Photo Credit: Roxanna Salceda (Flickr)[/caption]As fall leaves sprinkle the ground, pumpkin-spice flavored everything fills the grocery store shelves. The market has flooded with the seasonal flavor ever since the famous pumpkin spice latte made its debut at Starbucks in 2003. The food companies of America have hit an all-time high in creating food with the pumpkin flavor, as the shelves overflow with fall-flavored food.
Pumpkin-spice Oreos, pumpkin-spice candy corn, pumpkin-spice coffee creamers; look no more as your eyes will immediately find these classic products in the local Walmart. However, this fall 2014 has offered a variety of new foods including Pumpkin Pie Spice Pringles, Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts, Rossi’s Pumpkin Spice Lasagna, and Bigelow’s Pumpkin Spice Tea. While the pumpkin-crazed fans may be all over this trend, some Americans find pumpkin-spice to be suffocating. Senior Lexi Moyer said, “I’m personally not a fan of pumpkin spice, so the pumpkin-filled grocery stores are getting annoying.”
While pumpkin spice may be an overused fad, most people have responded positively and jumped on the pumpkin-spice bandwagon. Students can have an entire day’s meal revolving around pumpkin; pumpkin-spice waffles, pumpkin-spice yogurt, pumpkin-spice bread, pumpkin-spiced lasagna, the list continues on. In addition, Meleah Travis raves over “the pumpkin-spiced pop tarts! They are a perfect fall treat for the morning and get me in the Halloween mood.”
For those who aren’t big on the pumpkin flavor, other seasonal items include Glade’s pumpkin-scented air fresheners, Trader Joe’s pumpkin flavored dog treats for your pooch, and Bath & Body Works’ sweet cinnamon pumpkin body lotion.
Overall, pumpkin-spice is dominating the market and becoming a go-to flavor for food and product companies. As people continue to buy up the seasonal trend, it is suggested that there is everything nice about pumpkin-spice.
The team had an up and down season, but were very close to winning the majority of the games they lost. The Panthers were led by their top three scoring leaders: Shinnick, Lexi Moyer, and Devon Allen. Goalie Madison Chandler also proved to be a valuable member. There were also many back ups that played a big role throughout the season.
Freshman goalie Bethany Barbee, who when asked how it would feel to make the playoffs answered, “I would be glad to make it, to show that all of our hard work in both the preseason and regular season paid off.”
When also asked how it felt to be a freshman playing on varsity, she said “I felt like I improved a lot over the course of the season due to all the great support I got from my teammates, and felt like we accomplished a lot.”
The current standings for the junior varsity women’s soccer team is 0-4-0. Varsity’s season record so far is 2-2-1. Megan Joyner and Hannah Mignosa have scored 1 goal, Lexi Moyer has scored 2 goals, and Rachel Shinnick has scored 4 goals.
Regardless of a tough season, the girls’ spirits are still high. They have evidently made progress working together as a team. Junior varsity player Beth Barbee stated, “I feel this season our team has improved tremendously as a team through accomplishing our team and personal goals.”
The next game for varsity will be held April 9, at Southern Vance at 6 pm. Junior varsity will play at home April 10, against J.F. Webb at 5 pm.