HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 When U.S. Women\u2019s Flag National Team member Ashlea Klam was in high school in Texas, her school wouldn\u2019t let her participate in signing day, even though she had earned a scholarship to play flag football collegiately.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was extremely hurtful knowing all of the work that I put in and my high school didn\u2019t want to celebrate it,\u201d she recalled this week.<\/p>\n
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