by Tori Newby and Madison Tringone ’22

Kay Sakala crouches with her water gun as she waits for her target.

Teams are going all out for the culminating event of the year: Senior Assassin. Groups of four to five seniors are assigned another team to target with water weapons, who they must “kill” before moving on to the next target. Sherwood grounds during school hours or during school-sponsored events are “no-kill” zones, as well as seniors’ places of work. Beyond that, neighborhoods, houses, and public places are fair game.

Teams have engaged in stake-outs and car chases to attempt to shoot their target team with water guns. Restaurants in Olney are high-risk battle zones, with many seniors congregating there after sports games.

On May 11, multiple teams attempted to work together to plan the ultimate attack, which backfired when allied teams quickly betrayed one another. Kay Sakala headed into Chick-fil-A planning her attack on Anthony Valenzuela, when Chris Major came up behind Sakala and got her out. Simultaneously, Valenzuela planned to attack James Lyons and Nathan Natoli, but the teams disputed the validity of his kill.

Seniors Adriana Bohlmann and Maddy Mascott have gone as far as to hide inside their target’s house, but accidentally surprised their target’s mother instead as she walked in the door and was faced with a water gun.

All kills must be captured on video and sent to the junior class SGA who is monitoring the game. Jeffrey Acheampong, Daisia Smith, Christian Maffei, and Ria Kapur have eliminated two teams already and are onto their third targets, making them the team to beat.