Inkanyezi Yakamuva Yebhola Lezinyawo Yesikole Samabanga Aphakeme... Intombazane!

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Uma uLwesihlanu Night Lights esifundise noma yini, ukuthi ibhola eTexas yinto enkulu impela. Ngakho-ke kuphole kangakanani ukuthi esifundazweni seLone Star, inkanyezi yebhola enkulu kunazo zonke abantu abahambahamba ngayo manje kuyintombazane? Kunjalo, uRiley Fox oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala uyayibulala njengentombazane yokuqala ukudlala ibhola le-varsity eRL Paschal High School eFort Worth kanye nomdlali webhola lokuqala wentombazane kule ndawo eminyakeni engu-15.

Futhi akagcini nje ngokudlala nabafana, kodwa empeleni uyabashaya. (Bheka lezi zikhathi zezemidlalo ezingu-20 ezivelele ezihlanganisa abasubathi besifazane.)

Ngaphandle kwemibono yobulili nendawo, umqeqeshi wakhe weTexan, uMat Miracle, uthe bekumele abe naye eqenjini lakhe ngemuva kokumbona elokhu ekhahlela amagoli endaweni engaphezu kwamayadi angama-40, wengeza ngokuthi ungomunye wabakhahleli abahamba phambili ake ababona. Iqiniso lokuthi uyintombazane akumhlukanisi nakancane.

Futhi kubonakala kungahambisani neFox. "Kusukela ngisemncane, bengihlala ngithanda ukudlala ibhola," utshele i-CBS. "Bengihlala ngiyi-tomboy, ngakho-ke ngiyohlale ngifuna ukuyodlala nabafana. Futhi angifuni ukudlala namantombazane."

UFox akayona ukuphela kwentombazane ephila iphupho. (Okufanele Ukwazi NgoJen Welter, Umqeqeshi Omusha Kunabo Bonke weNFL.) Noma singezwa okuningi ngabo, iNational Federation of State High School Associations ibika ukuthi kunamantombazane angaphezu kwe-1,600 adlala emaqenjini ebhola asezikoleni eziphakeme I-US-efaka ama-quarterbacks, ama-linebackers, futhi iphela futhi. U-Fox ujoyina iqembu namanje elincane kodwa elihlaba umxhwele, okuhlanganisa nalaba basubathi abavelele:

• UMary KAte Smith, okwathi, ngo-2014, waba sematheni ngokuqala eqenjini lebhola le-varsity ngesikhathi somdlalo wabo wokugoduka futhi kamuva wabekwa njengendlovukazi yokugoduka. Futhi uma kukhona omtshele ukuthi udlala njengentombazane wayenokuphendula okulungile: "Ngikuthatha lokho njengokuncoma!"
• U-Erin DiMeglio, owadlalela iqembu lakhe lase-varsity i-quarterback futhi wenza isimangaliso emdlalweni wakhe wokuqala ngo-2012 ongagcinanga nje ngokuvumela iqembu lakhe ukuthi liwine kodwa futhi uqophe umlando njengoba ebeyi-QB yokuqala yesifazane emlandweni webhola lezinyawo esikoleni samabanga aphezulu eningizimu yeFlorida.
• U-Lisa Spangler, owathola indawo njengomdlali wasemuva eqenjini lakhe lesikole samabanga aphezulu sase-Washington ngo-2011. "Angikaze ngilindele ukuthi intombazane ibe umlandeli wami ophakathi nendawo, kodwa umsebenzi wami ukuthola abangu-11 abahamba phambili enkundleni, futhi ungomunye okusemandleni ami, "kusho umqeqeshi wakhe, u-Eric Ollikainen.

Futhi kubantu abakhathazekile ngokuphepha, cabanga ngalokhu: Ngenkathi ibhola liklelinye lezemidlalo eliyingozi kakhulu ezikoleni zamabanga aphakeme, elinokulimala okungu-1.96 kubadlali abangu-100,000, i-cheerleading inerekhodi elibi kakhulu lokulimala ngokulimala okungu-2.68 kwabangabaqhudelana abangu-100,000. Yebo, udlala ngokuphepha ku-gridiron kunokuthokoza eduze kwayo. (Hhayi ukuthi sithi i-cheerleading yimbi; empeleni, kuwumdlalo onzima futhi sifisa ukuthi abasubathi abawenzayo bathole ukuqashelwa okwengeziwe ngethalente labo.)

Ekugcineni, noma yini eyenza amantombazane amaningi adlale imidlalo kunoma yiliphi izinga kuyinto enhle ezincwadini zethu zokudlala futhi sethemba ukubona amantombazane amaningi ekhahlela izinyawo enkundleni!

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