ORR beats Wareham in powderpuff game
It took some overtime, but the lady Bulldogs defeated Wareham in their second annual powderpuff football game.
The game is a fundraiser for both schools and is a fun way of unifying the student body. Prior to the powderpuff game, Old Rochester pitted the junior class against the senior class in an annual game.
“That was divisive instead of unifying,” Principal Mike Devoll said.
Ticket sales from the event were split between ORR and Wareham. For the players, a win gets them a year of bragging rights.
It was a tight game, with the score 0-0 at the end of the fourth quarter. After chants of “O-VER-TIME, O-VER-TIME” from the crowd, the coaches and referees decided to let the ladies play one more round.
Each team got four down from the 10-yard line. ORR scored and then intercepted a pass during Wareham's first down to take the game 6-0.
“It was fun. I think the girls had fun,” Wareham coach Steve Faniel said.
The coaches for ORR were Devoll, Mike Beson and Greg Lyons.