Powderpuff is not your typical football game; this one’s for the girls. Powerpuff has become a tradition at Greendale for many years.
It’s a flag football event that splits around 50 senior girls into two different teams. These two teams go head-to-head during the week of Homecoming in a regular football timed game. This experience is limited to only senior girls, making it something everyone looks forward to either watching from the stands, or playing on the field.
The senior girls that make up the Powderpuff teams are the stars of the game. “I was on team Raquelle. I chose to do Powderpuff because I have gone to all of the games in the past and I think it’s a really fun tradition at our school,” senior Kennedy Kapocius said.
Most of the girls had a great time. “I was on team Barbie! I knew it would be super fun to do with all of my friends and an iconic experience overall,” senior Ayanna LaPointe said.
With such an anticipated game, the coaches of these teams are bound to go crazy to support their favorite team. “I was a coach for team Raquelle. My favorite thing was seeing my team score and seeing students wearing purple to support our team, senior Alexander Klaus said. “There was one play… 4th down 15 yards to go, Suri snaps the ball and heaves the ball down field. Ryback catches the ball over 5 barbie players BEANTOP, touchdown. We all gathered in the endzone and did a kick line.”
Senior AJ Randolph for team Barbie. “I chose to coach team Barbie because I knew people on the team so comfortability and being able to communicate things would be easy. My favorite thing was I got to coach and it felt kind of real,” he said.
This event was able to be organized so well without the hard work of the student councils members and key teachers who give their team and support to make this event so special. “Loved the vibe. Loved the crowd. Loved the build up and the practices and how fun the girls were having in practice and the lead up to it. It was epic,” Student Council advisor Jeff Schaetzke said.
After the powderpuff game, another tradition continues right after the game is a huge bonfire held to the side of the football field, inviting all the students and players to attend.
“The bonfire was fun to go to since I got to see my friends who were cheering for us and we got to hangout with the team before leaving,” senior Megha Muralidharan said.
Sophomore Lucy Mermal enjoyed it as well, “I think the bonfire is traditional, but it is really fun to go to and I know lots of people enjoy it,” she said.
