On Thursday, Nov. 13, the Hawks Nest held its annual powder puff game. The junior girls team took home the victory 7-0.
The game was put on by North Harford’s varsity club, which is run by seniors Mady Staiger (president), Lola Steele (vice president), and Brianna Billings (secretary).
The junior team consisted of Olivia Bloom, Zoe Shum, Liv Tucker, Samantha Johnson, Kim Dreyer, Rileigh Zimmerman, Lola Minor, Lila Barnaba, Gabby Stuchinski, Savannah Picha, Ashley Picha, Marlee Kilby, Keegan Huss, Kamilla Burkhanov, Ava Sealy, Caroline Ward, Courtney Stroh, Mikayla Dawson, Peyton Dawson, and Lauren Nicholson. The girls were coached by juniors Luke Bylen, Xavier Dunaway, Charlie Rudolph, Jason Brady, and Mason Leizear.
The senior team was coached by Zach Mullins, Kenny McMahon, Christian Armetta, Lukas Smithson, Chance Kobus, Colin Moore, Matthew Carico, and Brendan Zang. Senior players consisted of Mady Staiger, Brianna Billings, Lola Steele, Sophie Deibler, Lilly Heath, Mariah Messick, Kylee Niederburger, Grace Cassidy, Mady Smick, Julia Underwood, Brooke McElwain, Reagan Cadden, Alyza Robinson, Katie Jones, Aerie Howell, Natalie Barndt, Emily Signor, Sarah Welzant, and Norah McElwain.
Junior Sam Johnson says they “were not expecting to win.” She adds that the hardest thing for her and the team was “probably getting the plays right and trying to figure them out” while on the field. Johnson says that she “had a lot of fun” playing this year and cannot wait to play again last year. Her favorite part was “being able to play center because” she liked that a lot. She adds that she wouldn’t mind “being a running back next year.”
The girls played two 30-minute halves, playing full field, flag football style. There were 11 players from each team on the field at once. The game was refereed by football coach and business teacher Mr. Eugene Liebel alongside government Mr. Mark Filiaggi.
The winning score was intercepted by Minor who passed the ball to Dawson, who made the touchdown.
