Growing up, Avery Vencill said she spent a little bit of time throwing a football, but she never thought it would be at the high school level.

“Just playing in the backyard with my dad, brothers, and cousins,” the Edgewood senior said. “Usually you don’t think of football as a girls’ sport, so I’m sure most girls don’t know how to throw real well.”

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