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Hannah is clearly not interested in being anyone or anything other
than herself. In fact, she wears her hair down in the games to make sure
there’s no mistaking that she is a girl. And while others gathered around
the argument and debated what girls should and should not do, Hannah
was making GISA (Georgia Independent School Association) history her
junior year of high school with a 32-yard field goal in overtime that sent the
Crusaders to the state championship in 2017.
Hannah isn’t the only girl on the football field these days. On February
1, 2018, Refinery29, “the leading global media company focused on
young women,” published an online article entitled, “The Football-Playing
Homecoming Queen Breaking The News Cycle: Julia Knapp is reshaping
the way we think about football.” Julia Knapp, a star player on her school
girls’ varsity soccer team, was also her high school football team’s kicker.
“In October, Julia was crowned offensive player of the game and voted
homecoming queen in one night.” The article includes the names of other
young high school girls making history on the football field these days:
Toni Harris made headlines — and history — when she was offered
Hannah with Head Football
Coach Thomas Smith.