Junior Chaz Vittitow runs past freshman Bryan Hartzell, left, and sophomore Wade Haga, right, during a football game on the snow covered south lawn Saturday Jan. 30th. ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/Herald

Students awoke Friday morning to find that the weatherman’s promised snowfall hadn’t yet even dusted the roads.

But by the afternoon, snow fell on and around Western’s hilltop.

Chelsea Childress of Bee Springs, left, sleds next to her husband, Bowling Green senior Daniel Childress, and their friends, Bowling Green junior Brandon Hurt and Amos Ashley of Bowling Green, in front of Van Meter Hall Sunday afternoon. CHRIS FRYER/Herald

With all of the compactable snow covering Bowling Green, students trenched through vicious snowball fights, risked their lives on Hospital Hill and rolled multiple snowmen.

Tompkinsville sophomore Leah Stephenson used the snowfall to whet her appetite.

“I made snow cream and went sledding down Hospital Hill on a car hood,” she said.

Snow cream consists of a large pan of newly fallen snow, cream, vanilla and granulated sugar, according to the Web site www.cooks.com.

Louisville sophomore Ashley Demling said she had a snowball fight with her friends in front of Pearce-Ford Tower.

“I also fell on my ass,” she said.

Some other students took a more alternative route of playing in the snow.

Louisville sophomore Spencer Holden decided to party during the storm.

“It was my buddy’s last few days here at school, so we all decided to go out with a bang,” Holden said.

Bowling Green had a near record-breaking snowfall, measured at the airport with 2.8 inches on Friday and another 2.7 inches on Saturday, according to the Weather Underground Web site.

Central City junior Brittney Jones cuddled up all weekend during the snowstorm.

Louisville sophomore Emily Harrod and a few of her friends make snow angels and throw snowballs outside of Bates-Runner Hall on Friday night. CHRIS WILSON/Herald

“I got snowed in at my boyfriend’s, and we stayed there for the past two days,” she said. “We had a snowball fight, played a bunch of board games and ate doughnuts.”

Some students even got snowed all the way out of town. Clarksville sophomore Brettne Vasek could not make it back to Bowling Green, she said.

“I couldn’t get the truck up the hill in my neighborhood,” Vasek said. “I went sledding on the golf course, made snow cream and ate.”