What was supposed to be the first high school football game for a 14-year-old Splendora drill team member turned into a night her family says they’ll never forget.

Leah Head, a freshman, and her mother, Jamie, say a Cleveland coach hurled insults, called players to surround her, and left her in tears. Video obtained by KPRC 2 shows part of the confrontation on the field before kickoff.

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“He told us to move; the field wasn’t for girls”

Leah says her drill team was lined up in formation for the school’s traditional “victory line.” The football players were in the tunnel, waiting to run out.

She says a Cleveland coach walked toward her and told her to move. When she shook her he

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