FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Robert Saleh conducts his end-of-the-week press conferences in a shirt honoring an area high school football team or player. The Jets’ coach wore one Friday in honor of the most famous female high school football player now on Long Island.
The black T-shirt had "MEPHAM" emblazoned across the front, with "FOOTBALL" under it, and the Pirates’ logo below that. This all had to do with Mepham’s Sofia LaSpina, who was named as the Jets High School Player of the Week.
That award was for a very good reason. LaSpina became the first female to score a touchdown in Long Island history.