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Girl throws 3 TDs in HS game

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15-year-old girl throws three touchdowns


TORRANCE, Calif. -- When the Bishop Montgomery High School quarterback went down with a fractured leg, his replacement stepped in and completed four of five passes for three touchdowns.
There's nothing too unusual about that, except that the replacement quarterback was a girl.
Miranda McOsker, 15, is one of 253 girls out of 100,000 high school students in California who are playing football this year, according to the California Interscholastic Foundation. She joined the private Catholic school's football program last spring.
"I didn't try out for quarterback, I was just looking to play anything," said the 5-foot-9, 140-pound sophomore. "One day I was throwing with the quarterback after practice and the coaches watched me. They told me to play quarterback the next day and ever since I've been playing quarterback."
McOkser is the starting quarterback for the junior varsity team and the third-stringer on the varsity squad. She got into the varsity game Friday after her team led early and Coach Arnold Ale put in the second-string quarterback, who was injured.
Ale said he doesn't know if Miranda will become the starting varsity quarterback for the school in suburban Los Angeles but expects her to compete for the position during the next two seasons.
Her parents support her choice of sport and her teammates accept her as just another player.
"We've been good friends for a while," sophomore center Rob Huizar said. "When she started playing football, I told her that I'm the center, so I'll get the offensive line to protect her as long as she gets the throw to the receivers."
Miranda's uncle, John McOsker, also played quarterback for Bishop Montgomery. The family is trying to figure out if he ever threw three touchdowns in a game.
"I think the answer is no, because he hasn't gotten back to me yet," said Miranda's father, Tim McOsker, an attorney who served as chief of staff to former Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn.
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You go girl! In high school I was on the men's golf team (my school was too small to have a separate women's team). One of my male opponents was so pissed that I was beating him that he walked off the course and never came back. I can imagine that QB felt like doing the same thing. :biggrin:
 
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OSUsushichic said:
You go girl! In high school I was on the men's golf team (my school was too small to have a separate women's team). One of my male opponents was so pissed that I was beating him that he walked off the course and never came back. I can imagine that QB felt like doing the same thing. :biggrin:
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Yeah Sush, so you think golfers are athletes then don't you? Always nice to find more of those!:biggrin:
 
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scarletngrey77 said:
I dont want to get this started again, but dont you think that golf requires more mentally than physically???

I could be wrong, but I golf, or at least try to...
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Sure does, but look at football. If you arent mentally prepared and determined, you're screwed. Every sport demands a high level of mentality. Physical development will help your golf game immensly. There are always exceptions to the rule...The walrus, Phil Mickelson...but there are also fat football players who arent in great physical shape...I'm not getting started on this again...
 
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there are tons of weak bodies in golf that couldn't defend their wives in a fist fight, let alone compete in a full-contact sport. There aren't too many out of shape football players in the NFL. There are some that are fat, but there is a truckload of muscle under that, and that weight is not due to laziness but due to intentional dieting to become a better lineman. There's a difference between that and david wells.

Take off an average golfer's shirt, vs. an average football player's shirt, and you answer any question about which one requires "athletes"
 
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jwinslow said:
there are tons of weak bodies in golf that couldn't defend their wives in a fist fight, let alone compete in a full-contact sport. There aren't too many out of shape football players in the NFL. There are some that are fat, but there is a truckload of muscle under that, and that weight is not due to laziness but due to intentional dieting to become a better lineman. There's a difference between that and david wells.

Take off an average golfer's shirt, vs. an average football player's shirt, and you answer any question about which one requires "athletes"
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Good point, but muscles don't make you an athlete...

Taken from a dictionary:
Definitions – Common Language for the Sport and Physical Activity System
  • Athlete – an individual who demonstrates skill in a sport, trains and competes as part of her/his regular routine or career goal.
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golfers can use that kind of argument all day. you don't look at garret rivas and say, boy, what an athlete. Nobody has ever accused David Wells of being athletic.
 
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