<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div>Courtesy of the <i>Bleacher Report</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div>(video)</div><div><a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2739958-homecoming-queen-claire-jeffress-hits-game-winning-field-goal?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial">http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2739958-homecoming-queen-claire-jeffress-hits-game-winning-field-goal?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><h1 data-reactid="130" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 48px; line-height: 52px; font-family: Effra, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding-top: 30px; clear: both; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Homecoming Queen Claire Jeffress Hits Game-Winning Field Goal</h1><p data-reactid="161" style="margin: 15px auto; max-width: 650px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">High school kicker Claire Jeffress decided a Texas high school football game by sinking a game-winning field goal.</span></p><p data-reactid="162" style="margin: 15px auto; max-width: 650px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With the contest tied 35-35, the Dawson High School senior hit a 30-yard kick to beat the Eagles' rival, Pearland, on Friday night.</span></p><p data-reactid="163" style="margin: 15px auto; max-width: 650px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I just wanted to do what I've always done and not think of it as any big deal," Jeffress told the <a href="http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pearland/sports/article/Football-Dawson-edges-Pearland-38-35-on-12295455.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;"><em>Houston Chronicle</em>'s Ted Dunnam</a>. "My team had faith in me, and they were going to block for me, and the snap and the hold were going to be good, so I just had to do my job."</span></p><div class="atom twitterEmbed" data-reactid="165" style="margin: 40px auto; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jeffress, who </span><a href="http://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/Female-kicker-finds-footing-at-Dawson-9208897.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">also plays</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> for the school's soccer team, was crowned Homecoming Queen last week.</span></div><div class="atom twitterEmbed" data-reactid="165" style="margin: 40px auto; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Two weeks ago, she booted the game-deciding extra point in a 14-13 victory over George Ranch. Per Dunnam, Dawson head coach Eric Wells said he was confident she could handle the latest high-pressure scenario. </span></div></div><div class="atom twitterEmbed" data-reactid="165" style="margin: 40px auto; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><p data-reactid="192" style="margin: 15px auto; max-width: 650px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Claire is something—she just doesn't get rattled," Wells said. "There wasn't even a question that she was going to kick it."</span></p></div><div>————————-</div><div><br></div><div>Photo of Dawson High School kicker/Homecoming Queen Claire Jeffress . . .</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/News/Bleacher_Report_102217.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/News/Bleacher_Report_102217.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>