It was never Kelly McKenna’s intent to make a statement, never her intent to launch a salvo in the gender wars. She just loved football....

Coryne DeMattio has heard her opponents’ whispers. The 11 boys on the other side of the field can see the long locks of brunette hair,...

In full football gear, Jade Watson and Kennedy Davis don’t look a whole lot different than their 32 Eisenhower High School teammates out...

Bring it on boys! That’s what one Shorewood Middle School girl is saying. She’s playing offense, defense and special teams for her youth...

The Topeka Trojans visited Wichita Northwest Friday night. Even through the last-second madness, two players stood out among the crowd....

Twelve-year-old Paxten Jensen doesn’t care that she is the first girl to play junior high football for Tri-State. She doesn’t care that...

I still remember when I found out I would represent my country in the inaugural IFAF Women’s World Championship. Forty-five of the top...

A star placekicker for a Michigan high school football team was mocked on social media for her race, though the troubling Instagram post...

The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...

That football team you half recall, the one with a girl lost deep down the roster? The seventh string punter, maybe? It isn’t Gold Hill...

The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...

A law passed in 1973 would eventually change the lives of current high school girls born near the turn of this century. That law made it...

For Karastin Anderson, tonight may be the night. Then again, although opportunities are dwindling, it might not. For almost four years,...

The gender barrier is being broken at one school in the metro. One middle school football player is proving she’s strong enough to play...

The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...

Kelly Macnamara is the first girl to play for the North Penn High School football team, so she knows a thing or two about having to prove...

Society says girls aren’t supposed to play football. It’s too rough, they say. And besides, doesn’t the team need cheerleaders? Those...

The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...

Charlotte Albright was in uniform ready to go, but she had nowhere to play last week. Albright, a backup kicker for the Summit middle...

She’s 13 years-old and in eighth grade. She likes Thomas Rhett and Drake. She thinks her science teacher rocks and art class comes easy...