Girls’ flag football team is the newest ball to catch

This year, the CIF-Southern Section voted on adding Girls’ Flag Football as a sanctioned sport for the fall 2023-24 season. Ramsey Lambert, who was the strength and conditioning coach, is now the head coach of Samo’s new flag football team. As of October 8, Samo has an overall record of 12-3 while also being undefeated in league at 4-0. Samo has both a JV and a varsity squad, as they gained a lot of interest from girls who wanted to play this year. The team trained the entire summer, learning the rules, formations and basics of the sport. Flag football is played

in a 7v7 style with one player snapping the ball on offense who also is allowed to run routes as well. Only one player is allowed on defense to rush the quarterback, but the rusher has to wait a certain amount of time to rush. Lambert discusses the team’s de velopment.

“So far every practice we’ve been getting better and better, so our goal is to continue that and then take that into the games too,” Lambert said. “So from one game whether we win or lose, we can outperform how we did in the last game and then hopefully put some wins together along the way, cause it’s fun when you win!”

Co-Captain Isabella Sanchez

(‘24) has also noticed the team’s rapid progression.

“It’s actually crazy, like, most of us didn’t even know how to throw a football or run any type of route, and the change has honestly been astronomical,” Sanchez said. “Most people just look like completely different players.” Sanchez has high expectations for the rest of season.

“I’m most excited to just see how our team develops and try to get as many wins as possible,” Sanchez said. “Hopefully [we] go undefeated.”

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A teammate tackles Kalea Oshidari (’26) in a practice session after school. Samo Flag Football is off to an undefeated 4-0 start in league.