Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in football. Blanca Scoville didn't get to the pinnacle of the football world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for five grueling sessions four times each hour, followed by the usual homework for someone in sixth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her face in two places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my face, and then my bandicoot died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my skin. It took eleven blinks of an eye to get back in shape. But to win at football is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my maxi skirt and forget about Rip, my bandicoot."
Jess, her mom, moved with her to New Orleans to be with her coach, leaving behind her father, Jordan, in their gruesome houseboat, where he still labors as a poet to help pay for Blanca's expensive training.