SEASIDE, Ore. — A Seaside football player has been crowned homecoming queen, replacing her helmet with a crown during halftime.
The Daily Astorian reports that 17-year-old Whitney Westerholm won the title during Seaside High School’s homecoming game at the end of September. The placekicker earned her spot on the football squad her senior year.
Westerholm says she receives the same training as her male counterparts and didn’t experience any resistance from the rest of the team, saying the boys were very accepting. She and another girl, fellow kicker Taylor Barnes, say they feel removed from the team because they are kickers, not because of their gender.
