Davis hosts first flag football Homecoming game

PHOTO: Senior Olivia Koehler scores Davis’s first touchdown of the game.

By Saadya Mahmood

BlueDevilHUB.com Staff–

On Thursday, Sept. 19, Davis High’s women’s varsity flag football team hosted its first Homecoming game in history. Davis fell short against the Whitney Wildcats, 19-21.  

The game started off with senior Boyeon Choi stealing the opposing team’s flag twice within the first two minutes of the game. 

Whitney made the first touch making the score 0-6. Soon followed senior Olivia Koehler, who zoomed past two defenders coming at her at the same time, and dodged a third defender before making the touchdown, tying the score to 6-6

First-year player senior Allison Hulbert made a touchdown and left the score 13-6, putting Davis in the lead for the first half. “I felt really good, it’s a play that’s pretty new and I was super excited that we got to run it,” Hulbert said.

In the second half, Davis defenders huddled up to make a game plan for the last four minutes before subbing in for their teammates.

Junior Soni Clayton ran all the way across the field, making a touchdown 19-21 in the last couple minutes, giving Davis a final chance to win. Davis called a time-out with 34 seconds remaining, planning to make a final touchdown. Unfortunately, time ran out and Davis fell short by two points. 

“I think overall, offense did well, the defense came together and overall we did really well as a team,” junior Seneca Wattanapanich said.