This year’s powderpuff game was competitive, with seniors and juniors ending in a 7-7 tie, which later became a senior win 8-7 with the tug of war tiebreaker. The game, held during the pep rally on Friday, October 24, was well attended (okay, basically mandatory). Defense was strong, with both sides struggling to get hold of the football. However, when the right opportunity struck and they were able to catch it, both teams ran with passion. At the beginning, the junior team was ahead and it looked like they had a good chance to win. 

But a speedy senior already celebrated for her accomplishments in track, Eva Okoobo, was able to turn the tides at the very end of the game when she scored a touchdown, tying the game and leading to the seniors’ ultimate victory.

Expectations from seniors leading up to the game were high. Maddie Woods, a member of the senior powderpuff team, gave insight about her feelings towards the upcoming game and what makes it special to her, noting her positive experience with the team the previous year and her abundance of friends on the team. She explained, “I like powderpuff because it’s a fun environment and everyone who plays is just the right amount of competitiveness and friendly.” When I asked if she thought her team would win, she confidently replied, “SENIORS GONNA WINNN”, as any self-respecting senior would. She also explained that the team had been prepping for the game through their practices, and when asked about strategies the team needs to focus on, she said that they needed to just “lock in and go through [their] plays.”

Another participant and the main coordinator for the senior team, Charlie Ketchum gave insight into the challenges they faced and what could’ve gone better. “Our team definitely could have had better communication,” she noted, describing the organizational problems they had with players on the field, the lack of clear communication from coaches, and the difficulties with coordinating practice schedules.

When asked who she thought would win leading up to the game and how she felt about results, she said, “seniors were definitely going to win, and that was our mindset going into the game as well. We had a lot of class energy and confidence which I think was great, the respect your elders sign in the atrium totally contributed to that.” Congrats to our seniors and maybe next year’s class of ‘27 will come out on top! •