No high schools in America offer girls high school tackle football team, but that’s not stopping one local girl from playing the sport she loves on her high school boys team.

Under the front of that lights, there’s one number you don’t expect to see crashing through the offensive line, but Sariyah Lewis didn’t show up to be expected, she showed up to be excellent.

“I play football because I love this sport. I’ve loved this sport since I was a kid. You know, and people told me I couldn’t play it, so I wanted to do it anyway,” said Lewis.

At first, unsure if she’d even belong in the huddle, it didn’t take long for Sariyah to earn more than just a spot.

“It took some time to convince myself because at first I came in, I was like, let me just try JV, but things took their course and here I

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