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Allen Park, Michigan – 17 May 2025
1. A Detroit Prowl running back is hit hard in the backfield during an American Women’s Football League game against the Carolina Tigers at Allen Park High School
2. The Prowl center snaps the ball, and the offensive line blocks
3. A Detroit running back runs for a big gain
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Commerce Township, Michigan – 7 May 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Bernadyn, Detroit Prowl player:
“It is tackle football. It’s brutal. We hit, we run, we throw, we kick. We do it all just like the boys, but we’re women.”
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Allen Park, Michigan – 17 May 2025
5. A referee signals during the Prowl-Tigers game
6. Detroit Prowl punter Kelly Bernadyn takes off her helmet and walks to the sideline with a teammate, upset that the snapper sent the ball flying over her head on the previous play
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Commerce Township, Michigan – 7 May 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Bernadyn, Detroit Prowl player:
“When I first tell people that I play tackle football, they think I’m in a lingerie league. And so, then I have to clarify that, ‘No, I wear a helmet and pads and a full uniform just like NFL players do.’”
8. Various of Bernadyn leading a fitness class at a local gym while wearing a walking boot, the result of an injury suffered while playing for the Prowl
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Allen Park, Michigan – 17 May 2025
9. Medical personnel tend to an injured Detroit player
10. An injured Carolina player is evaluated, then assisted off the field
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Commerce Township, Michigan – 7 May 2025
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Bernadyn, Detroit Prowl player:
“Yes, I pay to play. I use my own health insurance when I am injured. Same with all of my other teammates. But at the end of the day, it’s worth every dollar I’ve paid. It’s worth every ice pack I’ve needed to use, every day of rest, every cast, every boot, because I know that I’ll be able to line up on that football field again and go to war with my friends.”
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Allen Park, Michigan – 17 May 2025
12. Players from both teams surround an injured Prowl player on the field
13. The player is wheeled off the field and toward an ambulance
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Allen Park, Michigan – 3 May 2025
14. UPSOUND A Prowl coach leads the team in a chant, saying (English) “Family on three” during a game against the MIFA Allstars Ontario
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Vesz, MIFA Allstars Ontario player:
“You just begin to love these girls around you, and you all support each other. And it’s just — you love the game, and you can’t stop no matter what injuries get in your way. It’s an addiction, really.”
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Allen Park, Michigan – 17 May 2025
16. Tigers safety Erika “Blue” Davis helps to make a tackle against the Prowl
17. Davis moves into position before the ball is snapped
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Erika “Blue” Davis, Carolina Tigers:
“I think we need to put the message out more, and more people will come around to play, and then it will eventually blow up the same way flag football blew up last year. I think women’s tackle football will be the same way in the next year or so.”
19. Bernadyn and her teammates walk through a gate on their way to the field
20. The Prowl quarterback runs into the end zone for the game’s first touchdown, then tosses the ball to an official
21. A young Prowl fan holds up a sign in the stands in support of a player on the team
22. A Detroit player warms up with a child beside her
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