Issue date: 11/9/09 Section: News

Media Credit: Jeremy Northum [Click to enlarge]

Media Credit: Jeremy Northum [Click to enlarge]

The Old Army Gentlemen's Society had its eighth annual Powderpuff tournament on Saturday at Penberthy Fields. The event is an all-day flag football tournament featuring 16 sororities and women's organizations on campus.

Proceeds of the event benefited Head Start, an early childhood education center for children of lower income families in Bryan. Ol' AGS raised almost $9,000 for the philanthropy Saturday.

"I think it was one of the most successful events we've ever had. It seemed like all the girls out there were having a ton of fun. Overall, everybody's out there to just have some fun and enjoying being out in the sun and playing some football and ready to help out a good cause," said Ol' AGS President Scott Hayter.

"I think everybody's really happy with the outcome of all the hard work we put in," he said, "even the teams that didn't do that great, I think they still had a wonderful time."

The tournament competes with double elimination rounds and about 25 matches were played.

Each team was made up of women and assigned three or four coaches from Ol' AGS. The teams practiced and trained for about two months prior to the tournament.

"Over the past two months they basically play like a full cycle of the game," said Ol' AGS Public Relations Chairman Jonathan Mock. "They have plays, they have all types of defenses, and they have practices during the week."

On game day, the coaches of the teams are at the tournament and coach their respective teams through each match.

"I think that something that everyone always takes away from this is the relationships that you build like with the coaches and their players and vice versa," Hayter said. "It's really helped our organization create a strong bond with other organizations on this campus."

The tournament lasted from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The first place winner was Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Second place was Tri Delta, and third was Sigma Phi Lambda.

Kate Terry, of the Kappa Alpha Theta, who has participated in the event for three years, was named the Most Valuable Player in the tournament.

"The entire team deserves an award, 100 percent. Our efforts this year as Theta, was 100 percent team effort. Every single girl on that field played their heart out and I could not have done anything without them," Terry said. "Receiving the award was an honor for sure, but it definitely felt like it could've tied to multiple girls on the team. I know that the team deserves that as a whole."

The event raised money for Head Start by having each player pay $20, which includes a shirt for the team and registration for the games.

Future plans for the tournament include involving other women's organizations on campus and having audience participation games.

"We're always looking for improvement and ways to make more money for our philanthropy. This year is one of our record years in terms of ticket sales and PR," Mock said. "I think that in the future we can build on the foundation that we did this year to try to make it better and better."

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