The current seniors at Fair Grove High School are spending their last months of high school participating in the game “Senior Splashin”. The game officially starts on Tuesday, April 7, at 12:00 AM.
Kenna Fishback (12) described “Senior Splashin”, “Senior Splashin is a game where students are able to eliminate each other via water guns. The teams are in pairs of two and they get another team as their target every week. The only way to eliminate someone is to film you spraying water on them with a water gun.”
Macklen Johnson (12) added, “The way it works is that you are assigned a target, and you have 1 week to eliminate that target. If you fail to do so, you are eliminated, and the last team standing wins.”
With just a few days before the game begins, the seniors are starting to pick partners and create strategies to win the game. Fishback stated, “My strategy is to always be wearing my immunity (swim goggles) at all times, no matter where I am at. Another strategy of mine is to attempt to eliminate another team at all cost. Whether they are easy or hard to get at the moment, I am committed to this game.”
Many senior classes across the country participate in various versions of this game. While some general rules may change, the idea of the game remains the same.
Here is a list of rules for the 2026 Fair Grove Senior Splashin game:
- A water gun must be used to eliminate other players.
- This does not include Orbeez guns, water balloons, or realistic looking water guns.
- If you get only one of your two targets out on your target team, you can move on to next week.
- If you don’t get either of your two targets within the week, you are eliminated.
- If only you or your teammate is eliminated, you are still eligible for the next week. However, the eliminated teammate is out for the rest of that week.
- Goggles must be worn on eyes to count as immunity.
- You must be holding a full sized water melon for immunity.
- School grounds are only safe from 7 AM- 4 PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
- When you are inside of religious buildings or on shift at work, you are safe. The parking lot is not safe.
- If you’re an athlete, you are safe during a sports game or practice while inside the playing area.
- You are not safe while watching a sporting event.
- You are not safe while eating with the team.
- You are not safe when boarding and exiting a school bus for a school function.
- While at a school function (field trip, competition, etc) you are safe.
