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APJV coach Uiva Tuliau said whether McOsker plays varsity depends on her potential to understand the game better, read defenses and make solid throws.
With each game, McOsker has grown more comfortable at QB. If the receivers line up in the wrong position, she’ll move them.
“She’s our man for the year,” Tuliau said. “Maybe she starts a trend.”
Before home games, McOsker changes in the girls’ locker room. Once her teammates have their pants on, she joins them in the boys’ locker room to go over strategy. The only difference in equipment is the chest protector she wears. Her dad had to show her how to put on the pads.
“I just worry about her getting hurt,” Tim McOsker said. “Maybe it’s a little unfair. Maybe she’s proving her point, I shouldn’t be more nervous for a girl playing ball.”
At a recent JV game, McOsker was cheered by several members of her tight-knit family, including her grandfather, two grandmothers and an uncle.
They whooped it up when receivers caught her passes, and urged her on after she threw a couple of interceptions and got sacked. It wasn’t a good day for the Knights, who lost 41-14 to Crespi High of Encino.
After darkness enveloped the field a few miles from the Pacific Ocean, a sore McOsker rested on a metal bench as teammates and opponents alike walked by.
“Good game, ‘Randa,” one said, hitting her in the arm. She punched him back.
“Hey, superstar,” said another as she smiled sheepishly.
Word got around on Crespi’s side of the field that the Bishop Montgomery quarterback was a girl.
“You can’t tell at all,” said Bridgitte Williams, whose son is an offensive lineman for Crespi, an all-boys Catholic school. “My son sacked her three times and I don’t think he cares. She’s handling herself really good.”
“She’s out there because she can play,” said Joseph Heitkemper, whose son is a Crespi receiver.
The Knights had a 2-3 record going into this week’s game. And, even more important, it was Homecoming weekend and McOsker had a date for the big dance with a varsity linebacker.
“I’m excited,” she said. “I’m going to hang out with a lot of the football players.”
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.