And the Roles Reverse....

Oh no!  That's not my flag...those are my shorts! My "red terry cloth with white piping" shorts! Do I keep running for the end zone or stop and pull up my shorts?  I chose the shorts.

That was "back in the day", the 80's to be exact.  We were in the middle of an intense powder puff game.  I was carrying the ball on a pretty long run when the defender grabbed my shorts instead of my flag!  Pretty embarrassing to say the least. 

Great memories though.  We loved playing Powder Puff football during homecoming week. It was a big tradition.  The tradition has faded a bit and it is hit and miss as to whether schools have a Powder Puff game.

The first Powder Puff game was played on October 20, 1945 in Madison, South Dakota at Eastern State Teachers College, now known as Dakota State. 

"Eastern had cancelled many campus activities for the duration of World War II. Among these were the annual homecoming celebration and intercollegiate sports, including football. With the signing of the Peace Treaty with Japan on September 2, 1945, and the war’s official end, Homecoming was again on the schedule at Eastern. The traditional football game seemed out of the question, however. Just three men enrolled for the fall term that year. 

“A bunch of us were sitting around after gym class and we thought, if we’re going to have Homecoming, we’ve got to have a football game,” said Susie Lowry, who was a freshman at Eastern in 1945. “We decided we should have a game of our own."

And so the tradition of Powder Puff began.  The game is always fun 

"talking" before the game...especially from the coaches! 

Traditionally, the girls are the players, the boys 

are the coaches and cheerleaders.

They have a few practices, see who can catch, 

throw and run and put together

their roster...then the game is on.

For the spectator it is pure entertainment seeing the role reversal.

If you think you are in the mood to watch a little Powder Puff action...

you're in luck if you you're in luck if you live in McArthur.

The Fall River High School students are ready to play tonight...

Kickoff is at 6:30 pm.