Football’s post-season championship chase dominates photo roundup
Written by Gordie Howe Sports Complex staff
Olivia Klein has taken her first strides in what is shaping up to be an exciting journey in flag football.
In June, Klein got to suit up for the first time playing in Football Canada’s national team program as a defensive back for the 17U National Women’s Flag Team. She took part in a training camp in Chula Vista, California, and the Junior International Cup in Los Angeles. She helped Canada win bronze at the Junior International Cup.
Thanks to that experience with the 17U National Women’s Flag Team, Klein found her confidence in playing the sport grew a tonne. She recently helped the Mystics flag squad win the Toon Squad Varsity League championship at Saskatoon Minor Football Field playing as a receiver on offence and as a rusher on defence.
Our main feature for the November upload of “Howe Happenings” is a piece on Klein. She chats about growing up as mainly a two-sport athlete playing both flag football and hockey. She is still playing both sports in the current day as she is a defender with the Saskatoon Comet Legends under-17 AA team.
A Grade 12 student at Aden Bowman Collegiate, Klein has played for numerous flag teams operated by Saskatoon Minor Football over the years. During her Grade 11 school year, she took a big step in making flag football her main sport enrolling to be part of the Institute of Saskatchewan Football, which runs in the second semester of each school year on the Gordie Howe Sports Complex grounds. That played a big role leading up to her making the 17U National Women’s Flag Team.
To go with the feature on Klein, November’s “Howe Happenings” upload has a photo roundup that is dominated by images from playoff action in football as the championship chase hit top speed in that sport. The photo roundup is anchored by images from a city championship game for the ages played between the Bishop James Mahoney High School Saints and the Aden Bowman Collegiate Bears. It contains photos from 222’s fastpitch and the Saskatoon Berries Baseball Academy.
You can find these items on the “Howe Happenings” blog at howehappenings306.blogspot.com.
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