A special family and a special team.<\/p>\n
Last season, Camden Catholic posted a 12-5-1 record and reached the second round of the West Jersey Football League playoffs. Through eight games this season, they’re 5-3.<\/p>\n
“Something that I told them last year, I don’t care if we win a single game,” Hertline said. “I just want to see them come together as a team, as a family, to support each other, to really lift each other up. I’m just so proud to see how they have supported each other.<\/p>\n
“These are groups of girls from all walks of life that probably were not friends or would not have normally been friends at school. But they’ve built these friendships and they see that being a part of a team like this, it’s so much more than just playing games. I think it’s an outlet that a lot of them really needed to grow for their own personal reasons, too.<\/p>\n
“We have such a great group. I didn’t think that I could love it or love a group of kids so much, but they’ve meant everything to me because they’ve been so supportive. They’ve been so receptive to the program, learning along the way. They’ve been very flexible as we’re coaching them and see what works for them and what doesn’t.<\/p>\n
“So to see that we’ve been able to give them this possibility, this opportunity, this outlet, for a lot of these girls, they haven’t found ‘their thing’ yet, but it’s something that they really love. And to see how they’re just growing, loving this, and shining through this sport so much, to me, it’s just been a whole different level of admiration for them.”<\/p>\n
Admiration as well as pride, Hertline champions what the team is accomplishing on and off the field. Away from the game, they are a part of Morgan’s Message, an organization that brings awareness to mental health among student-athletes. A few of the players are student ambassadors and help prioritize the importance of mental health within the team.<\/p>\n
They have also volunteered at the Burlington County Toys for Tots Back to School event, collected several hundred pairs of sneakers for the GotSneakers recycling program, and teamed up with a local small business, Sabrina’s Boutique, to collect monetary donations and new clothing for the Sisters of Joseph House in Camden.<\/p>\n
In addition, they participated in the school’s Shamrock Shuffle for Irish Giving Day, raising money to help with tuition assistance for some students to attend Camden Catholic High School. The team also collaborated with the St. Joseph Academy Servant Leadership Institute to collect gently used prom dresses, which will benefit the Guadalupe Family Services in Camden.<\/p>\n
Given the way the girls are helping others in the surrounding communities and doing a great job representing the school in their games \u2013 win or lose \u2013 Hertline is clearly a respected and admirable role model and is more than deserving to be named as the Philadelphia Eagles Girls Flag Football High School Coach of the Week.<\/p>\n
“To be recognized in such a way is really an emotional moment because I would never have expected it. It’s not something that I would have thought of even years down the line, let alone just two years into our history of this sport,” Hertline said.<\/p>\n
“But really, it is a true honor to be recognized because this is just something I’m so excited to be a part of, and glad that we’ve been able to bring it to the girls. Especially the way that it’s literally sweeping the nation as one of the fastest-growing sports.<\/p>\n
“I’m not one for the spotlight, so it’s almost a little embarrassing, to be honest. I’m just doing it because I love it so much for the kids. But I’m really glad and I’m appreciative because I do think that we have a wonderful program.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A special family and a special team. Last season, Camden Catholic posted a 12-5-1 record and reached the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[909,3456,13410,25,7,6791,68018,6,910,242,109,2476,912],"class_list":{"0":"post-871256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-all-news-archived","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-community-youth-football","11":"tag-eagles","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-girls-flag-football","14":"tag-hyundai-coach-of-the-week","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-com-feature","17":"tag-philadelphia","18":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","19":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","20":"tag-team-roster-content"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116443336130219877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}