{"id":6658,"date":"2010-03-18T11:58:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T18:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/majestics-womens-tackle-football-starts-season-with-kent-scrimmage\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T04:25:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T11:25:36","slug":"majestics-womens-tackle-football-starts-season-with-kent-scrimmage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/majestics-womens-tackle-football-starts-season-with-kent-scrimmage\/","title":{"rendered":"Majestics women’s tackle football starts season with Kent scrimmage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seattle Majestics<\/a> are ready for battle.<\/p>\n

Now entering their second season in Kent, the women\u2019s tackle football team is having its first event of the season: A team scrimmage Saturday.<\/p>\n

Called the Red\/Black Scrimmage, the event gets under way 7 p.m. under the lights at Kent-Meridian High School\u2019s French Field.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first year we\u2019re doing the whole intersquad scrimmage,\u201d said team co-owner Camille Head, who also plays wide receiver and defensive back. \u201cI think one of the most exciting things is we\u2019re going to be checking out our new offense we\u2019ve got running. (Fans will see) the new players getting their first hits, catching their first ball, getting their first touchdowns.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s squad combines seasoned veterans with some new, younger talent, and Head said the young blood should bring good things to the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything having the newer, younger, more athletic players come out is beneficial to us, because they\u2019re coming from backgrounds that kind of parallel the intensity of football,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

At 40 players, the team has a full roster.<\/p>\n

And in addition to the new talent on the field, the Majestics have a new coach.<\/p>\n

Replacing Mike Talley is Josh Bellinger, a rising talent who played several years of semi-pro ball.<\/p>\n

Head explained that Talley opted out of the program in order to spend more time with his son, who is in his last year of high school.<\/p>\n

Head said there\u2019s an exciting announcement coming later this month: one Majestics player has made first-ever U.S. women\u2019s tackle football team. She\u2019s waiting for USA Football,<\/a> which has organized the team, to make the announcement. That team will play in the world championships in Sweden, June 28 through July 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully that will jazz up a lot of people,\u201d Head said, of fans wanting to see the player perform in Kent.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned with the Kent Reporter for a full feature about that player, when the announcement comes. The word is she’s from the South Sound area.<\/p>\n

The Majestics\u2019 season opener is April 3 versus the California Quake<\/a> in Downey, Calif.<\/p>\n

Their home opener is April 10 against the Sacramento Sirens.<\/a> Kick off is 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Majestics went undefeated during last year\u2019s regular season, but were bumped off in the first game of the playoffs, after a close match with Chicago. They finished their season seventh, out of 50 teams in the Independent Women\u2019s Football League.<\/p>\n

Admission to Saturday\u2019s scrimmage is by donation at the gate.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Majestics<\/p>\n

To get more information about admission, team information (including this season\u2019s roster), as well as merchandise and ticket specials, visit the Majestics\u2019 Web site at www.theseattlemajestics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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