Article: A FOOTBALL LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN\ KENTUCKY KARMA ONE OF 37 TEAMS.(Sports)

Byline: Brian T. Kehl News-Enterprise

ELIZABETHTOWN -- Lisa Santiago is a basketball player. She normally plays in a league at Fort Knox, but was upset when the league was canceled this year.

She found an alternative, though, that may raise some eyebrows.

Santiago is now a football player. She doesn't get paid yet, but that day will come soon enough, she said. Just finding a team and putting on a helmet was a start.

Santiago said her friends saw an ad for tryouts.

"I went out just to see," she said. "I didn't know they had even been playing. I tried out -- did a few drills."

Santiago is now a member of the National ...

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