Inaugural LHS powder puff football game on Monday

LACONIA — The inaugural Laconia High School powder puff football game will be held at Monday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. on the turf. The game will see a a team of seniors and freshmen face off against a junior and sophomore team. 

The idea was brought to the co-presidents of National Honor Society, the sponsors of the event, by Lisa Hinds, LHS math department head. “The annual Powderpuff game was a longstanding tradition, both in my high school where I taught and where my children attended, Hinds said. "When I started at Laconia High School four years ago and saw the school spirit at homecoming, both in the student body and throughout the community, I knew that the event would be a great fit." 

LHS Athletic Director Craig Kozens will be referee for the evening. Michael Frederickson, principal, said, “It is a great reflection of the LHS student body willing to do anything to raise money for others.”

A field goal kicking contest will be held at halftime, $2 to enter and open to everyone. Longest field goal will win half the pot.

Admission to the game is $5 and the concession stand will be open. Half of the proceeds will go to the family of Brianna Stewart, a Woodland Heights student with brain cancer, and the other half will benefit NHS scholarships.