Damaja Jones conducts offseason workouts for the Helix High football team at 6:30 a.m., starting in January.
“It’s open to the whole school,” said Jones, who has been the head coach at the San Diego area school since 2022.
Many students express interest. Very few actually show up.
Aubrey Laue did, starting in January 2023, eager to make the varsity roster after playing on the JV team the year before. So she showed up every morning. The only female in the room.
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“She did it,” Jones said. “And the rest is history.”
Laue was a third-string kicker in 2023 as a junior and didn’t get many opportunities beyond occasional PATs and kickoffs, only after
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