“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

Is football coming to the spring high school sports schedule? Maybe – just not the football you’re thinking of. While traditional football will forever be a fixture in the fall (minus a schedule shift due to a national pandemic), girls flag football is quickly gaining traction to be added as high school sport. It’s a sanctioned sport in nine states, with others following next academic year, and while it’s not on the table here in Rhode Island, it is being considered. “We’ve presented it to the schools over the last year two or three times, just talking about the concept of it,” RIIL Executive ..read more

RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks have recently announced a $24,000 grant to support the growth of high school girls flag football. The team is aiming to make girls flag football an official state high school sport, and with this latest grant, they have now donated a total of $324,000 towards this cause since 2021. The grant will be distributed to the Issaquah and Bellingham School Districts, as well as some other high schools in different counties. Mario Bailey, the Seahawks Vice President of Community Engagement and Legends, expressed his excitement about the opportunity to continue to e ..read more

SALISBURY, Md – For College and NFL football, the season won’t be starting for another 5 months. But Saturday at Charlie Berry Field in Salisbury, the community came together for a football season of their own. For Sgt. Thomas Hitty and the Salisbury Police Department, it took 5 months of planning, partnerships with Rise Flag Football, the Maryland Governor’s Office, the Salisbury Boys and Girls club, and support from a number of other organizations–all so that kids in the area can have a chance to play flag football. “We were working around the clock to get this going, going to local el ..read more

By: John Grupp Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 11:01 AM When a group of Hampton girls desired a fun, low-stress spring sport, they found exactly what they were looking for. With a little help from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hampton is a first-year club team in the high school girls flag football league, which is sponsored by the Steelers and the NFL. “It’s really fun,” senior Allison Schepner said. “We are all good friends, and we are all excited to play a new sport together.” The season began in early April and runs until mid-May, with the 7-on-7 games played on Sundays. Hampton split its first f ..read more

For Northglenn High School junior Elle Taylor, playing flag football was never something she could have imagined doing as a sport in Colorado. “I said ‘I know nothing about football, I know nothing about flag football, but sure we’ll try it,'” said Taylor. “I fell in love with it almost instantly.” That love began last fall when Taylor took part in the Adams 12 Five Star School District’s pilot season of girl’s flag football. “From learning how to throw a football to becoming the starting quarterback was really fun for me,” she said. “It’s not just about the hitting and the chaos. It’s fun an ..read more

Madison Heights Bishop Foley’s Ayla Barnes, right, competes in a girls flag football game held at Ford Field in Detroit in 2023. Barnes is set to help announce the Lions’ first-round pick in the NFL Draft taking place this week in downtown Detroit. (Photo courtesy Bishop Foley High School) Flag football’s recent explosion in popularity led to a touchdown of an opportunity for Madison Heights Bishop Foley senior Ayla Barnes. Wednesday night was a normal one for Barnes, who played in the Ventures’ softball doubleheader (and had an RBI double). On Thursday, she was set to trade her bat for a mic ..read more

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. >> Colorado became the 11th state in the U.S. to sanction girls flag football as a high school sport this week, thanks to an assist from the Denver Broncos. The Colorado High School Activities Association’s legislative council approved the fall sport following a three-year pilot program supported by the team and its foundation. Team owner Carrie Walton Penner said today that with the sport’s approval, “more young women will be able to participate in a game they love. More young women will join teams and create relationships that last a lifetime.” “To all you trailblazi ..read more