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Bonnyville girls breaking barriers on the football field
Football has always been known as a “man’s game” but five local girls are changing that stereotype. Payge Satek, Ariana Church, Alese...
Sasha Santiago
Sep 27, 20162 min read


History maker: Hannah Baughman breaks barrier for Louisville football
At the 30-minute mark of a recent soccer game against Marlington, Louisville junior Hannah Baughman got a clear look at the goal, took a...
Sasha Santiago
Sep 27, 20164 min read


Football: Four middle school girls are kicking stereotypes
Cheerleading has been a tad different this year for South Forsyth Middle School’s Avery Wyckoff. That’s because at football games in...
Sasha Santiago
Sep 1, 20163 min read


Lumberton’s Ard breaking down barriers as first female kicker
After missing her sophomore soccer season because of a knee injury, Alexis Ard was determined to finish her prep career at Lumberton High...
Sasha Santiago
Aug 24, 20165 min read


Florida’s first woman football coach: Respect teammates and respect women
When she played the role of the ill-tempered Bernice on the docudrama ‘South Beach Tow’, Lakatriona Brunson wasn’t afraid to exchange...
Sasha Santiago
Aug 22, 20165 min read


Cougars football team welcomes female athlete
We hear the phrase “you hit like a girl” fairly often. But what if that girl can knock you flat on your back? Girls playing high school...
Sasha Santiago
Aug 16, 20162 min read


Get to know Michelle Roque, Florida State’s football phenom
Florida State’s Michelle Roque first came into the national consciousness in 2014 when her football highlight reel went viral, and again...
Sasha Santiago
Aug 14, 20163 min read


The First Female NFL Coach Is Proud To ‘Play Like A Girl’
The phrase “play like a girl” shouldn’t be seen as an insult, according to Jen Welter, who is the first woman to hold a coaching position...
Sasha Santiago
Aug 8, 20161 min read


Girl power: Alcoa Peewee’s welcomes first female player
It’s almost football time in Tennessee, and in Blount County, a team to watch is coach Tyrone Haley’s Alcoa Tornadoes Peewee Football...
Sasha Santiago
Aug 7, 20165 min read


Gender no issue for Gray, LC football
If Jeanette Gray is the first woman on a high school football coaching staff in the Duneland Athletic Conference, great. “That’s pretty...
Sasha Santiago
Jul 27, 20163 min read


American footballer in London urges women to join in and tackle stereotypes
A female American football player from London is calling on women to try out her sport, insisting gridiron is “not just for boys”. Lucie...
Sasha Santiago
Jul 25, 20162 min read


Jen Welter: Huddling for a Q & A with the NFL’s first female coach
Watching pint-sized youngsters playing at private academies in Florida can give one the feeling of looking through the wrong end of a...
Sasha Santiago
Jul 6, 20163 min read


Mount Vernon Local Thrives in Women’s Professional Football
Playing the game of football professionally is something not many people get the opportunity to do. However, one player in particular...
Sasha Santiago
Jul 5, 20163 min read


For the love of the game: Alumna to make NFL coaching debut
“Oh, wow, you play football?” the young woman asked Katie Sowers, who was waiting to have her photo taken for this story in the locker...
Sasha Santiago
May 16, 20164 min read


For fitness and strategy, tech scores with this wide receiver
Women don’t just watch football, they play it. Take Adrienne Smith, a wide receiver for the Boston Renegades, a women’s semiprofessional...
Sasha Santiago
May 5, 20162 min read


For fitness and strategy, tech scores with this wide receiver
Women don’t just watch football, they play it. Take Adrienne Smith, a wide receiver for the Boston Renegades, a women’s semiprofessional...
Sasha Santiago
May 4, 20162 min read
Jen Welter meets President Obama, who then quotes her in a speech
The picture was worth the wait. More than six weeks after meeting President Barack Obama at the White House during a celebration of...
Sasha Santiago
May 1, 20163 min read


‘There are no limits for girls,’ NFL’s first female coach says
Dr. Jen Welter is only 5-foot-2, but she stands very tall as a force for women. Last year, Welter made history by becoming the first...
Sasha Santiago
Jan 8, 20164 min read
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