RUMSON – Randy Kalman gets right to the point when he is asked what it is like to coach Ella Mason.
“She’s the smartest football player I’ve ever coached, Kalman, the head coach for Rumson-Fair Haven’s girls flag football team, said about Mason, a senior quarterback.
Thursday, at Borden Stadium, Mason led Rumson-Fair Haven to its second straight Shore Conference girls flag football league championship by throwing five TD passes and an extra point pass in the Bulldogs’ 37-18 win over Neptune.
Rumson-Fair Haven celebrates after it defeated Neptune 37-18 in the Shore Conference Girls Flag Football championship game Thursday.
Kalman’s statement about Mason covers a significant amount of ground.
Not only has he been Rumson-Fair Haven’s flag football head coach the two seasons the Bulldogs have had a program, but he will also enter his 15th season coaching boys football this season. He is in his third season on Rumson-Fair Haven head coach Jeremy Schulte’s staff. Before that he was an assistant coach for eight seasons at Middletown North and for four seasons in Florida.
Kalman said it is no accident Mason, who played soccer in the fall and basketball in the winter for Rumson-Fair Haven, has so much football knowledge.
“She grew up playing with the boys,” Kalman, whose team went unbeaten for the season, said. “She watches football. She understands the game. You put something out there, she gets it.”
“I’ve been playing flag football since I was in first grade on an all boys team,” Mason said. “I just love to play the game. I love watching everyone go out and have fun. Throwing the football has always been fun to me. I just love it so much.”
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Mason said she had the option to play another sport this spring along with flag…
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Publish date : 2024-06-13 21:50:22
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