In an event that had been a year in planning, All-American running back for the New Hampshire Rebellion Selina Collins married Britnee Feldman, the team’s Game Day Coordinator and Player Representative. In 2023, Feldman played for the team as a wide receiver.
A preview of Saturday’s final game of the season for NH Rebellion – and a player profile of Julia Kearney.
The New Hampshire Rebellion women’s football team opens its season this coming Saturday against the Delaware Diamonds.
Catch the NH Rebellion April 27 as they play the Delaware Diamonds. Game starts at 4:30 p.m. at the West High School Field on Jack Amero Way, rain or shine. Admission will be free.
Missy Mahoney has been playing women’s football for two years. Prior to joining the NH Rebellion, Mahoney was an ardent flag football player. A regular at every practice, Mahoney most often plays linebacker, though sometimes lines up at tight end. She will turn 38 on April 17.
Standing 5 feet tall, Rachel McManmon is the shortest player on the field when the NH Rebellion women’s football team takes the field on offense. She lines up at center, and when hunched over to snap the ball, becomes shorter still. Yet, despite her size, she is in many ways an anchor for the offense; a steady, reliable person who ensures the first action of any offensive play goes smoothly.
Despite these various difficulties, members of the NH Rebellion came to 456 Union St. at the 1269 Cafe to volunteer their time on a Sunday. They showed up as early as 9:30 a.m. to serve breakfast to some of Manchester’s homeless individuals.
The team faces no less of a significant challenge this Saturday at 5 p.m. when they take the home field at Gill Stadium against the New York Knockout, which is undefeated this year. Two of the Knockout’s wins have been blowouts.
The Rebellion, known last year as the Ruckus, is part of the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA). The Rebellion is a self-funded team currently looking for both sponsors and new tryouts. The players they currently have are a mixture of veterans and newcomers, all working hard for a chance to prove themselves.
At age 68, I was arrested this week for he first time in my life. My misdemeanor offense, and that of my more than 400 fellow arrestees, was blocking the the front of the U.S. Capitol. We did it because big money is blocking us, and all ordinary Americans, from being heard – or at least heeded – by Congress.
On Primary Weekend patriots from across New Hampshire and the United States will gather at “political ground zero” in Manchester, for the first-ever We the People Convention to take a stand on big money in politics.
“It ought to trouble every single American that 158 families have contributed half the money that’s been raised by both parties thus far in the presidential primaries.” – Former NH Supreme Court Chief Justice John Broderick
Among those gathered for the brief pep rally were former New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice John Broderick, a Democrat, and Brad Cook, a prominent Republican attorney, who serves as Executive Director of the Warren B. Rudman Center at UNH Law School, and is chair of the NH Ballot Law Commission.
The group is making an issue of big money and its influence over elections a central issue during the 2016 presidential primary cycle. They will be asking every presidential primary candidate, “How are you going to end the system of corruption in Washington, D.C.?”