiced for weeks prior to learn and strategize, coach Mitchell Donovan ’15 said.
“I thought I could bring some of my football experience to the girls to help them win,” coach Sam Jones ’16 said.
Finally, after weeks of practice, the girls hit the turf and were ready to play. The senior girls came out strong and didn’t look back. With this momentum, the senior girls had a dominating 28-7 win, Donovan said.
There was some questionable play calling on the field at times led by Megan Sklarski ’15. The unexecuted plays did anger the coaching staff, Donovan said.
“At some points during the game, offensive players decided to change the plays my coaching staff called which made us upset,” Donovan said. “However, the girls played very well, and I’m happy for them.”
The goal of the game was for everybody to have fun and that is just what they did, Madison Hunter ‘15 said.
“We were all very supportive of each other,” Hunter said. “We cheered each other on until we lost our voices.”
Powderpuff is a tradition through high schools across America. Having a parent play in the past influenced some of the players to play as well.
“My mom played in highschool and I thought it would be really cool for my friends and I to try it out,” Elise Bollenbacher ’16 said.
Overall the entire event was a success and everyone had a great time, Kish said.
“We supported to two very important causes and had a great time doing it,” Kish said.
