The St. Louis SLAM returns to the gridiron Saturday night and looks to even their record within the highly-competitive Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) Pro Division complexion.
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St. Louis (0-1) hosts Cincinnati (1-0) for a 7 p.m. kickoff at Rockwood Summit High School in Fenton (1780 Hawkins Rd.)
The SLAM – current back-to-back WFA national champions – suffered a 24-7 season opening loss to Minnesota at RSHS two weekends ago. The Vixen triumph snapped St. Louis’ 18-winning streak.
“I am a firm believer that you learn way more in a loss than you do a win,” reflected SLAM Coach Quincy Davis after the setback. “We gotta take our lumps from this and figure out how to change our trajectory and move on from it.”
St. Louis veteran quarterback Jaime Gaal helms a offense paced by the front line of Tamikka Brents, Pamela Green, Jennifer Perkins, Antonnia Washington and Jazmynn Day.
Running back Jada Humphrey leads the charge in rushing while receivers Sydney Bloch and Amanda Richardson aim to snare Gaal’s throws.
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On the defensive side, rookie linebacker Kerrigan Gamm claimed a “Pick 6” against Minnesota that opened eyes.
Kinnaudy Daniels, Brooklyn Devitt, Tay Johnson, Mary Altepeter, Zariah Johnson, Tenesha Glass, Julia Kempff and a host of others are primed for a defensive lockdown against the visitors.
Cincinnati – a former WFA Division 3 national champ that upgraded to WFA Pro this season – blanked in-state rival Colombus, 52-0, in Week 1 for a quick sprint.
As always, the SLAM would appreciate a vocal crowd in support Saturday at home.
For more information on the team, visit their official website.
Litehouse Media will have a full recap of Saturday’s game posted Sunday afternoon.
Live coverage of the game can be seen online at THIS LINK.
By trade, he is a six-time, regional Emmy Award-winning news videographer/editor for KTVI/KPLR-TV. By hobby, he is a writer for Litehouse Media, dating back to February 2014. Emphasis is on featuring and promoting local women's sports, but will cover anything that is not reported by traditional media outlets. Also a contributor to local concert reviews. Finally, he prefers Diet Ski over coffee.
