For me, though, I prefer to remember them as the “Trailblazers.”

Because the young ladies from Southwestern, Clymer/Sherman/Panama, Jamestown, Fredonia, Chautauqua Lake and Cassadaga Valley — along with Dunkirk earlier in the week — were part of an historic couple of days.

For the record, Clymer/Sherman/Panama defeated Southwestern 24-6; Jamestown downed Fredona 27-0; and Chautauqua Lake knocked off Cassadaga Valley 58-6 on a cold and, sometimes, very wet afternoon and evening.

But no one seemed to care.

Southwestern’s Madi McIntyre, center, runs away from Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s Janelle Burchanowski and Hayden Fisher. P-J photo by Tim Frank

“This is very exciting,” said Hillbillies coach Nick Bertrando said. “I really, truly believe this is going to explode.

“Very, very seldom in this day and age do you have the chance to be the first in anything. For all the schools, we are truly pioneers. They’ll be able to look back on it and know they were part of something special in their school and in Chautauqua County.”

There were plenty of special performances yesterday.

Consider just a few.

¯ Chautauqua Lake senior Alex Reyda caught two touchdown passes from senior Erma Wolcott from 5 and 56 yards; intercepted three passes, including one returned for a touchdown; and scored a fourth TD on a 25-yard run.

Cassadaga Valley’s Morgan Johnson drops back to pass during Sunday’s game. P-J photo by Tim Frank

“She’s fast. She’s a blur,” said Chris Dole, who coaches the Thunderbirds along with Joanne Meadows.

¯ Jamestown senior Karryne Mims rushed for 185 yards on 21 carries, two touchdowns and an extra point, and junior teammate Ella Propheter ran for 107 yards on 14 carries, a touchdown and an extra point, and tossed a 30-yard TD pass to senior Marley Drake, who was also credited with an extra point.

“We started out a little jittery, but they honed in, collected themselves, refocused and then we took off,” Jamestown coach Steve Propheter said. “The (work in) practice all started to show up.”

¯ And Clymer/Sherman/Panama sophomore Janelle Burchanowski tallied three touchdowns on bursts of 38, 54 and 65 yards.

“It was phenomenal,” Wolfpack coach Chris Payne said. “It was a lot of fun. I was just hoping I had seven girls show up today with the weather the way it was, but they did a great job.”

The National Football League, and the Buffalo Bills in particular, would have been proud of the entire experience.

Hosts of a “scrimmage day” earlier this month, the Bills invited the high school flag teams to their ADPRO Sports Training Center in Orchard Park in advance of the season openers. It included appearances by Bills’ players, including safety Micah Hyde.

“It was a great experience,” Bertrando said. “The young women we brought up there were so excited to be part of it. The organization did a remarkable job.”

Meadows, who has coached volleyball at Chautauqua Lake for decades, noted that it isn’t unusual for her volleyball players to toss a football around before and after practices in the fall.

“When (flag football) happened, the response was humungous,” she said. ” … For the kids who are sticking with it, they love it. It’s a great game. I think it’s just going to keep growing and growing.

“I remember … when they first started having a state tournament for volleyball and that was huge, and then Section VI swept everything and it really took off. The way our kids are here, there’s not a ton of distractions with stuff to do, and the school is the main social thing for them. The more we can offer them with sports and activities in the school, the better it is.”

Added Dole: These kids are excited. You can just see it when they show up. … They just want more.”

Southwestern junior Madi McIntyre, who caught a 23-yard TD pass from junior Lauren Cotter for the Trojans’ lone score late in the second half, was all smiles despite the loss.

“I have five brothers, so I’m always playing football with them in the backyard,” she said.

When her brother, Tyler, was asked how he would rate his sister’s performance, he said he’d give her “8” on a scale of 1 to 10.

If, however, I was asked to give my assessment of this first-of-its-kind tripleheader, I know how I would respond.

There’s no doubt.

It would be 10 out of 10.