The girls seniors forgot about last year’s heartbreaking loss by blowing out the juniors 22-0 Wednesday night in Seaholm’s annual Powderpuff game.
The juniors’ lack of experience showed early in the game. First quarter snaps fell to the turf, causing numerous broken plays. Senior running back Molly Parsons scored for the seniors on their first drive on a 68 yard jet play up the left sideline. After tough senior defense, the juniors were forced to punt. On the opening play of their second drive, senior running back Hallie Taylor took it to the house, scoring on a 70 yard run.
The seniors meshed well as a team and had chemistry from last year, allowing them to come together and be successful during the first quarter. Junior Head Coach Joshua Young believed all the juniors needed was a little more practice to become familiar with the game.
“The junior’s lack of experience between the quarterback to center exchange was a problem in getting the offense going,” said Young. “[The juniors] never got that one play to build up their confidence.”
The junior defense was able to stop the seniors in the second quarter, preventing them from putting the game out of reach early. At the end of the first half, the score was 14-0 in favor of the seniors.
The third quarter was a defensive struggle and nobody scored. The juniors were able to complete a few passes to junior wide receiver Cyndia Robinson.
During the fourth quarter, the seniors were re-energized. The key play was when senior running back Sammy Shebib scored a touchdown from the 40 yard line making the final score 22-0.
All eight juniors had a chance to pull her flag, but she broke a long run ending the game.
“The play was supposed to go to the right,” said Shebib. “I was going to fake the ball to Molly and run to the right. All I saw was pink, so I turned to the left and went all the way around the juniors.”
Even though the seniors outshined the juniors, senior Head Coach Evan Treharne thought the junior defense picked up after the first half.
“Coach Young did a great job defending us, especially our outside plays,” said Treharne. “After the first quarter, the game was pretty even. He made the right adjustments do defend our offense.”
