When Austin Sheepo first told his girlfriend that he plays on his high school flag football team, she was a little confused.
Chris Hays/) Defensive MVP Akela Martin, a sophomore at Seminole High, at the Girls Flag Football All-American Exposure Camp, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at West Orange High School. Chris Hays/) Lawton ...
The Buccaneers are hosting the largest girls flag football competition in the country this week at the AdventHealth Training ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — For Alicia and Taylor Jones, whether they would play football in high school was never really a question. When the identical twins stepped foot onto the football field as freshmen ...
Girls Flag Football is one of the fastest growing high school sports in all of the country at the and it's starting to grow just as rapidly on the college level, creating scholarship opportunities at ...
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Girls flag football popularity growing in Ohio

Girls flag football is one of the fastest-growing high school sports in the country, and this spring it reaches a major milestone: it becomes an official varsity sport in Ohio.
With the second IHSA season of girls flag football set to commence win or go home postseason play on Monday, Carmel coach Ben Berg noted four keys to success for his Corsairs, who earned the No. 1 ...
Free State's Sarai Preston, left, and Hallie Vail, right, celebrate a sack in the flag football state tournament at Olathe East High School on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Olathe. Two and a half months ...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Etiwanda flag football coach Jacob Ahmad knew his team already had the Baseline League title secured, and he heard the whispers that a loss in Tuesday’s regular-season finale might ...
Since 2021, the Bears — with the support of Nike, Gatorade and Visa — have played an integral role in bringing girls flag football to high schools in Illinois and helping expand the sport to the IHSA ...
In an inaugural sports season, everything’s new. Too new. It’s constant learning and growing — often painfully — because it takes time to develop any measure of success. The Bakersfield Christian High ...