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‘Be the best’: Shadow Ridge flag football star signs with Big 10 school

Las Vegas Review-Journal·Alex Wright·24 days ago
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Jaylani Palmer had just helped Shadow Ridge win the Class 5A flag football state championship at Allegiant Stadium in February when she started to turn her attention to deciding which college she would attend. That’s around the time when Nebraska started calling. Nebraska won Palmer over, and the Shadow Ridge athlete signed with the school’s flag football team last week to become the first Nevada high school flag football athlete to sign with a power conference school. “It was more surreal, because every time that we would call, (the coaches) would tell me (about) all the opportunities that they were getting from the college,” Palmer said. “Then I had to think about it. It was a tough process, deciding between colleges. “So, when I went to go visit and see everything in front of my eyes, it was really cool. It was hard to say no to.” Flag football is currently offered at junior colleges and at the club level at NCAA colleges.…

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