When I played football back in the middle 90's, it was almost unheard of to play football with girls. In gym class, they'd strap on the little flags and stand in small groups on the field chatting and hoping that this guy or that guy wouldn't find the open crease down the sideline in which they were not guarding. There was however, on gal that suited up with our team my junior year. She was a senior and wanted to play with the boys. I give her all the credit in the world for doing such. She never started a game on defense, she was a corner, but was on the field for every kickoff to start the game or after an Indian score. She was small, but with all honesty, the girl had more heart beating in her than half the boys that started on our team that season.
So today I came across this article about Grayslake North kicker Katie Lahera. Yup, she's a girl. And not too bad of a kicker. According to Yourseason, Katie went 18 0f 29 last season with PATs on the Sophomore team and, so far this season, is 6 of 7. Here's hoping Katie keeps splitting the uprights and helping her team reach the playoffs for the first time in school history.
Here's a short video of a stop made by Katie after a kickoff against Woodstock North.
