LEXINGTON — Monday’s comfortable temperatures provided a perfect setting for fun and good-spirited competition.
Every year, Lexington High School participates in a powder-puff football game, highlighting team spirit and companionship.
The students always look forward to this event, eager to create a fun and exciting display of school spirit. It’s an opportunity for them to come together and bond while creating memories that will last a lifetime.
The high school girls play freshman and juniors against sophomores and seniors. After the first game, those two grades then play against each other to see who the final winner will be.
The freshmen players shared their excitement not only about participating in the powder-puff game for the first time, but also for supporting such a good cause.
Lexington High School used its annual powder-puff game this year to recognize and help the Cramer family, which tragically lost their mother in a recent house explosion.
Rebecca Bigley, a teacher and head of the student council at Lexington High School, explained her involvement with the event.
“The whole purpose of the student council is to take the voices of the students and amplify them into action. Student council usually tries each year to choose powder puff to go toward an organization or group who is in need in some capacity,” Bigley stated.
She noted student council tossed around a few different ideas for groups they had helped in recent years. Ultimately, they decided it just felt really important that they take care of their own.
“The daughter of the family who lost the home is a staff member in our community, and their grandchildren are in our district. The Cramer family also has children who are in our district,” Bigley said.
“Our community has done a lot to help them out, and it was just another way we could do our part to show support,” Jackie Foster, a Junior Representative for Lexington Student Council, stated.
“It’s just a fun, light-hearted event for a great cause.”
Emily Woods, a member of the Lexington Student Council, said the event was planned to bring the community together. The game created a fun atmosphere for the students while also helping those in their community.
Woods said they also made custom t-shirts, with funds raised from sales going directly to the families affected by the house explosion.
The proceeds from the sales at the game will be added to the donations made by the district to support the families.
The overall goal was to not only raise as much as possible for those affected by such a tragedy but to shine a light on how a community can come together when needed.
The game was a beautiful display of school spirit and community support, showing that Lexington High School students can come together and help.