powder puff 2023 champs

Thank you to all who participated in, volunteered for or attended the “14th Annual Powder Puff School Sponsored Charity Event” last night at Datka Stadium.  In semi-final action, the Sophomores defeated the Juniors 18-14, with a touchdown on the last play of the game and the Seniors narrowly held off the Freshmen 6-0.

The championship game was arguably one of the most competitive finals in the 14-year history of our events. The Seniors began the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run by Macie Daniel and then followed that up with a 2-yard touchdown run by Reece Berge, to go up 12-0.  The Sophomores answered with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Addy Luedtke to Mary Leininger and were successful on a 2-point conversion to make the score 12-8 at the half.

In a very entertaining second half, the Sophomores began the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown pass from Addy Luedtke to Julia Skarda and once again were successful on a 2-point conversion to take the lead 14-12.

With a few minutes left, Senior Reece Berge ripped off a 55-yard touchdown run and with the successful 2-point conversion, the Seniors held a 20-14 lead. The Sophomores were driving, but with :30 seconds left in the game, Senior Rachel Murphy intercepted a pass to seal the 20-14 win for the Class of 2024!

Congratulations to all teams and thank you to the many staff members who donated their time as volunteers to help make this event such a success.  Also, thank you to the Wall of Sound for the National Anthem and to DECA/FBLA for running the concession stand.  Thanks to all players, coaches and students for good sportsmanship and appropriate behavior during the event!  It was a beautiful night, continuing our fortune of having great weather for 13 of the 14 years of this event!

This was a well-attended event with several hundred in attendance and $1,306 was raised in gate donations with 80% of the proceeds going to the St. Boniface Food Pantry and the other 20% going to the Senior class fundraising account.