Powderpuff (sports)
In the United States and Canada, powderpuff are football games (ice hockey games in Canada) which include flag football or touch football games between girls from junior and senior classes or cross-town school rivals. Funds from the ticket and concession sales typically go to charity, the senior class, or to a dance. The games are an annual tradition at many high schools and universities. The term originates from the powder puff, the soft material used for the application of cosmetic face powder. The games usually occur before homecoming. History It is not clear when the first powderpuff football game was played, although there is photographic evidence of it being played as early as 1931 at Western State College of Colorado (now Western State Colorado University) in Gunnison, Colorado. One of the first well-documented powderpuff football games was played on October 20, 1945, at Eastern State Teachers College, in Madison, South Dakota. Eastern had previously cancelled many campus activities for the duration of World War II. Among these events were the annual homecoming celebration and intercollegiate sports, including football. With the signing of the unconditional surrender by Japan on September 2, 1945, the war officially came to an end, Homecoming was