With eight state championships, five academic state championships and nine straight district championships, there’s just no other team at Robinson that does it like our flag football team. Along with the other spring sports teams, they’re back to kick off their ’22-’23 season.

After losing some vital players last year and having lots of new faces joining the team, the girls have been hard at work practicing new plays alongside their speed, agility, coordination and communication.

“Our off-season team has certainly been working through the fall and the summer, but now that it’s on the season, that team only plays two days a week or so,” Head Coach Joshua Saunders said. “So now that we are in season and playing five days a week, I think we’ll see some serious growth especially out of the young kids.”

Last year, the team closed off another monumental season with a final overall score of 22-1 and a state championship for their sixth year in a row. This year will be no different with the girls aiming for another one.

“Unfortunately for them [the girls] anything less than that is gonna be a disappointment to them, so that’s kind of where they’ve set that goal and they’ve been pretty good about getting there,” Coach Saunders said.

This year the roster is filled with strong players being led by Head Captain Julia Guillermo (’23). Guillermo has been on the team for two years now with her position being a running back. Running backs think quickly on their feet and differentiate run plays from passing plays and react accordingly. Last season, she completed 128 total passing yards averaging around six per game alongside seven receiving touchdowns and four tackles per game.

Another returning player to keep an eye on is Adriana Williams (’23). Williams is just coming off a win from her amazing soccer season and next year will be furthering her athletics at Warner University. She has held her position of running back on the team for about two years now. She averages around 21 rushing yards per game, 55 receiving yards per game and has 29 total touchdowns.

“I just want to keep building on my experience so that I’m prepared for future flag football. We’ve just been focusing on improving our routes and really just catching the ball,” Williams said.

Last year’s quarterbacks were both seniors meaning the team had to find someone to fill the position and along came Haidyn Spano (’25). This is Spano’s first year on the team and first year playing flag football.

“Being on varsity this year is a little nerve-wracking. There is certainly a lot of pressure. But I have an amazing team behind me to help me out. We all connect really well and my team has incredible talent and which relieves some stress put on me. Of course, my end goal is to win Robinson another state championship,” Spano said. “This team has its place in my heart, so staying committed and working to improve for them will never be a problem.”