WEST VALLEY PREPS

Glendale duo hops on college flag football growth train

Ironwood seniors Peiten Cain, left, and Alize Arescurenaga Rodriguez smile after signing on Feb. 4 to play college flag football next year.

(Richard Smith/West Valley Preps)

Last February, Ironwood students Peiten Cain and Alize Arescurenaga Rodriguez had not played a down of flag football.

On Feb. 4, both seniors were in the school library signing a letter of intent to play this rapidly growing sport in college.

Cain will head up the street to Arizona Christian, while Arescurenaga Rodriguez is jetting off to Dallas-Fort Worth to play at Texas Wesleyan.

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