Winter has finally arrived in
Holland, Michigan. After a mild couple of months, we now have temperatures in
the teens, wind chills below zero, and tons of snow. While snow days are very
uncommon at Hope College, students still find ways to venture out in the cold
and have fun. In fact, Hope has not had a snow day
since my freshman year and before that it had been about 15 years since the
previous snow day. Some Hope students make snow angels, others build
snowmen, and some even have snowball fights. While all those sound like lots of
fun, I’m pretty confident that the game of snow football that I played last
night tops all of those. About 15 of us braved the weather
to live out our dreams of being in the NFL. Here are some statistics from the
game:
Michael Erickson – Quarterback: 14 touchdowns
Allie Chinander – Wide Receiver: 4 touchdowns
Chris Ackett – Wide Receiver: 2 touchdowns
Chelsea Barfield – Running Back: 2 touchdowns
Nate Winter – Linebacker: 10 tackles, 1 Forced Fumble, 1 Touchdown
Julie Sobieski – 2 Big Hits
Austin Smith – 1 Touchdown
Jess Gable – Offensive Coordinator
Alexis Sears – 50 Yard Run
Andrew Borror – 1 Touchdown, 1 Interception
Matt “Dougie” Dougles – 75 Yard Touchdown
Jake Boles – Sack, 10 Receptions, 1 Touchdown
Megan Farwell – Hit of the Game
Stephen Hawke – Worst Offensive Coordinator, LVP, 1 Touchdown
The game ended
in a tie (stalemate) and a snowball fight. Memories were made, laughs were had,
and plenty of people ended up soaking wet from being tackled into the snow.