Courtney Proves Girls Are Just as Tough as Boys

Hey peeps. My name is Courtney and I’m 12 years old. I’m in middle school now so most of the girls are frilly and carry pocketbooks. (GROSS!!!) So me and this group of like 3 girls all decided to steal the football from the eighth grade boys. So there like okay fine. So were playing and I get the ball and a kid comes in to tackle me and his buddies are all like “Hey dude stop! You can’t tackle her shes a girl!” I was real mad but I didn’t lets them see. So I threw a long shot to my friend Angie. When the boys got the ball back, I ran up and tackled a kid who was on the Football TEAM!!!!! Ever since I tackled him, they’ve been tackling us with no problem. Girls are just as tough as boys!!!

6 comments

  • hopeful girl

    i know the prissy girls can get on my nerves sometimes. their so sweet but so very irritating. when we play games at my school we can’t tackle until 7th grade since thats when you sight up for teams. some guys have told me their afraid to tackle me. keep in mind these are the same guys who i see crying when they get hurt when we don’t even tackle. ive never cried even when a guy ran into me and i flew up in the air and fell. i actually thought that was fun!

  • katie conlin

    same with me i hate playing with the guys the wont tackle me

  • Courtney

    :d:d:d Thanks for the responses guys!!!!!! I really appreciate it! Now I bring my own ball and we play real games! (Well, not at the current moment cuz its like 20 degrees everyday, but you know what i mean!!!)

  • I so have the same problem!!/:)I will show this to the boys at school.Thanks Bigtime!!!!:d

  • A

    Hey Courtney – way to get in there and play the game! =d>

  • Anonymous

    I so think the same think and it is great that you did that.:)

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