Posted on 10/19/2010 8:26:35 AM PDT by DFG
Female kickers across the country generally generate attention for two things: Playing football and being female. Akron, Ohio's Alana Gaither, however, is earning serious acclaim for a third reason: She's a truly outstanding kicker, as backed up by a recent field goal believed to be the longest ever made by a girl in a competitive football game, at the high school level or higher.
According to Akron's WKYC.com, Gaither hit a 43-yard field goal just before halftime during her Firestone (Ohio) High School team's 45-6 win over city rival Ellet on Oct. 8. The kick was the final play of the first half and easily sailed through the uprights, with some in attendance estimating the kick would have easily been good from 48 yards, too.
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Good girl!
I have seen a few articles on girl kickers in High School, pretty cool. If your team needs a kicker, check out the girls soccer team. lol.
And she would need to get into legal trouble for Jerry to be interested in signing her it seems...
For a kicker that was never hired to kick field goals, he's not that bad.
The Cowboys' issues are definitely NOT with the kicker. They lack overall discipline ... that's a coaching problem.
If girls want to play football, fine. Play, but you are just another football player on that field. The records are all players: equal treatment.
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Exactly.
I am bedazzled by Jennie Finch. Another athletic, smokin’ HOT, blonde babe.
The way she’ll really get respect is to throw an effective block on a fake field goal play or after a bad snap.
The way she’ll really get respect is to throw an effective block on a fake field goal play or after a bad snap.
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