With a considerable difference in team size at their favor and a few tricks up their sleeves, the seniors plan to take the juniors down, but the juniors won’t be defeated without a fight.

At tonight’s annual Powder Puff football game, the junior girls will once again challenge the senior girls in a battle to claim the Powder Puff trophy. Typically, around 100 girls represent each grade. But this year, with 132 seniors and only 93 juniors, the juniors are at a disadvantage in numbers.

“We definitely drew the short end of the stick when it came to the size of the team this year,” junior coach Jake Haubner said. “But we have a lot of athletic girls, so we should be able to hold our own.”The girls have had three official and multiple unofficial practices to prepare for the game. Junior and senior girls who participate in Powder Puff are coached by junior and senior football players. This year’s senior Head coach is Jake Hurrell.

“I decided to be the Head coach this year because it was a lot of fun last year,” Hurrell said. “Since I [coached Powder Puff] last year, all the football players thought I would be good at it.”

Having played last year, the seniors girls feel they have a strategic advantage. In addition, the senior coaches have some strategies to win, but these plans are being kept secret from the juniors. Even though the seniors aren’t sharing their strategies, they do have some advice for the junior girls.

“Don’t be too afraid of the big bad seniors because they’re going to do what they want to do and that’s that,” senior Powder Puff player Alex Oppenborn said.

Oppenborn, the coaches and the other seniors girls have extremely high hopes for winning this years Powder Puff game.

“When we win, I will be so excited and rub it in the junior’s face,” coach VJ Goddard said. “Just like the seniors did to us last year.”