A Review of Puppy Bowl XXI

By Blaise Toledo, Print Editor • March 11, 2025

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For those who may not know what the Puppy Bowl is, it’s an event that happens on the same day as the Superbowl and is the puppy version. These puppies are all up for adoption and come from shelters and rescues. This tradition was started in 2005 by Harry Kalas to help puppies get adopted. The Puppy Bowl showcases the skills of each dog and introduces them to the audience, encouraging members to adopt the puppies and give them a new home.

This year, the Puppy Bowl was hosted on February 9th and aired on Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max and Discovery+ at 2 pm.

There are always many different breeds of puppies at the Puppy Bowl, and that did not change this year. The various breeds on Team Fluff and Team Ruff were a cuteness overload to many, including me. My personal favourite puppies were Belle, from Team Fluff, and Enrique, from Team Ruff.

Team Fluff won the Puppy Bowl this year with the final score of 68-66. A pup named Paws Allen from Team Fluff scored the winning touchdown that gave his team the points they needed to win. The Underdog award was given to a pup named Mercury, and the MVP was Foxtrot from Team Ruff.

Prior to the Puppy Bowl airing, there was a preshow called the “Puppy Bowl Combine”, where the unrecruited puppies showed off their skills in different areas before they were chosen for which team they would play for in the actual Puppy Bowl.

The Combine is a brand new addition to the Puppy Bowl this year, and consisted of multiple events such as sprints, huddle training, and more.

One puppy in particular, Beethoven, made the Combine much cuter. During a few of the events, Beethoven would instead be found laying down for a quick nap before finishing. This is mainly due to the fact that Beethoven is a Great Pyreneese mix, a breed that is renowned for being lazy and loving to sleep.

There were quite a few disabled dogs a part of the Puppy Bowl this year as well. One example is Trio, who, like his name suggests, only has three legs. Despite this, Trio was actually the fastest runner during the Combine. Another example is a pitbull named Jolene, who needed a wheelchair because her front two legs do not work. There was also a puppy named Hewett who was blind, but still played amazingly during the match.

Overall, the 2025 Puppy Bowl was very adorable and very successful, as almost every single dog was adopted. If you would like to watch the Puppy Bowl, it is free to watch on the earlier stated platforms, and you can tune in next year as well!

About the Contributors

Blaise Toledo, Print Editor

What’s up Royals!! I’m Blaise, the brand new Print Editor for The Ubiquity! That means that the physical copy of the newspaper that gets passed out each quarter is made by yours truly. I’m also on the marketing team once again, so I make most of our instagram posts! I’m very excited to be back on the Ubiquity team for a second year, and I can’t wait to create more articles for you all! Other than Honors Journalism, I’m also involved in a variety of other activities in school. I’m on the Division Leadership Team of our schools Key Club as one of our Social Media Coordinators! This means that I make a few of the social media posts for the divisions instagram account! I am also on our schools Folklorico dance team this year! Outside of school, I love to write books! I’m currently writing around ten, and (shameless plug incoming) I have an instagram account dedicated to my writing! (@blaise_books) I also enjoy baking in my free time, as well as read books. My current favorite thing to read is the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson (my favorite author)! (2/21 Update) While most people say their junior year was the worst, I honestly think this has been my favorite year of school yet. I may bite my words once SATs and AP exams come, but for now I’m living in ignorant bliss. I joined Folklorico at the beginning of this year, and I’m still on the team and I love it. I’ve performed a few times this year and each time it gets more exciting than the last. I think my favorite parts of this year are Folklorico and my ceramics class, they have risen quickly in terms of which hobbies I enjoy the most (though they will never overtake my love of reading and writing). At the time I’m writing this, I just registered for senior year classes last week. People may call me crazy for my plan, and I probably am, but…I’m going to try taking 5 AP classes next year. If we ignore that fact though, my other 4 classes are very fun and (hopefully) relaxing and easy. It seems stressful but I’m weirdly excited for next year. Maybe it’s because I’ll be a senior, maybe it’s because I love my classes already…I don’t know the exact reason, all I know is that I’m already prepping what supplies I want for next year.

Addison Nicoll, Copy Editor

Hello there! I’m Addison/Addi/Hey-You! I’m currently a Junior here at QHHS and this is my second year in Journalism. I am a Copy Editor in this class. I enjoy drawing, constructing robot figurines known as Gundam, and reading. Speaking of robots, I’m the lead programmer on QHHS’ very own FRC (First Robotics Competition) team. GO 5869 AQUEDUCKS!! I’m also part of the Key Club Division Leadership Team of Division 16 Oasis. When I am not doing my usual hobbies, I can be found watching various shows and movies that include action such as The Mandalorian or the Spider Verse movies. I currently have three very silly dogs, two cats, many goats and chickens, a few hives of bees, and one gecko that I do not have yet as I am still convincing my parents that I am indeed old enough to take care of it myself. Most importantly, I really like dragons. Dragons are cool.