Heard of Friday Night Lights, but ever heard of Tuesday night lights? Here is a rundown of Seminole High School’s (SHS) Powerpuff Homecoming Game of 2025.
For those unaware, Powderpuff is a play on traditional football, where instead of the girls cheering on the sidelines, they are in the field playing flag football, and the boys are in the cheerleading uniform! SHS Junior Class Council thoughtfully organized the event, hosting the game with the seniors against juniors the Tuesday before Homecoming 2025.
At the start of the game, the senior girls came out fierce and took no time getting serious. The game started off intense as one of the seniors sprints across the field with the ball in her arms, a junior close behind and ready to grab her flag. At 16 minutes and 21 seconds in, juniors make a clever pass across the field, catching the ball and scoring. Only 20 seconds later, the juniors score again! Roughly six minutes into the quarter the juniors set the score board at 6:0.
But the seniors prevail, and at 11 minutes 45 seconds, seniors scored their first touchdown! Throughout the game, Coach Cox allowed a few timeouts to be called for the girls, the first timeout at 11:59 into the first quarter. After time resumes, seniors once again make a touchdown, setting the stakes for the game. As a result, the cheerleaders come up with their own chant, “let’s go seniors let’s go!”
Tension heightens between the players as juniors made successful passes but did not score significant points. With three minutes left in the first quarter, seniors drop the ball at kickoff, making it the first drop of the game. But with a pitch, a pass, and a catch made by the seniors at 1:30, touchhhdoowwwwwwnnnnnnn!!!! The scoreboard turns to 14:6, seniors in the lead.
Although the juniors gave the game their all, they cannot match the seniors’ energy. An incomplete pass is made at 1:13. At kickoff, the juniors pitch, catch and pass, but the seniors steal the ball. Another timeout is called a minute before halftime. Camryn Peters, a Dazzler, leadership member, and homecoming court participant is declared the MVP of the game, and makes remarkable passes for the seniors.
According to senior Victoria Pitre, the Powderpuff game is “a great homecoming experience” and is important to homecoming week overall because of the “student involvement and encourages student inclusivity through the game.” Pep-squad star and senior William Heilman states that being a powderpuff cheerleader was “amazing” and encourages school spirit because “the cheerleaders influence the rest of the students to have a good time.”
The first quarter ends with seniors in the lead at 14:6. The halftime show, performed by six or seven high-spirited boys in cheerleading uniforms, brought out the spirit in the audience. After the pep squads attempted pyramid and cheerleading stunts, a few backflips, a TikTok dance, and some cheers, the game resumed for the second quarter.
At 12:50, seniors make a touchdown and raise the score 20:6. The juniors made a comeback in the second quarter, scoring an unexpected touchdown at seven minutes, and scoring again only 30 seconds later, changing the score to 20:14. Seniors catch the ball multiple times, but the juniors never give up. In fact, with just 30 seconds left and due to an impressive throw across the field, juniors make another toucchhhddoooowwwwwnnnn!
Tied at 20:20, the game goes into free play. The audience is at the edge of their seats when seniors make the final touchdown and win the Powderpuff game 26:20!
Overall, Powderpuff was success and a great addition to homecoming week.