SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Blitz Women's Football League recently strapped on skates with the Salt City Derby Girls league to show that anyone can get up and get active. Later, the Derby Girls traveled to Kaysville to play football with the Utah Blitz.

The goal is to develop a great relationship so that they can partner together for future fundraising and other events.

"It's an absolute sport," a participant said of the Derby Girls. "Everything you see is real. We don't pretend. It's not fake. It's not like wrestling. It's real."

Blonde Ambition said she participates in the league "to get out aggression a little bit. But mostly to make friends, have fun. It's an escape."

Another participant, Phatal Pheromone, explained, "We have a transplant surgeon on the league. We have lawyers. We have doctors. We have moms, career moms that are stay-at-home moms that get frustrated at home with what they do, so they come out here and get in shape and kick some butt."

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Members of the two teams want women to know, whatever their interests, they can get out and be active.

"They (Utah Blitz) are not very good on their skates, but they can hit," said Josey Evanoff of the Salt City Derby Girls league.

The league was formed in 2005 and is composed of four local teams and one all-star traveling team. It was the first all-girls flat-track league formed in Utah.

The Utah Blitz women's football team was formed in 2009 and participates in indoor women's football competitions. The team was started by Chrystle Kerfoot in September 2009.

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