"On Friday, with Pinckney leading powerful Michigan rival Grand Blanc,
6-0, at the half, Amat, the first girl to play football for the school’s
varsity, was asked to return to the field. When she arrived, she was
told that her fellow students had voted her queen. When the tiara was
placed on her head, she was wearing not a dress, like the other girls in
the homecoming court, but her No. 12 uniform, pads and all.
A short while later, with five minutes to play in the third quarter,
Amat was called to the same field to attempt a 31-yard field goal. She
split the uprights.
The kick proved decisive as Pinckney held on for a 9-7 victory against a
Grand Blanc team that had come into the game ranked seventh in the
state in its division. It also earned Amat the nickname the Kicking
Queen."
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