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Kate Nakamura:
Welcome back to the podcast! I’m Kate Nakamura.
Kate Gore:
And I’m Kate Gore.
Kate Nakamura:
ASU Women’s Flag Football is getting ready to kick off their season.
Kate Gore:
Also, walk to your closest theater to see Steven King’s newest film.
Kate Nakamura:
She’s Kate Gore, I’m Kate Nakamura, and this is State Press Play.
CJ Stevenson:
What's going on, guys? My name is CJ Stevenson, and today I'm joined by Adrian Savu. Now, Adrian, can you please share your major for us?
Adrian Savu:
Yeah, I'm a biological sciences major, and I'm focused on the dental track. I'm really excited to be here. Thank you for having me on.
CJ Stevenson:
Of course, Adrian, now I heard down the grapevine that you have a true love for horror. Is that true?
Adrian Savu:
I wouldn't say true love, but I like to watch a lot of horror movies. It's one of my favorite genres out
CJ Stevenson:
there. Now, what is your top three horror movies?
Adrian Savu:
Top three? Number one for me, it's got to be saw two, probably Halloween Nightmare on Elm Street. Those three growing up, watching those scared the pants off me. Those were the most memorable ones, and I keep going back and re watching them.
To hear more from Adrian, please tune in to State Press Play.
Hannah Langley:
Hello, State Press Play podcast. My name is Hannah Langley, and today I have with me
Sierra Smith:
Sierra Smith
Hannah Langley:
and she is the founder president and team captain of the women's flag football team here at ASU. Thank you so much for sitting down with us today, Sierra, it's been a pleasure meeting you. How are you today?
Sierra Smith:
I'm good. I'm happy to be here and excited to speak with you.
Hannah Langley:
So your guys's first season was last year, and I just want to ask, like, what inspired you to create the women's flag football team here on campus?
Sierra Smith:
So, what inspired me to create the team was I played flag football at Hamilton High School for about two years, and when I graduated is when it became AIA sanctioned. So I never had the opportunity to play at the college level. Never had a chance to get offers, nothing like that. So I knew that Arizona State University was where I was going to end up, due to the journalism program out here. But I really, really wanted to play the sport that I loved still. So back in 2023 is really when the work began, just reaching out to the ad and reaching out to ASU sports clubs. And 2024 February, early February '24 was when the team finally got approved. So that's when our first official season actually started.
To hear more from Sierra, please tune in to State Press Play.
Kate Gore:
And that’s all for this week’s State Press Play. I’m Kate Gore.
Kate Nakamura:
And I’m Kate Nakamura. State Press Play is produced by our podcast desk editor, Connor Greenwall, and our vidpod producer Grace Johnson. Our original music is by Ellie Willard and Jake LaRoux [La-Row].
Kate Gore:
Special thanks to our managing team, Matthew Marengo and Ava Peguese
Kate Nakamura:
You can check out all these stories and more on statepress.com. See you next time.
