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LGHS Girls’ Flag Football is almost finished with league games and has managed to keep a perfect record of 9-0. They currently have a seven-game win streak, demonstrating how their hard work has paid off.
On Sept. 24, LGHS secured a 12-10 league win over Milpitas, the team that tied them for league champions the season prior. Senior Heather Hansen said it was their “biggest league game,” making the win an impressive feat. Going into the fourth quarter, the score was incredibly close. With one minute and 30 seconds left, junior Sophie Riese scored a touchdown. For the remainder of the game, LGHS worked hard to hold Milpitas off from scoring again. That weekend, LGHS participated in a tournament at Wilcox High School. They played their first game after school on Friday, Sept. 26, against Monterey Trail. Hansen shared, “It went well and everybody played.” The game concluded with a 19-0 victory for LGHS. Their weekend began early with a morning game against Wilcox; LGHS won 19-7. In their next match against Ventura, a team that traveled from Southern California, LGHS put up an impressive fight and only lost by two points, 12-14. Finally, they played their last game of the day against Salinas, winning 19-0. These scores put them into third place overall.
The week after, girls’ flag football won all three of their games: 18-14 over Los Altos, 24-6 over Mountain View, and 14-6 over Alameda. Their next four consecutive games against Santa Clara, Gunn, Milpitas, and Los Altos also ended in victory for LGHS, leading to an eight-game winning streak. During their second match against Los Altos, LGHS held the lead for the first three quarters, up 21-0. However, Los Altos scored two touchdowns in the remaining quarter, and the game grew noticeably intense. The most heated moment of the match occurred after Los Altos scored a controversial touchdown. Hansen explained, “The game stopped for five minutes because the refs and the coaches were arguing about whether it was a touchdown or not.” Luckily, the play was called in LGHS’s favor: not a touchdown.
LGHS Girls’ Flag Football will be bringing their hard work and intensity into the remainder of their season, aiming to finish undefeated, take first in the league, and achieve success in the CCS playoffs. Outside of games at practice, their hard work shines through with their focus on swarming the ball so they can pull the flag faster and conditioning. Junior Kendall Feichtmeir said, “We’ve really been working on perfecting plays and all our splits and just running the right routes and then fixing all our holes and everything on defense.” The players are excited to go to the playoffs and make history as the first LGHS Girls’ Flag Football team to play in CCS.
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