Penn Wood's Samiah Knight shines with a leaping touchdown catch, securing a 12-7 win for the Eagles in the second annual Big ...

Girls flag football saw a 63% increase in participation among girls ages 6-17 between the years 2019 and 2023, per the NFHS. In 2023, about 500,000 girls in that age range played flag football.

Former Mercyhurst University football captain Zack Helsley has been chosen to lead the school's new women's flag football program. Mercyhurst is the first Division I school in Pennsylvania and one ...

Josh Rizzo The girls flag football rosters for the PFSCA's Big 33 football classic were released today. The second Annual Big 33 Girls Flag Football Tournament will take place May 24–25 at ...

The game is modeled after the Turkey Bowl rivalry played by the boys’ football teams each year. The Hen Bowl celebrated the growing excitement and participation in girls flag football across the ...

In the U.S., the National Sporting Goods Association said that from 2022 to 2023, girls participating in flag football increased ... 2018 made up of schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New ...

For the first time, some Central Texas high schools fielded girls' flag football teams, with Wednesday's games at The Pfield marking the first games of the season. The teams were each sponsored by ...

Indiana’s growth in girls flag football follows a nationwide trend. According to numbers provided by the National Federation of State High School Associations from August, participation doubled ...

Girls flag football ... at increasing access and participation at youth levels. In January, KSHB 41 reporter Tod Palmer caught up with Park Hill High School flag football star Anna Anderson ...

Fourteen states, including Pennsylvania, have sanctioned girls flag football as an official sport, which helps increase participation and provides more resources for athletes. Join our readers whose ...

Flag football participation by girls has continued to spike across the country, with the sport’s inclusion in the Summer Olympics lineup for Los Angeles in 2028 serving as the most recent bump.