The Rams completed a pass deep in East Aurora territory that was fumbled. The football bounced off an East Aurora player and was recovered in the end zone by another Ram for a Glenbard East touchdown.
That will happen. The player who scored is what made it special.
"When I heard the referee yell, ‘Let go of her!' I'm like, ‘I know that her. That's my kid,'" Lane said.
Her?
Yes. Her.
Senior Rebecca Deluca-Lane recovered that fumble in the end zone to record a touchdown. According to an unofficial state media survey conducted by Illinois High School Association assistant executive director Matt Troha, who also asked around the IHSA offices in Bloomington, it's the first known touchdown scored by a female varsity high school football player in Illinois. Read the story in the Daily Herald.
