Water guns and the promise of nearly $1000 kept seniors busy over fall break, and continues to, until graduation. Seniors Angie Prakelt and James Fitzpatrick organized the game of Assassins just before break started.

Assassins is a game generally played by high school senior classes, not endorsed by the high school, in which two partners are assigned another team to “assassinate” with their water guns. Teams pay an entry fee to participate, and the last team standing wins the cash.

Students have played assassins for a while; both Hamilton and Basha High Schools had already begun their games by the time Prakelt decided to get students involved at Perry.

“A lot of people were talking about it, and no one was really doing anything,” Prakelt says. “It would be really fun if we brought the whole senior class together. A good way to do that was Assassins.”

Most of the game’s news comes from itsTwitter page, run by both Fitzpatrick and Prakelt. The account tweets about recent assassinations and rule changes.

Although the game intends no harm, Principal Dan Serrano worries that water gun fights could lead to real fights. ”We [administration] will make an announcement that if you’re playing this game [during school]- it’s not allowed and you will be subject to discipline,” he warns.

Prakelt expressed her concerns about possible discipline. “I thought admin was going to get upset if a student went to a [football] game with a water gun,” she explains.

Serrano, however, says the game is only an issue if a student is hurt on campus.

“Even if it’s after baseball practice and a kid’s walking to his car and another kid comes up and hurts him, I can [discipline] the student, because that’s a school function,” he says.

According to Prakelt, there have been “no complaints at all,” even though “some people are reckless and might chase each other in cars. If anyone starts that, they’ll get kicked out.”

Seniors Sarah Sharp and Hayden Evans are one of the few teams left in the game. “It’s a lot of fun and it’s not just sitting at your house texting people,” Sharp says.

“Cole Merrell and Derrick Despain are probably the strongest competition because of their extra lives,” Sharp says. Seniors Merrell and Despain earned extra lives by being the first team to get a player out.

Assassins will end when one team is left. Prakelt hopes the game will keep students entertained until graduation.