A new sport and staff member has arrived at Cherokee Trail. Girl’s flag football began this year, and teacher Drew Robertson had the opportunity to coach this new sport. Robertson explains what led him to coach this new sport as a new teacher at CT, “My biggest interest in coaching girl’s flag football here at CT was definitely just the freshness and the newness of the sport […] a lot of the girls on my team hadn’t played before so I saw it as a great opportunity to solidify myself as a coach in the atmosphere,” said Robertson. Since girl’s flag football hasn’t been fully established at CT, Robertson shared some challenges in starting a new sport and how he plans to overcome them. “A lot of these girls hadn’t had any prior playing experience within flag football […] we’re going through not just teaching offense and defense and specific plays I’m also teaching the rules by which to play the game”. In addition to that, Robertson recognized the support the team has received support from the CT community, he mentions, “For example, they’ve scheduled us for practice time in Legacy Stadium nearly every single day that we have practice. That is a beautiful facility [and] I’m very grateful to have time in there with my team […] a lot of people around us want to see this be successful and above all else I think a lot of people realize that this is just yet another opportunity for girls to be involved in athletics.”. Robertson expressed his ambition to build the program and open another door for girls at CT looking to be involved in athletics. “In the long run, I hope to be a perennial contender for state championships [and] I’d like to see CT become a girl’s flag football powerhouse […] I know a lot of girls are looking for something to be involved [hopefully flag football is a good opportunity for them to do so,” said Robertson.