Over the end of senior year, students had begun shooting each other with water guns. You may be confused, but across the country, a new game called “Senior Assassin” was rampaging.

In this game, seniors are assigned targets. In order to get to their target, they have to shoot them with a water gun. But there’s a catch: their target is only eliminated if they are not wearing goggles.

The rules were simple, but the execution? Not so much. Students walked the hallways armed like supersoaker agents, clutching neon water pistols and guns under the outerwear and in their backpacks.

Some wore goggles to class, to lunch, and even while sleeping. Others traveled in packs for protection, forming brief alliances based on geography, friend groups, or simply desperation.

It started as a fun way to blow off steam before graduation, but turned into a nationwide obsession. Videos of dramatic takedowns with slow motion edits went viral on both Tiktok and Instagram reels. Senior Charlie Graves hid under Sparks Grenfell’s bed, waiting for the right moment to attack. Res Ishee even wore goggles to JA prom. No one was safe.

Administrators didn’t know what to do, and some schools banned water guns entirely.

Senior Assassin had evolved beyond a game. It was now a rite of passage. It taught stealth, betrayal, teamwork, and paranoia. Students couldn’t go to model UN without looking behind them. Trust was a luxury and friends were tested.

By the end of school, as the seniors got out, the game passed. People became less interested. No targets left to get, and no passion anywhere in sight. Only a few remained. Withno winner in line, and nine seniors left, it seems the crowned “winners” of the 2025 Jackson Prep Senior Assassin game are: Carson Mallard, Gardner Young, Holden Heigle, Noble Wilkinson, Parker Page, Sophie Slade, Stewart Grubbs Virginia Futvoye, and Res Simmons.