College football’s title game largely run by women
College football is arguably the most testosterone-fueled cultural staple of our society. The autumn ritual involves young men playing a...
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Sasha Santiago
Nov 15, 20184 min read
Kickers in high school, Cunningham and Winfrey team up
There were 2,167,819 participants across the U.S. in the 2014 and 2015 high school football seasons, according to the National Federation...
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Sasha Santiago
Nov 15, 20182 min read
John Dorsey says he’d consider a female head coach for the Browns
On Wednesday, Browns G.M. John Dorsey listed three important factors for the team’s next head coach: “I would like to see a man of...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 12, 20184 min read
More Girls Than Ever Are Playing High School Football
I’m watching what might otherwise be an unremarkable video of a small-school football game between Colorado’s Lyons Middle-Senior High...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 12, 20183 min read
Over 200 Girls Participate in Flag Football Clinic in Advance of Jr. Bucs Girls Flag Football Progra
The afternoon sun beat down on a green grassy field with painted white lines while whistles blew and drill instructions were yelled out....
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 11, 20183 min read
Gwinnett high schools prepare for opening week of new girls flag football league
Passion for football in Gwinnett County Public Schools is not only apparent in its success on the field, winning six of the last eight...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 10, 20184 min read
Meet Callie Brownson, Division I college football’s first full-time female coach
When Callie Brownson participated in the Manning Passing Academy’s first women and girls’ football clinic in June, she had no idea that...
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Sasha Santiago
Oct 9, 20181 min read
Family: Archdiocese of Philadelphia won’t let 12-year-old girl play football
Chester County, Pa. (WTXF) – She just wants to play football. A 12-year-old Chester County girl is being sidelined from the game she...
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Sasha Santiago
Sep 19, 20183 min read
First Known Full-Time Division I Female Football Coach Hired
Buddy Teevens, the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach at Dartmouth College, today announced the hiring of Callie Brownson to be the...
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Sasha Santiago
Sep 6, 20182 min read
NFL news: New Buffalo Bills coach Phoebe Schecter speaks out on season aims
Schecter, 29, is joining the Bills as an intern coach having spent the last six years living in the UK. She joins the east-coast...
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Sasha Santiago
Aug 1, 20181 min read
Boston Renegades top Los Angeles Warriors for Women’s Football Alliance Division I title
The Boston Renegades notched a 42-18 victory over the Los Angeles Warriors in Saturday night’s Women’s Football Alliance Division I...
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Sasha Santiago
Jul 25, 20184 min read
Local Moms Succeed in Push for New Canaan’s First Official Girls-Only Flag Football Program
Mariella Montoni Scofield, a Brazil native who’s lived in New Canaan for eight years, wants her daughter to be tough. An 8-year-old who...
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Sasha Santiago
Jul 22, 20186 min read
Amy Donaldson: Utah Falconz lose for the first time since 2015, but title game is a win for women
SALT LAKE CITY — It was everything they worked for, everything they yearned for and everything they believe necessary to sustain the...
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Sasha Santiago
May 21, 20181 min read
Jennifer Gardner becomes first female football coach in Wyoming history
WYOMING – History was made in Wyoming this week when the Lovell Bulldogs named Jennifer Gardner its new high school football coach. She...
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Sasha Santiago
Apr 28, 20183 min read
Dartmouth hires two women as football coaching interns, a rare move in college football
When Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens announced to the 16 women who were serving as coaches at the women’s clinic at the...
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Sasha Santiago
Apr 23, 20183 min read
Booker T. Washington makes flag football history with postseason berth
Don’t take it lightly — girls flag football is rapidly gaining momentum and popularity in the Pensacola area. It has been a sanctioned...
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Sasha Santiago
Apr 19, 20182 min read
High school girls play flag football. Why not tackle?
One of the most exciting high school football games I’ve been to since I’ve been the sports writer at the Observer wasn’t in the fall. It...
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Sasha Santiago
Apr 16, 20182 min read
Cooper City Cowboys lasso big-time success in flag football
The Cooper City High School girls flag football team entered this season not knowing what to expect after losing its veteran quarterback...
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Sasha Santiago
Apr 8, 20183 min read
Lady Vikings chart another middle school county flag football championship
For two years, Jaemia Kean didn’t think she was good enough to make the Lauderdale Lakes Middle School girls flag football team. “I just...
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Sasha Santiago
Apr 3, 20183 min read
Girls flag football thrives in Florida while tackle football deals with concussion drama
The sound of spring is changing in Florida. Yes, there are still plenty of bats and baseballs hitting gloves, but the whistles and cheers...
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