Usually when it comes to sports its all about winning. But with powder-puff it’s all about fun and games.
The powder-puff football game, which featured female players from various campus organizations, is a school tradition that helps bring people together to simply enjoy the love of the game.
Powder-puff is when girls make-up their own teams with friends to come out and play flag football,” teacher Ebone Bagnall said. “Powder-puff is a fundraiser event for girls sports and most of all the cheerleaders of Akins High School.”
Usually at a typical powder-puff game the girls and the guys switch gender roles.
“Traditionally we would also have boys playing the role of cheerleaders,” Bagnall said. “But this year we just have girls playing powder-puff football.”
Although the cheerleaders didn’t win, many of them were glad to have been a part of powder-puff.
“I am happy I participated in the games,” cheerleader Chyna Marshall said. “It’s pretty cool to see everyone be so active and have fun at the same time.”
The football team this year decided to be referees and coaches for the girls instead of being cheerleaders.
“The football team came out to support the girls in a different way,” Bagnall said. “So powder-puff in general is an effort between the football team and the cheerleaders to bring us more together as two teams that support each other.”
There were many people wondering if anyone would get hurt.
“I think some of the girls will get hurt because some of them look like they are girly-girls,” athletic trainer Jocelyne Rivera said.
But others thought otherwise.
“No one should get hurt, because its flag football,” JROTC student Maritza Ramirez said.
Many of the girls were from athletic teams throughout the school. The groups included basketball, volleyball, tennis, cheerleading, JROTC, softball, and the misfits.
“This is a really fun game and we’ll see what group wins,” Ramirez said.
In the end, the girls basketball group won. It wasn’t about winning this year because everyone had so much fun.
“Everyone had a really good time, and got to enjoy some powder-puff football,” Bagnall said. “We also raised a lot of money for our girls.