By Alex Brown and Jade Thompson, staff writers

Was Plainwell High School’s annual Snowcoming dance, a success or a disaster? It was held on Feb. 4 in the school cafeteria

The Snowcoming game was held at home a day prior to the dance, with the Girls and Boys varsity basketball teams hosting the Allegan Tigers. The players enjoyed the larger-than-normal turnout due to snowcoming.

“There are a lot more people at the snowcoming game. The atmosphere is so much louder and exciting,” said Evan Finch ‘18. “It pumps the team up.”

“It’s a lot easier to get into the game when you can feed off the energy from the crowd,” said Ben Gibson.

The boys finished the night winning their 8th game 66-52 against the Tigers.

Most of the girls were also excited about the turnout, and the outcome, of the game.

“We are used to having like two people in our student section during our games, so having people come and support was nice,” said Sophie Monroe ‘17.

“Snowcoming was good, but it still doesn’t get better then when we beat Otsego last time at home,” said Hayley Hawkes ‘17.

The girls left the game with their heads high, rolling over the Tigers with a 47-36 win.

The dance commenced in the cafeteria on a saturday evening. Students had mixed feelings about the success of the dance, and the environment that was provided by PHS staff and students.  

“It was subpar and I will still go back to it but I want it to be better,” said Devin Nelson ‘20.

“It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed the person I danced with, she was a lot of fun but the dance not so much,” said Andre Lunarde ‘19

One good thing was the vibe of the students,” said Ryan Leeger ‘19.

The turn out of the dance was lot smaller than previous dances. Many students chose not to participate this year, some because of the cost associated with it.

“The dance would have been a waste of money for me to go,” said Andre Lunarde ‘19.

“There wasn’t nearly as many people at Snowcoming this year compared to Homecoming,” said Matt Root ‘18.

“The last half of the dance was a lot better, the music was better and people were making it fun,” said Ben Meddock ‘17

While there were varying impressions of the event, students that participated, seemed to enjoy the dance. Many look forward to the next one, homecoming, that will take place in the fall of 2018.