Kingston’s first women’s tackle football team leaving everything on the field

Football and Kingston go hand in hand, whether it's youth, junior or senior rep, high school or university — and now you can add the OWFL to that list.

They’re quick, they’re agile, and they hit hard.

“I like to hit, I like to get all my anger out,” Jayden Ryan said.

But most importantly: they’re young women.

“The toughness and the grit that they’ve shown, and how much they’ve bought into being football players, and not just people who play football, it’s been really inspiring to see,” Kingston Sharks head coach Cam Davidson said.

Football and Kingston go hand in hand. Whether it’s youth, junior or senior rep, high school or university, there always seems to be some football going on.

And now you can add the OWFL to that list. The Ontario Women’s Football League is in its second season, and the Sharks are fielding a team for the first time this year.

The league plays six-on-six rules, meaning with only 11 players on the roster, some are pulling double-duty by playing both offence and defence — and that’s just fine with them.

“We’re all working together. We’ve got players that are pretty much playing a lot of positions. so we’re all just trying out new positions as we go,” Ryan said.