Game on! Girls varsity flag football is a touchdown.
Letter to the editor: See who gets this voter's nod.
Welcome to the “Lunch Break” email from the editors of Saratoga Dispatch.
In this issue:
Top: Letter to the editor, on elections
Bottom: Flag football is a touchdown for Spa City girls!
Letter to the Editor
George Ehinger for County Supervisor
To the Editors:
In November, I am voting for George Ehinger for Saratoga County Supervisor. I have known George for years; as a friend, a neighbor, a business executive and a family man. For me, George is an easy choice, the real deal, the kind of principled leader we are so needful of in our public spaces. Of course, George has the threshold skills. He is bright and analytical and assertive in his views. As importantly, I think, he is open and collaborative and sensible rather than doctrinaire. The man I know is someone who can be trusted to address the issues that come before him with good judgement and fair balance.
I hope you will join me in voting for George on Election Day.
Chuck Okosky, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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NY Giants see a future in female football. Local girls say, game on.
Girls rush in: how the new varsity sport of girls flag football is having a ripple effect on female players of all ages (and their parents), who are finally making gains in the sport they love.
By: Abby Tegnelia
[For a direct, shareable link to this story, click here.]
Alice Dalton started playing NFL Saratoga flag football when she was just 6. She quickly fell for the sport — at 12, she’s now a star quarterback for the Bengals — even knowing that her ability to play would come to a crashing halt during her freshman year.
There were simply no options at the time for female flag football players to participate after ninth grade.
Then the New York Giants
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