During the second quarter of Tuesday night’s powderpuff football game, senior Olivia Cachat scored a 40-yard field goal against the junior girls. The seniors kept a steady winning streak against the juniors, winning 30-0.
“I didn’t think I’d make it since it was so far but it felt so good and I made my team proud,” Cachat said.
The powderpuff game is an annual event during homecoming week that many students look forward to.
“The game was definitely not as complex as a typical football game but having fun was the main goal for many of us,” Cachat said.
Powderpuff is a Hagerty tradition where the senior girls go against the junior girls in a flag football game. During the game, the boys perform cheerleading stunts and routines on the sidelines.
There were a total of three practices prior to the game for both the football players and cheerleaders. Due to Hurricane Milton, practices went from six practices to just three, so everyone involved had to make do with what they had.
“The practices we lost were made up the week after but were cramped in, so it was stressful for everyone near the end,” junior Jolin Alcindor said. Alcindor was a flier for the boys cheer team.
“I felt good throughout the game, we never let them score so every point we got was one closer to winning,” senior Marin Mendell said.
The class of 25’ is the only class to have won two years in a row.
“I thought we’d lose, but not that badly,” Alcindor said. “We were absolutely destroyed. It makes sense seeing that ’25 beat the seniors last year, so props to them for staying undefeated.”
Overall, everyone involved in the powderpuff tried to recover the time they lost due to weather.
“There was a lot of scrambling. The coaches tried out a bunch of strategies to see what would work best and in the end it paid off because we had a lot to work with,” Mendell said.
