‘She’s a stud’: Thurston 12-year-old first girl to make Oregon Bowl all-star team

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Girls trying out for fifth- or sixth-grade football teams back when I played at that age, more than 50 years ago, just wasn’t a thing.

But I can think of a couple of girls I grew up with who not only could have played with and against the boys, but who probably would have excelled doing it.

Such opportunities for girls back then were slim and slimmer, but these are different times…

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