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The Quarterback Who Talked Her Way In: Kaelie Tomalak’s 60-Touchdown Farewell at St. Charles North
Kaelie Tomalak almost didn’t play flag football. It took her father Brian — a former quarterback at UW-Oshkosh — to talk her into trying the sport when it existed only as a Chicago Bears-sponsored club team. She leaves St. Charles North as the most productive quarterback in Illinois.
The senior saved a masterpiece for the state final against Prospect: 15-of-20 passing for 176 yards and a touchdown, 63 rushing yards, and — because she played both ways — an interception on defense, as the North Stars won 32-13 to complete a 26-0 season.
Her final season totals read like a video game: 4,292 passing yards and 60 passing touchdowns, 1,460 rushing yards and 14 rushing scores, and 14 interceptions as a defender.
Tomalak wants to keep playing in college — and for the first time in history, quarterbacks like her have real options, from NAIA powers to the NCAA programs launching across the country. Whoever lands her is getting a champion.
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Alabama Runs Deep: Undefeated Moody, Central and Montgomery Catholic All Sit in the National Top 15
If you want to find the center of the high school flag football universe, check Alabama. Three Alabama programs sit in the USA TODAY Super 25 national rankings — and the state’s No. 2 team hasn’t lost in 30 games.
Moody (17-0) is the streak story of the fall. The defending AHSAA Class 1A-5A champions picked up their 30th consecutive win this week, are ranked No. 7 in the Super 25 and No. 8 in the MaxPreps national rankings, and recently outscored three opponents 146-0 in a single week. Sophomore Sophie White put up 472 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns in one doubleheader. The Blue Devils’ title DNA is real: last December at Protective Stadium, quarterback Serenity Rutledge threw three touchdown passes — to Zoey Terry, White and Kennedy Hockman — and Cheyenne Moore returned an interception 48 yards for a score in a 27-18 final win over Montgomery Catholic.
Central of Phenix City (11-2) is Alabama’s No. 1 and the nation’s No. 5, powered by Savannah Sevier, who recently stacked 301 yards, four touchdowns, six flag pulls and four pass breakups in a single week. Montgomery Catholic (12-1), ranked No. 15 nationally, is right back in the hunt behind senior Hayden Fitts, who ran for three touchdowns and threw for another against Spain Park.
With Spain Park, Vestavia Hills, Boaz and Brewbaker Tech also ranked in the state Super 10, Alabama’s playoffs this winter might be the toughest tournament in the country.
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