Female football player endured a lot, learned more
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....
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Sasha Santiago
Nov 20, 20168 min read
Girls on the Gridiron: Area scholastic athletes blaze football trail
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,...
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Sasha Santiago
Nov 15, 20163 min read
2 girls take on high school football at Eisenhower
In full football gear, Jade Watson and Kennedy Davis don’t look a whole lot different than their 32 Eisenhower High School teammates out...
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Sasha Santiago
Nov 8, 20163 min read
“She can hit just as hard:” Shorewood middle school girl breaks stereotype, plays football with the
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...
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Sasha Santiago
Nov 2, 20161 min read
Topeka varsity football team features two women
The Topeka Trojans visited Wichita Northwest Friday night. Even through the last-second madness, two players stood out among the crowd....
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Sasha Santiago
Nov 2, 20162 min read
Tackling the gender divide
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...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 27, 20162 min read
Jen’s Moments of Change: The First Ripple
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...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 26, 20163 min read
Star black female kicker mocked in racist Instagram post
A star placekicker for a Michigan high school football team was mocked on social media for her race, though the troubling Instagram post...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 25, 20161 min read
GIQ Chalk Talk with Noela Moreno
The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 24, 20163 min read
Tega Cay trio a sight on the gridiron
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...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 19, 20161 min read
GIQ Chalk Talk with Cammy Fields
The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 17, 20163 min read
‘We can do this too:’ Five area girls take on varsity football
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...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 17, 20163 min read
How Grundy County football’s only girl captains the varsity and deals with threats
For Karastin Anderson, tonight may be the night. Then again, although opportunities are dwindling, it might not. For almost four years,...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 16, 20162 min read
Raytown middle school girl gets tough on the football field
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...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 11, 20161 min read
GIQ Chalk Talk with Evonnie Ramos
The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 10, 20161 min read
Pennsylvania high school kicker proves girls can hit hard, too
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...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 10, 20165 min read
Zanesville’s female football players defying stereotypes
Society says girls aren’t supposed to play football. It’s too rough, they say. And besides, doesn’t the team need cheerleaders? Those...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 5, 20161 min read
GIQ Chalk Talk with Brooke Liebsch
The GIQ Chalk Talk series is a living archive that highlights the accomplishments and struggles of women and girls who are blazing trails...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 4, 20164 min read
Female kicker denied chance to play in football game because she’s a gir
Charlotte Albright was in uniform ready to go, but she had nowhere to play last week. Albright, a backup kicker for the Summit middle...
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Sasha Santiago
Sep 30, 20163 min read
Football helps York eighth grader Cara Carranza find courage on and off the field
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...
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