Powder Puff in first-individual: Two Bronc college students report on the fun

Two students from Randi Chappell’s Kern Valley Superior College English and yearbook classes done to start with-human being and in-person reports on the Oct. 6 Bronc Powder Puff occasions – a soccer video game amongst junior and senior women, and a purpose reversal with football gamers donning cheerleading equipment to entertain the group and cheer on the players.

A return to custom

By Nevaeh Davis

Kern Valley HS junior

The sunlight light into the horizon as familiar faces lit up with pleasure when sitting with their good friends, viewing the ladies enjoy football and the boys cheerleading. As the moon came out and the recreation started at 6 p.m. on Oct. 6, juniors and seniors grew to become enemies after more, this time on the Kern Valley soccer field. That’s in which the junior and senior girls confronted off in flag football whilst the boys of both equally courses cheered them on.

Owing to COVID-19 previous yr, the students remained on-line to social distance during that tough time, and this calendar year, we were being in a position to restore the custom of Powderpuff, a community ritual that started out at KVHS in 1971. Powder Puff is typically held for charity as effectively as for boosting university spirit, and it really is fun for junior and senior girls to go towards every single other and even more enjoyment looking at the cheerleaders.

Though learners coached the cheerleaders and soccer gamers themselves, coach Brent Mixon saved an eye on the women football workforce when senior course advisor Kristen Kelly was assisting out the new cheerleaders.

Now to the match. Although the junior women place up a great battle, the seniors won 20 to . There have been about 18 cheerleaders, 17 seniors and 12 juniors taking part in. With eight gamers from each and every staff on the field competing against just about every other, the sport went on for 90 minutes and ended at what was intended to be halftime.

My name’s Nevaeh Davis, I’m a junior and I participated in Powder Puff as a player. I favored the cheerleaders in particular when they went out and did their dance…