The 2023-24 girls flag football season concludes over the next few weeks with the Section 1 and NYSPHSAA tournaments. Below are the complete brackets for each Section 1 tournament. Winners advance to the NYSPHSAA regional tournaments. The brackets will be updated with scores as soon as each game goes final. Keep checking back all tournament long. Division 1 Division 2 Source link The post Section 1 girls flag football tournament: Live brackets appeared first on FlagSpin ..read more

TAMPA — Tampa Bay flag football teams are back in the state championships, this time in their own backyard. On Friday at One Buc Place, in the indoor AdventHealth Training Center, two teams from Hillsborough County — Robinson (22-0) in Class 1A and Lennard (18-3) in Class 2A — will play in state semifinals. If one or both teams end the weekend with state titles, it would be nothing short of tradition. In the previous seven years, Hillsborough County has won state titles in both divisions five times, with Robinson claiming seven straight and eight in the previous nine seasons (not including 20 ..read more

TULSA, Okla. — Starting in October 2024, 10 teams from Tulsa Public Schools and Bishop Kelley High School will kick off Oklahoma’s first girls flag football league at the high school level. The league is being run with NFL star wideout Donald Driver’s company Driven Elite, LLC and in conjunction with NFL FLAG, Cleats for Kids, and Franklin Sports. “We are proud to team up with Donald Driver, Driven Elite, Cleats for Kids, and Franklin Sports to bring girls flag football to Tulsa,” said TPS Superintendent, Dr. Ebony Johnson. “This initiative will open up additional opportunities for young wome ..read more

Atlanta, Ga. – May 7, 2024 – Today, the Atlanta Falcons announce that 42 high schools across Georgia will receive grants from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to launch girls’ flag football programs, solidifying the dedication to growing the sport of girls’ flag football in high schools. The list of Georgia high schools receiving grants in 2024 can be found here. As part of that commitment, the Falcons are hosting the Atlanta Falcons High School Showcase in partnership with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Women’s Flag Finals Championship Game on May 9-10 at Mercedes-Benz Stad ..read more

FLASH SALE Don’t miss this deal Standard Digital Access $6 for 1 year Already a subscriber? Login Photos from high school girls flag football championship night at Cleveland Browns Stadium, May 6, 2024. (Paul DiCicco – For The News-Herald) PHOTOS: High school girls flag football championship night, May 6, 2024, by Paul DiCicco. Photos from high school girls flag football championship night at Cleveland Browns Stadium, May 6, 2024. (Paul DiCicco – For The News-Herald) Photos from high school girls flag football championship night at Cleveland Browns Stadium, May 6, 2024. (P ..read more

An Ocean City player runs with the football. By ANDREW FASY Currently a club sport, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) is positioned to sanction flag football for female student-athletes as an official varsity sport for the 2025 season. Flag football would be the 35th sport sanctioned by the NJSIAA, and the fifth spring sport offered for girls. Starting with a grant from the Philadelphia Eagles, OCHS started a two-year pilot program for girls flag football in 2023. Approximately 20 states have NFL-sponsored girls flag football leagues at the high school level ..read more

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“Three-peat” chants rang out from the Ravenwood fans as the Raptors celebrated their Williamson County flag football championship. Ravenwood won its third straight title in the three-year history of the new league with a 28-21 win over previously unbeaten Page at Centennial on Sunday. “Oh, it’s amazing,” Ravenwood coach Jessica Mancini said. “They knew coming in the hype about winning, the two in a row, and they really wanted to push to get that third. We lost that one game to Page in the beginning, so it felt right to beat them in the end.” Ravenwood (9-2) avenged an early-season loss to Pag ..read more

CHSAA’s Legislative Council voted on Tuesday The Colorado High School Activities Association has voted to approve girls flag football and a varsity high school basketball shot clock. The Colorado High School Activities Association approved during its April meeting to add girls flag football as a sanctioned sport in the state and to add a shot clock for high school varsity girls and boys basketball. Girls flag football, which will begin play this fall and crown its first state champion, will be the 33rd sport sanctioned by the CHSAA. “It’s been neat to see what the Front Range has done w ..read more

In Washington and around the country, flag football is getting its chance to shine on the big stage.  Last week, the Emerald Ridge High School girls flag football team traveled to Detroit for the 2024 NFL draft and appeared on stage alongside Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett when he announced their third-round pick. In front of thousands of fans with millions more watching on TV, Lockett used his platform to advocate making girls flag football a sanctioned sport in Washington, which could become reality next week when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s Representa ..read more