Westside High School female athletes are breaking barriers

GO.WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL’SSPORTS ROSTERS LOOK A LITTLEDIFFERENT THAN SOME OTHERSCHOOLS IN THE STATE.FOR TODAY’S POSITIVELY THEHEARTLAND... 3 NEWS NOW REPORTERALYSSA CURTIS SHOWS US HOW A FEWATHLETES ARE FIGHTINGSTEREOTYPES BY DOING WHAT THEYLOVE.*NAT POP*I’ HLLEAR OTHER TEAMSWHISPERING ABOUT IT AND SAYINGOH THERE’S A GIRL ON THE TEAMWHILE OTHER TEAMS MAY HAVESOMETHING TO SAY ABOUTWESTIS D’S ATHLETS,IC THEFEMALES WHO PLAY ON THE MALEDOMINATED TEAMS SAY THEY’RE JUSTDOING WHAT THEY LOVE.THERES A COUPLE SECONDS OFPANIC THEN YOU SAY I HAVE TO GETLOCKED INTO THIS I HAV TO GETLOW GET IN THE RIGHT POSITIONGNITO BE EQUAL WITH TMHEYOU CAN’T REALLY SAY MUCH WHENSHE’S TACKLING YOU RO SHE’SMAKING PLAYS S NHEEEDS TO KEMAERIN MARDI, PIPER ZATECHKA ANDREGAN SSROETER ARE ON THEFOOTBALL AND WRESTLING TEAMS ATWESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.THE STUDENTS ARE BREAKING DOWNBARRIERS BUT TO THE WESTSIDECOMMUNITY, THEY’RE JUSTATHLETES..IT’S T NOTHAT WE HA GIRVELS ONTHE TEAM WE HAVE FOOTBALL LAYERSTHAT HAPPEN TO BE GIRLSALTHOUGH THERE’S NOT MANY OFTHEM, THE ATHLETES SAY THEY’REHAPPY TO HAVE EACH OTHER.MAKES ITS OWN SUPPORT STSYEMO SI FEEL LIKE NOT ALONETHE ATHLETES SAY THEY HOPE TYHECAN INSPIRE OTHERS AS THEY SAYABILITY IS NOT DETERMINED BYGENDER.I THINK IT’S PRETTY COOL THATOTHER GIRLS WANT TO TRY ANDACHIEVE MALE DOMINATED SPOSRTKNOWING THAT THEY CAN TRY TOBEAT OTHER BOYS AND SEE GIRLSARE BETTER THAN BOYS.

KELIWRESTING I’M BETTER THAN SOMEBOYS AND I SOME FOOTBALL GIRLSTHAT AE BETTER THAN SOME BOYSFOR POTISIVELY THE HEALARTND IMALYSSA CURTIS.RENGA(ROSS-EH-TTER)ROSSETER WON A STATE TITLE LASTYEAR IN WRESTLING.MORE AND MORE GIRLS AREJOINING THE SPORT