Kansas City Tribe win football championship

The Kansas City Tribe women’s football team won the 2009 Independent Women’s Football League championship. After beating the D.C. Divas 21-18 in a squeaker on Saturday in Austin, the team is bringing home the league’s glass trophy.

“It hasn’t quite sunk in yet,” said Mindy White, the Tribe’s co-owner, general manager and linebacker, from the airport on Monday afternoon. “It’s starting to, and now that I’m sobering up a little bit, the soreness is starting to settle in. It’s the best pain ever.”

Two full days after the win, the team has been celebrating non-stop, White said, her voice hoarse. White credited some outstanding defense — including a fumble recovery on the Divas’ 1-yard line, which the offense converted for a touchdown — and a consistently good offense with the victory.