The Mile High Blaze went into Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, to win a National Championship and respect over the weekend. They accomplished both.
The Denver semi-professional women’s tackle football team defeated the Derby City Dynamite, from Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday 21-20 in the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) Division II National Championship. Quarterback Kimberly Santistevan threw three touchdown passes including the game-winner to Stephanie Skinner to seal the state’s latest sports championship.
The Blaze’s first championship is Denver’s sixth title on the national stage this year joining the Colorado Avalanche, the University of Denver men’s hockey team, Denver East High School hockey team, the Littleton Hawks pee-wee hockey team, and the Colorado Mammoth.
DENVER – The Mile High Blaze is the latest Colorado team to win a national championship after they took home the Women’s Football Alliance Division II championship on Saturday.
The Blaze is a semi-pro women’s tackle football team that plays its games in Aurora, which has been called the Blaze since 2013 and has grown from fewer than 20 players to more than 40 this year. They were featured in one of Denver7's promotions videos previously.
They have won multiple conference championships, but this is their first championship. The Blaze went 4-1 during the regular season, losing only to the Nevada Storm 22-8 in April.
The
WFA
is the largest and longest running women’s tackle football league in the country. It started in 2009 and features three divisions.
wfaprofootball.com/
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