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Baltimore Girl Wants Spot On Middle School Football Team

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published August 15, 2013 at 8:12 AM EDT

A Fairfield County girl is fighting for a spot on her middle school's football team. Makhaela Jenkins and her family say the Liberty Union-Thurston School District told her she would not be allowed to play because of a policy blocking girls from contact sports. Jenkins has been playing youth football for years and says she has earned the right to compete with and against boys.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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