Long Island Lutheran senior Carolyn Dottino-Buenahora joins football team
Carolyn Dottino-Buenahora, a soccer and lacrosse player at Lutheran High, is now a kicker on the football team and went 4-for-5 on PATs in her first game. Videojournalist: Jessica Rotkiewicz (Oct. 2, 2012) (October 6, 2012 7:51 PM)
Female football player Carolyn Dottino-Buenahora
On a recent Saturday afternoon, Carolyn Dottino-Buenahora tucked her long, brown hair into her football helmet before getting off the team bus.
The Long Island Lutheran High School varsity football team had arrived for its game against Great Neck North, and Dottino-Buenahora didn't want her opponents to know she was a girl.
"Right after [the game], I took my helmet off," said Dottino-Buenahora,...
