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Overfelt High School’s girls flag football team is still searching for their first win. Last year, their first season, they went 0-17. This year, they’ve gone 0-14.

But it’s not all bad news. This season, they actually took the lead, for the first time, in two games this month that they ended up losing 13-12, then 26-18.

Coach Miguel “Chief” Esparza looks at the bright side. “We just have to learn how to finish games,” he said. “We can’t panic or make the mistakes that cost us in the end.”

Even through the losses, he said his motivation stays strong.

“I love coaching,” he sa

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