What It’s Like to Be a Girl Playing High School Football

Times have changed on the high school football field. The game is no longer just for the boys. Girls are playing football, and they're playing it well.

On the season finale of Season One: High School Football in America, Bella Rasmussen, a senior at Laguna Beach High School in Southern California, talks with The Stadium Talk Podcast about what it's like to be a girl playing high school football, making California history with her two-touchdown game this season and how girls younger than her have responded to her making history (2:30).

Then, Laguna Beach High head coach John Shanahan comes by the show to talk about Bella's role on the team and what this season has been like for Laguna Beach, which won its first CIF title in 76 years this season after we recorded (12:25).

Finally, Tony Adame is joined by former colleague, friend and former professional women's football player Dani Welniak to close out the first season of the podcast (19:31).

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MORE STADIUM TALK PODCAST EPISODES

SEASON 1: HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN AMERICA

Episode 1: Which State Plays the Best High School Football?

Episode 2: Best High School Football Movies of All Time

Episode 3: Evolution of High School Football Recruiting and the Best High School Football Recruits of All Time

Episode 4: St. Edward's Tom Lombardo, Buford's Bryant Appling, the Importance of Football in Ohio, and High School Football Players Getting Million-Dollar Offers

Episode 5: Bixby High School Football Head Coach Loren Montgomery, Quest for Another Oklahoma State Title, Bixby-Jenks Rivalry, Elite National Programs

Episode 6: St. John Bosco’s Jason Negro, Austin Westlake’s Tony Salazar Talk High School Football NIL, National Schedules, Chasing History and Coaching Mentors

Episode 7: St. Thomas Aquinas’ Roger Harriott, Cherry Creek’s Dave Logan on Faith and Football, Beating Adversity, Winning State Titles and Producing NFL Players

Episode 8: What's It's Like to Be a Girl Playing High School Football

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