Scootah Hockey by Ellie F. '28
a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism
Every few seasons, the hallowed concrete walls of Simmons Hall come alive with the echoes of laughter and plastic pucks and the ritual shouts of “ON YOUR SCOOTAH!” This season, it was our fair and brave president Eugenie who led this time-honored tradition: the sacred game of Scootah Hockey.
Scootah Hockey, while rich in history and strategy, is a simple game to play. Each team has three to four players on at a time, each of whom rides on a noble steed–those scooters that you used to sit your butt on in PE class. Each player was also gifted a weapon of pure magic by the name of “short hockey stick”, with which they may launch the puck around the rink, and hopefully, into the goal. However, each goal is guarded by a vigilant goalie with the power to apprehend nearby pucks and send them back out into the fray.
Clearly, Scootah Hockey has no power without its teams, and so, the tangled maze of Simmons Hall floors split up into their respective GRA sections and painted their team spirit into the very fabric upon their backs. We also ate some yummy snacks while making our shirts.
Now, the time to play draws near. Each night, three contests were held, points tallied, and glory awarded with the blow of the big plastic horn thing we have for some reason. Those who came to spectate the festivities were met with different feasts each day–fried chicken, sushi, mochinuts, brownies, and more. Gathered around the walls of the rink were GRAs and friends cheering for whichever team they owed their loyalty. My debut on the rink was chaotic, and despite good resistance from our opponents, my teammates and I won 1 to 0. Afterwards, I felt aches in muscles as of yet never discovered.
The revelry continued in this way for five nights, and then the final bracket was revealed to much fanfare. My team, C Tower, was seeded first, and with the sunrise on Saturday came the last playoffs. In a heartbreaking turn of events, we were defeated by A Tower, a worthy team, which, in the final seconds of the final, won the Scootah Hockey Championship. And thus, another tournament of Scootah Hockey, with its victories and defeats, would be written into the annals of Simmons Hall.
making our uniforms
GO C TOWERRRRR