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By Catharine Runion<\/a> · Community Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The senior powderpuff team celebrating their victory over the juniors last Thursday. \u2014 GRACE DAVID<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last Thursday, Oct. 2, the junior and senior classes gathered to officially kick off the Homecoming season with the college\u2019s annual Powderpuff Football Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was everything you would expect from a traditional football game: constant action, enthusiastic cheerleaders and nail-biting gameplay \u2014 except the roles were entirely switched. The girls got a chance to show their prowess on the field, and the guys cheered their hearts out on the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two teams were divided by class with the cheer squads also following suit. Though the seniors rallied together for a resounding victory, the juniors gave them a run for their money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the girls involved had been waiting for a chance to play for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve wanted to play Powderpuff since I heard about it freshman year, just because I love football. Unfortunately, we were only able to practice once before the game, but we still came together and made a couple key stops to hold the seniors to only one touchdown,\u201d junior Jacqueline Marriott said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Julia Sikora and the rest of the senior team, this was personal. She talked about how their defeat last year as juniors motivated them to do even better this year as seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe seniors came back from a devastating loss last year to win with an 8-0 ending game score. We came in with much of the same players and coaches from last year, so it was great to play with the girls again and learn from our shared experience,\u201d Sikora said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKnowing where we failed last year was helpful to recognize our weaknesses as a team, so we really focused on defensive plays and aggressive blocking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the girls weren\u2019t the only ones bringing energy to the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(The guys) showed up with amusement park-level enthusiasm,\u201d Sikora said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While both teams put on stirring performances, the senior cheerleaders won crowd favorite. Everyone involved seemed to have the time of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a blast! The game was great, and we acquired some pom poms to cheer with. David Thomas had some crazy pink capris,\u201d senior Braedon Weigle said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cheerleading squads and football teams fed into each other\u2019s energies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe senior girls were playing out of their minds with a two-point conversion on the first quarter. And the senior cheerleaders were a class act, with our spectacular half-time show of rollercoasters, lifts and pyramids, wildly outperforming the juniors,\u201d senior Dom Puglisi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the teams\u2019 rivalries, this event merely served to bring the students together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was such a fun time coming together as students to support one another and just have an absolute blast doing it,\u201d senior Ben Forastiere said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe next year the juniors will pull inspiration from their defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Senior
Senior Reese Hasley takes the ball upfield. \u2014 GRACE DAVID<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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