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.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust playing in the backyard with my dad, brothers, and cousins,\u201d the Edgewood senior said. \u201cUsually you don\u2019t think of football as a girls\u2019 sport, so I\u2019m sure most girls don\u2019t know how to throw real well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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