It was a big night for local girls who love to play football – it's the first year that girls flag football is a sanctioned sport.
Despite the brutal heat, nothing could stop the determined young women from playing the game they love.
"It means everything to me because when I first started playing football, I never envisioned it going anywhere if I'm being honest," Freshman Amaya Moreno from Mountain Pointe High School said. "But now the Arizona Cardinals are here, I can play at the collegiate level, it’s just amazing that us girls get this opportunity."
"I think it’s so fun, such a great opportunity playing a new sport that most people in the past haven't been able to play," Senior Tessa Christensen from Mountain View High School said. "I just think it’s awesome that it’s an actual sport now."Inaugural season kicks off for Arizona girls flag football"I love it because I can see the whole field," she said. "I personally just love running, I've done all sorts of sports, like soccer.
Nicole Bidwill with the NFL team said, "These women have been fans of football for so long, and they're finally being recognized at the high school level. We're excited to be out here supporting them, they're trailblazing for other women who really want to play.""If there's an opportunity, I think that it would be awesome to play flag football in college," Christensen said.
Christensen did her job on defense, and Moreno threw a long ball, but number 15 was waiting. Christensen picked off the pass and ran it in for a touchdown.Fifty-seven schools in Arizona are now offering sanctioned girls flag football.
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