WINNIPEG — Standing on a field of green turf at a sporting facility in Winnipeg’s south end, Solape Obasa keeps her eye on the football, waiting for the moment she can catch it and run.

But before the 17-year-old at Winnipeg’s Elmwood High School got the chance to wait, she had to work for the opportunity to get on the field at all as part of a new high school girls flag football league.