CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Cabell Midland Knights have got something a little extra special about their team. On the field, it's just another kicker drilling a field goal or extra point. On the sidelines, the helmet comes off, revealing a golden ponytail and a sweet smile.

Junior Sami Molina is the first female football player in the history of Cabell Midland.

"It's no different from any other sport to me," she said. "You've just got to go out there and do what you've got to do."

Molina joined the team this year having filled the kicking vacancy left by her brother Alex, who graduated from Cabell Midland in May. During her sophomore year, she would practice kicking field goals with Alex while the football team watched in astonishment at just how well she could kick.

Molina, the leading scorer on the girls' soccer team, finds both balance and difficulty in juggling not only two separate sports, but two separate styles of kicking.

"When I go back to playing soccer, I'm afraid I'm going to shank it over the goals," she said. "It's two totally different methods of kicking, and it's starting to mess with me."

Despite the fact that she dresses in another locker room, wears the tiniest pads available and stands about 6 inches shorter than the rest of her teammates, Molina has been treated like one of the boys by the players, coaches and fans. She is 11-for-15 in extra points and hit a 35-yard field goal against Spring Valley on Sept. 26. During the game against Woodrow Wilson on Sept. 12, she became the highest-scoring female player in West Virginia history.

When asked if she was afraid of getting hit, the 5-foot-2 Molina, in her shoulder pads and cleats, just grinned.

"I trust the guys out there in front of me. Michael would take the hit for me," she said, referring to Michael Brumfield, the starting quarterback and holder for Molina's kicks.

She's not immune to hits, though. During a game against Riverside on Oct. 3, a rogue linebacker broke through the line on the extra point, taking out Molina and Brumfield. Molina was fine, but she got a dose of the pure ferocity of the sport she has joined.

"I don't even think about it anymore," Molina said. "I just feel like I'm playing soccer, except with a bunch of big, scary boys."

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Cabell Midland Knights have got something a little extra special about their team. On the field, it's just another kicker drilling a field goal or extra point. On the sidelines, the helmet comes off, revealing a golden ponytail and a sweet smile.

Junior Sami Molina is the first female football player in the history of Cabell Midland.

"It's no different from any other sport to me," she said. "You've just got to go out there and do what you've got to do."

Molina joined the team this year having filled the kicking vacancy left by her brother Alex, who graduated from Cabell Midland in May. During her sophomore year, she would practice kicking field goals with Alex while the football team watched in astonishment at just how well she could kick.

Molina, the leading scorer on the girls' soccer team, finds both balance and difficulty in juggling not only two separate sports, but two separate styles of kicking.

"When I go back to playing soccer, I'm afraid I'm going to shank it over the goals," she said. "It's two totally different methods of kicking, and it's starting to mess with me."

Despite the fact that she dresses in another locker room, wears the tiniest pads available and stands about 6 inches shorter than the rest of her teammates, Molina has been treated like one of the boys by the players, coaches and fans. She is 11-for-15 in extra points and hit a 35-yard field goal against Spring Valley on Sept. 26. During the game against Woodrow Wilson on Sept. 12, she became the highest-scoring female player in West Virginia history.

When asked if she was afraid of getting hit, the 5-foot-2 Molina, in her shoulder pads and cleats, just grinned.

"I trust the guys out there in front of me. Michael would take the hit for me," she said, referring to Michael Brumfield, the starting quarterback and holder for Molina's kicks.

She's not immune to hits, though. During a game against Riverside on Oct. 3, a rogue linebacker broke through the line on the extra point, taking out Molina and Brumfield. Molina was fine, but she got a dose of the pure ferocity of the sport she has joined.

"I don't even think about it anymore," Molina said. "I just feel like I'm playing soccer, except with a bunch of big, scary boys."