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A winning combo: homecoming queen and football player
David Clark Scott
The outcome of Friday night鈥檚 Ocean Springs, Miss., high school football game rested entirely on the shoulders of the homecoming queen.
That鈥檚 right, 聽and then kicked the extra point in overtime to lead the team to victory, 13-12.
Kaylee鈥檚 success isn鈥檛 unique. Tiaras and football pads are becoming a thing in America.
Last fall, North Carolina kicker Julia Knapp was crowned homecoming queen and the offensive player of the game. In Grand Blanc, Mich., last year linebacker Alicia Woollcott was the second high school football player in her state to be voted homecoming queen. In the past year, at least five states have celebrated these queens who wear football jerseys.
While fewer US teens are playing high school football, It鈥檚 still a small number. But kudos to the young women redefining gender stereotypes. "Don鈥檛 feel sorry for me and don鈥檛 help me up when I get knocked down, I know what I鈥檓 doing and I know why I鈥檓 here,鈥� .
On a Friday night, with a few seconds left, the game hanging in the balance, every coach wants an athlete who鈥檚 poised, consistent, and fearless in the face of adversity. Those are qualities that have nothing to do with gender.
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