- November 26, 2024
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Are we surprised that Mainland has run the table in the regular season, shut out seven of its 11 opponents, given up double digits in only one game, and is ranked third in the state? Maybe if we were talking about the boys football team, but I can’t say I saw this coming from the Lady Bucs’ flag team.
Even as the wins piled up early on in the season, I still had my doubts. I knew they were good, but they’ve played exceptionally well in every game this season.
All of the coaches in the area should try picking coach Scott Wilson’s brain for his football knowledge, if they’re smart. His boys football team is a constant 6A state contender, and now his girls are looking to blaze their own trail.
“So, how do the girls and boys teams rule area football?” one might ask. According to Wilson, it’s simple: hard work, discipline and practice—and more practice. Too often I hear about the strenuous hours the boys put in during the summer and the season. At the beginning of the girls’ season, they often held three-hour practices. Wilson says the girls hate when he doesn’t hold practices.
And yes, it also includes talent. It doesn’t hurt to have Jasmine Hadley, Cierra Gates, Michella Green and others. Hadley is unguardable, and Gates is one of the most elusive players I’ve seen in flag football. Seeing that she’s able to do anything on the field, Green is the girls’ version of Kordell Stewart — or let’s say Braxton Miller (I think I may have dated myself).
After its last regular season game, there will be no room for slip-ups. The Lady Bucs will experience what it’s like to have a bull’s-eye on their back, like the boys team often does. Teams will play their best for a chance to advance and to smear their perfect record.
But, that’s OK. Other know Mainland will also play its best, just as in every other game so far.
