Last night, the high school girls competed in the Student Council’s annual Powder Puff football game. Each grade fielded a team and played for the Championship spot. Each game was set to a twenty-minute running clock until the last two minutes of the game when the clock would stop by running out of bounds.
The first game saw the Senior Class face off against the Freshman Class. The senior team consisted of Carley Higgins, Abby Tapp, Lily Hall, Lily Stroud, Stella Windhorst, Harleigh Poe, Gracie Brown, Taisha Robbins, Faith Gammon, Ella Spires, Jadlyn Lee, Nadia Garcia and Eliza Ross. The group was coached by fellow seniors Trey Rominger, Jason Beavers, Willson Windhorst, Andrew Kumpf, McKinley Stewart, and Raygar Minton.
The Freshman Class was represented by Ada McSpadden, Addie Payton, Allie Kumpf, Allison Livingston, Piper Franke, Cheyenne Hopper, Kina
Arsenault, Morgan Flannery, and Kaylee Baxter and was coached by Justin Thornton, Dawson Guidry, Jackson Deweese, and Lennon Poe, Liam Poe, Rusty Turner, Ian Sullivan and Klay Turner.
In the first game, the senior team outscored the freshman team with a 24-0 victory.
Senior Carley Higgins took the show playing running back and scored most of the team’s points.
“It was really fun to get to play and beat everyone again,” said Higgins.
The second game saw the Junior Class take on the Sophomore Class, with the juniors taking the win with a score of 24-0.
The Junior Class was made up of Jae Walker, Lilly Hall, Chloe Smith, Taylor Patton, Avery Crews, and Jerzie Crane and the team was coached by Fletcher Cole, Jaxson Reynolds, Jeremiah Hutcheson, Coy Busick, Ian Drake, and Jareth Nunez. Representing the Sophomore Class were Tori Patton, Tariana Burkhead, Kailynn Larimore, Maddie Vernon, Libby Newkirk, Gracielynn Mckibbon, Abby Poe, Lola Beavers, Jone Iraeta Aristi, who were coached by Kolt Bonta, Trey Minton, Cooper Spires, Tyler Hannon, Coen Brace, Wyatt Baker and Colton Baechle.
“I think that I helped our team more on offense to help us score and lead us to the championship,” said junior Lilly Hall.
The Championship game had the Seniors and Juniors facing off for the title, with the Seniors again victorious with a score of 30-16. This victory is the second year the Class of 2024 took home the Powder Puff Title after winning last year as juniors.
“Winning again as seniors was an awesome experience. I think all the seniors who participated are already friends, so we work like a well-oiled machine. It was a very fun experience that creates so many memories,” said senior Nadia Garcia.
Tonight, the guys’ Macho Man teams will compete to see which grade will take home the title starting at 7 p.m. in the lower gym. Admission is a donation to the Orange County Humane Society.
