Meet 3 Wilmington-area girls playing tackle football

For most high school girls , the prospect of playing football has always seemed out of reach.

While Title IX guarantees girls the right to try out for tackle football when no girls team exists, the sport's overall landscape remains overwhelmingly shaped by boys.

There are, of course, exceptions. In the early 1980s, national stories emerged about girls playing tackle football with boys at the high school level, often as kickers.