>>
>> LATER,
>> LATER, THE MAINE BAND SNUG HOUSE 4@IS RELEASING THEIR ALBU AND THEY STOPPED BY OUR 4@SHOW.
>>> FIRST, TONIGHT, THERE ARE
PLENTY OF SPORTS TEAMS MAINERS
ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHETHER IT
IS THE PATRIOTS, RED SOX, 4@
BRUI4@NS OR OUR OWN MAIN MAIN
MARINERS OR RED CLAWS.
>> THERE IS A PROFESSIONAL
SPORTS TEAM IN MAINE YOU JUST
MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT.
207'S PEGGY KAISER FOUND HER
WAY TO A TRYOUT FOR THE MAINE
MAYHEM.
>> INDEED I DID.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
MAINE MAYHEM FOOTBALL TEAM, YOU
ARE NOT ALONE.
THESE ATHLETES ARE
PROFESSIONAL.
THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR
SPORT AND THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE
THEIR EYE ON A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
THEY HAVE 4@THE PASSION AND THE
TALENT TO 4@BRING THAT TROPHY
HOME.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FOOTBALL,
LET'S BE HONEST.
YOU DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT
WOMEN.
>> THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST
HURDLES IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T 4@
KNOW WE EXIST.
>> Reporter: THE MAINE MAYHEM
IS DETERMINED TO CHANGE ALL
THAT.
>> SECOND LINE, WALK UP TO THE
FRONT LINE.
>> Reporter: ON THIS COLD 4@AND
RAINY SATURDAY MORNING, THEY
ARE HOLDING THE 4@SECOND OF FOU
TRYOUTS FOR MAINE'S ONLY
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S FOOTBALL
TEAM.
HOPING TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE
THAT THERE 4@IS A PLACE ON THIS
TEAM FOR ANY 4@FEMALE ATHLETE W
WANTS TO GIVE FOOTBALL A TRY.
ALICIA JEFFERS I4@S THE HEART A
SOUL OF THE MAYHEM.
>> YOU ARE AN ATHLETE, THEN
THERE IS A PLACE FOR 4@YOU ON T
SOUL OF THE MAYHEM. >> YOU ARE AN ATHLETE, THEN THERE IS A PLACE FOR 4@YOU ON T@
FOOTBALL FIELD.
WE'LL FIND A POSITION THAT YOU
WILL SUCCEED IN.
IF YOU ARE STRONG, 4@BIGGER,
WOMAN AND YOU COULD PLAY ON THE
LINE F YOU ARE FAST, 4@QUICK, Y
COULD BE A SKILL PLAYER.
>> Reporter: MAGGIE SCHOFIELD
CAME TO THE FIRST 4@TRYOUT IN
SEPTEMBER AND MADE THE TEAM.
SHE HAD PLAY4@ED BASKETBALL AND
TENNIS BUT SHE 4@HADN'T REALLY
PLAYED MUCH FOOTBALL.
THAT DIDN'T STOP HER FROM
TRYING.
>> I SHOWED UP LAST MONTH AND
MET EVERYBODY AND 4@I WAS LIKE
OKAY, I COULD SEE MYSELF AROUND
THIS TYPE OF PEOPLE.
AND THEN THE COACH WAS LIKE
THIS TEAM WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
AND THAT WAS IT FOR ME.
I WAS LIKE YEAH, I'M IN.
>> Reporter: NOT EVERYONE HERE
IS NEW TO THE MAYHEM.
CHRISTIANA HAS BEEN WITH THE
MAYHEM FOR SEVEN SEASONS.
>> THIS IS MY FAMILY.
THEY HAVE BECOME MY 4@SECOND
FAMILY.
WHEN YOU COME HERE, NO MATTER
HOW NEW YOU ARE, HOW LONG
YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU ARE
WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS.
>> I ACTUALLY KNEW 4@NOTHING
ABOUT FOOTBALL.
I BARELY WATCHED FOOTBALL.
I WILL SAY SINCE I STARTED
FOOTBALL I NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY
AM I A 4@STRONGER PERSON BUT I
THINK MENTALLY I'M A STRONGER
PERSON.
BUZZ GETTING MYSELF LIKE
MENTALLY PREPARED FOR GAMES,
ALL THE STRENGTH AND
CONDITIONING YOU HAVE 4@TO DO,
I'VE BECOME LIKE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PERSON.
>> RECRUITS OUT HERE.
THERE IS 4@A REASON WHY YOU
SIGNED UP.
ALL RIGHT?
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS GIVE ME A
CHANCE AN GIVE THIS 4@TEAM A
CHANCE.
>> Reporter: THE RAIN PICKS UP
BUT THE ENERGY NEVER FLAGS.
ALL THE WHILE 4@THE SIX-MAN
COACHING STAFF PUTS THE WOMEN
THROUGH THEIR PACES.
>> N4@ECK ROLLS TO THE RIGHT.
>> 4@Reporter: AN THERE IS NO
OTHER PLACE THAT HEAD COACH
BRYAN OYA WOULD RATHER BE.
>> I LOVE DOING THIS.
THIS IS THE BEST CAREER MOVIE
EVER MADE.
THEY ARE ATHLETES.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE
WOMEN OR 4@NOT.
THE MINUTE THEY PUT THE HELMET
ON, 4@THEY ARE ATHLETES.
THIS TEAM IS GOING TO4@ GO PLAC
THE MINUTE THEY PUT THE HELMET ON, 4@THEY ARE ATHLETES. THIS TEAM IS GOING TO4@ GO PLAC@
FOR 2019.
>> R4@eporter: WHAT IS YOUR GOA
>> THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT IS THE GOAL.
>> Reporter: THE INTEREST 4@IN
MAINE MAYHEM IS BLOWING UP.
ON THIS MORNING, 20 HOPEFULS
SHOW UP.
>> 64@93.
>> TRYOUTS ARE MOSTLY 4@SKILLS
CONDITIONING, A CHANCE FOR THE
COACHING STAFF TO ASSE4@SS THE
RECRUITS.
AND A CHANCE FOR THE NEWCOMERS
TO SEE IF 4@THEY'VE GOT WHAT IT
TAKES TO TAKE TO THE FIELD.
ARE THERE PARTS 4@OF THIS PROCE
THAT 4@ARE INTIMIDATING?
YOU BET THERE ARE.
>> GETTING TACKLED.
I THINK DEFINITELY AND HAVING
TO KNOW THE PLAYS BY THE BACK
OF YOUR HAND AND KNOW WHERE TO
GO AND THINK ON THE FLY.
>> Reporter: BUT WHEN THE
SEASON ROLLS AROUND, THE PADSS
GO 4@O THE HELMETS 4@GO ON AND
PLAY TO WIN.
>> WE PLAY NCAA RULES.
SO IT IS THE FULL CONTACT PUT
THE PADS ON, PLAY ON THE 4@FIEL
FOOTBALL.
>> Reporter: A THOUGHT THAT
ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTS ALICIA 4@
JEFFERS.
>> IF WE MAKE THE PLAYOFFS,
WHICH WE 4@ARE CHAMPIONSHIPS WI
BE IN JULY.
IT IS EXCITING STUFF.
CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE
ACTUALLY.
JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S 4@
LIKE LET'S GO.
>> 4@MAYHEM ON THREE.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> MAYHEM!
>> Reporter: THESE WOMEN TRULY
PLAY FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME. @
THEY AREN'T PAID.
THEY HAVE TO PAY A FEE TO TRAIN
AND PLAY WITH THE TEAM.
THE MAYHEM WILL HOLD TWO MORE
TRYOUTS THIS MONTH, NOVEMBER
AND IN DECEMBER.
THEN START THEIR SEASON IN
APRIL WITH GAMES THROUGHOUT NEW
ENGLAND.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE 4@MAINE MAYHEM OR MAY
YOU WOULD HIKE TO 4@TRY OUT, CA
YOU GO ON OUR WEB SITE OR
MOBILE APP FOR 4@MORE
INFORMATION.
>> THE REPORTER INVOLVEMENT IN
THAT STORY WAS WHERE?
>> YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT TACKLE
THAT I MADE?
THAT AWESOME TACKLE?
IT WAS HUGE.
>> I GUESS WE MISSED IT.
>> A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WE 4@
DIDN'T SEE YOU GOING AFTER THAT
WAY CERTAIN DEGREE OF FEROCITY.
>> AND HOLD THE FOOTBALL FOR 4@