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After the Puff: Who Took Home the Win?

Seniors take the win after a close game during powder puff
Payton Hemmer (12) runs past the 50-yard mark with the ball during annual powder puff game.
Payton Hemmer (12) runs past the 50-yard mark with the ball during annual powder puff game.
Caitlin McDonnell

A back-and-forth game, seniors versus juniors. An intense match, who came out on top?

On Oct. 2 our female senior and junior student body participated in a game of flag football. Powder puff, a tradition we’ve had for seven years now, allows students to participate in not only a fun game but a game that helps raise money for our senior class.

Jack Ryan (12) has been a part of this tradition for two years now, having participated in the halftime show his junior year. This year he decided to change it up a bit and coached our senior team.

“I feel like everybody played great,” Ryan said. “I was definitely not expecting some of the girls to tackle the other girls, but they went out there and they played aggressively and they did great.”

Payton Hemmer (12) was one of those seniors that Ryan coached. Hemmer scored a touchdown in the first half of the game, that being one of her highlights of the game.

“My highlight was scoring on the first play of the game,” Hemmer said.

Even though Hemmer may have scored that touchdown, she still had some disappointments about the game. When trying to run the very last play Hemmer ended up getting circled, not how anyone anticipated the play to go.

After a tense game, the senior girls came out on top beating the juniors with a score of 32-28.

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Phoenix Egeler
Phoenix Egeler, Assistant Online Editor
Phoenix Egeler is a senior, and the assistant online editor for LHSToday.org who specializes in video editing. They also help with the video editing of the online news class, enjoying the freedom of editing. They will be going to college, undecided, to major in journalism and minor in some kind of criminology class, hoping to become an investigative journalist. She is in their fourth year of publications, having taken three years of online news. In their free time you can probably find them doing graphic design, video editing, or writing. They are a horror movie fan ranging from “Scream” to “Return of the Living Dead,” as well as a metal music fan. 
Lexi Daniels
Lexi Daniels, Reporter
Lexi Daniels is a sophomore in her second year in publications. She enjoys playing sports such as softball, wrestling, and track and field, and she works out frequently to maintain her health and sports performance. Lexi has two rescue dogs and loves anything animal-related, especially dogs. Along with physical activities, Lexi also has many creative hobbies  such as drawing, painting, baking, and writing. Lexi plans on furthering her education past high school, and hopes to become a paramedic.
MaryKate Stroud
MaryKate Stroud, Reporter
MaryKate Stroud is a sophomore, and this is her first time in publications. MaryKate is one of the  managers for girls Varsity Basketball. MaryKate is also the President Elect for FCCLA. MaryKate enjoys doing sports photography and traveling. MaryKate’s favorite place that she traveled to was Italy in the summer of ´24. MaryKate plans on going to college after high school and is currently indecisive on where she wants to go, but she knows that she wants to go for broadcasting and human resources. 
Caitlin McDonnell
Caitlin McDonnell, Photo Editor
Caitlin McDonnell is a senior, and this will be her second year in Publications. Caitlin is the Talon’s Yearbook Photo Editor and is excited to help other photographers grow while also growing herself. Caitlin likes taking pictures of her friends, portraits, sports, theater, and other school events. She also enjoys reading and hanging out with friends. Caitlin is looking forward to a fun senior year full of many memories.