For any of you freshman or new kiddos to the school, I am sure you took notice of the amount of school spirit during homecoming week. While every class has an unwavering pride for our school, we all know that our true loyalty lays in the representation of our class- all hail 2013- and ultimately, spirit week highlights the pride we hold in our class rather than our unity as a school.

I would never try to put down spirit our class has in any way, shape, or form. I have said it once and I will stick by it: you are an idiot to not participate in spirit week, a flat out, bone-headed idiot.

However, above all atrocities one could commit against spirit week, to me the biggest one is a lack of participation or appreciation for Powder Puff.

Powder Puff football, a game set specifically for the seniors to play the juniors and sophomores to play the freshmen, is a tradition here at South Lakes. It has been, and hopefully will always be, an event that many girls look forward to since the beginning of school, despite a good chunk of participants being clueless about the sport.

The purpose of the game is to bond classes with each other while keeping a good-natured spirit towards the losing team.     

In fact, since The Class of 2013 were freshmen, there has only been one unsportsmanlike call on our class, unfortunately on me, but I believe that shows just how well Powder Puff works. 

Our awesome coaches, Mr. Krasilovsky and Mr. Carter, with a variation of female coaches including this year’s Mrs. Evans, promoted good sportsmanship more than anything thing else- besides winning that is- and taught us to become better players.

So the fact of the matter is, no matter what sport you are playing, and regardless if it is for one game or a season, athletic ability is not what defines an athlete.

Good players and bad players are simply differentiated by the heart of every good participant who values respect for not only there self, but more importantly the athletes around them.

The thing to keep in mind is that in sports, or school, or even in life, that’s the way to play the game.