![]() ![]() For now, though, "If we can get to 20, we've got a good shot," he said. ![]() Hill hopes Murray will eventually kick from the 35-yard line. ![]() "All the guys are really supportive," Murray said.īesides, she's the only kicker who consistently scores from the 20-yard line. "Yea, you're a girl, but when you get on the field, they're not going to care," he said.Īnd although Murray sometimes comes to practice with a pink long-sleeved shirt under her jersey, her teammates and coaches see her as one of them. Hill told Murray's parents and spring soccer coach to be prepared for Murray to get knocked around with the rest of the team. "She's our safety on kick-offs otherwise, it's 10 on 11," Hill said. The only time she might have direct contact with another player is if the opposing team breaks through all 10 of her teammates during the kick-off. However, as kicker, Murray is not allowed to tackle - or be tackled - during a game. "It's quite the experience having someone mow over you, but you get back up and try again," Murray said. When the hitting drills started, "she earned all their respect."ĭespite her mother's worries, Murray not only practiced tackling her teammates, but let them practice on her. we'll just see what happens,'" Hill said. ", some of the guys were like, 'Well, a girl. Video surveillance of the May 2009 assault against Donna Levesque showed Krawetz, a 12-year-veteran, swinging his right foot to her face while she sat on the curb with her hands behind her back. However, Murray's first real test came when the Panthers started practicing tackling. "The first time I put on my helmet, I like a Bobble-head." "Your whole body is just kind of tired at the end because of all the weight with all the pads," she said. Starting off, her biggest challenge was wearing the equipment. Murray was the only girl among 400 boys at the camp, but she kept up with the three-a-day practices, and even earned the most valuable player award for kickers. She attended a sports-conditioning camp, practiced with another kicker from the team, and participated in Department of Defense Dependents Schools football camp in Ansbach in August. "I just wanted to try something new," she said. Murray, a soccer player, began preparing for football tryouts during the summer. "She was splitting the uprights," Hill recalled, with a smile. "I've never seen a football game until ," said Murray, who scored two field goals in the scrimmage. Murray helped the varsity team win their first victory in two years 14-8, during a pre-season scrimmage against a German team Sept. Little did he know that Murray, 15, would not only make the varsity team, but become the Panthers' best kicker. Head coach Tom Horton said the Tigers have had about four. "I thought she was coming in to be my manager," said Brian Hill, head coach. The ADM boys soccer team has gotten its season started with a couple weeks of practice now in the books. STUTTGART, Germany - When Emma Murray, sophomore, first announced she would try out for kicker on the Patch High School football team, she was wearing a dress and had a flower in her hair. ![]()
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