BOISE- Dozens of teams play in an NFL-affiliated flag football league in the Treasure Valley. For the first time in our area there is a team of all girls, and they're crushing the competition.
The fourth-graders are on a team called Seattle Seahawks, and they aren't intimidated by playing boys. Their parents say playing flag football teaches the girls that they can do anything they want to do.
Ross Edmunds is the coach of the Seahawks and says he wanted to put the team together, including his two daughters, because there had never been an all girls team before in the league. He says, at first, the nine and 10-year-old's weren't so sure, but have since proved to themselves there is no such thing as a "boy sport."
Edmunds says there isn't any difference between leading boys and leading girls - they're all players on the same playing field.
"We just come out and I ask them to do their best and it's not about whether we win or lose it's about being out with your friends and competing and enjoying," said Edmunds.
Parent Shelly Southard says one of the best parts of the team is seeing how the competition changes its tune when they play the Seahawks.
"They see the girls and think 'oh my gosh, they're girls we're going to cream them' and then they say 'oh, these girls are good,'" said Southard.
Because they're winning game after game, the athletic girls are finding out they can compete with anyone.
"Their confidence has gone through the roof," said Southard.
Edmunds says that was the goal all along.
"I want them to feel like they can do anything," said Edmunds. "I want girls to go out there and not be intimidated by a sport that is dominated by boys and just go out there and do your best, and I hope it gives them confidence in other areas of life."
The Seahawks will play again on Friday continuing in the playoffs. To win the Friday Night Flag championship, Edmunds says they'll have to beat three strong teams.
