“I came here for my team and I came here for the win,” Pipher said. “…every time I step onto that field these girls make me smile.”
Bayonne will be recognized during the Jets first preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday, August 14th at MetLife Stadium.
“The way the Jets are backing up the high school sports here for the girls, it’s amazing,” Baret said. “It’s a beautiful thing, the girls love it, they appreciate it. They don’t believe that they’re getting the accolades and things that they’re getting right now. They never thought this would happen.”
For Davis, having his daughters watch the championship reminded him of his own childhood memories growing up around football.
“When I was a child, I would go to our high school football games and I would see those guys out on the field and I wanted to be just like them,” Davis said. “So hopefully, they’re being marked in a way where they see these girls playing and they want to be like that.”
Davis isn’t surprised at the rapid growth of flag football and is excited to keep being involved whether it’s through his daughters’ journey or the initiative itself.
“Some people may shy away from the contact version of football, but I don’t want them to move away from what the game of football teaches in terms of teamwork, in terms of resiliency, in terms of preparation, all those things that are going to make you a better person that will help you in your life,” Davis said. “That’s what football does, it teaches life.”