(September 9-Youngstown, OH)- Friday, September 9, 2016 at Stambaugh Stadium the Cardinal Mooney High School Football team will field its first ever female Varsity football player in the school’s sixty year history. When the Cardinals take the field tonight at 7:30pm against Akron North, CMHS Senior Elizabeth “Lizzie” Philibin will be fully dressed wearing #37 and ready for action as the Cardinals’ kicker.
Lizzie came to Cardinal Mooney from St. Christine Catholic School in Youngstown. She is also currently a midfielder on Mooney’s Varsity Girls’ Soccer. Next fall, she will be attending the University of Michigan on a soccer scholarship.
Upon hearing of Lizzie’s placement on the football roster, Cardinal Mooney Interim President, Dan Landers, commented, “Lizzie has been a standout at Mooney in both the classroom and on the soccer field for quite some time now. It does not surprise me in the least that this young woman’s talents are now breaking barriers on the gridiron. Lizzie’s placement on the team is also a testament to our coaching staff, the atmosphere of inclusion and rewarding talent and hard work here at Mooney.”
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Philibin
#37, Kicker