Not that long ago, the idea of girls playing football — actual football, not powderpuff — felt like a novelty at best and a punchline at worst. Now? It’s one of the fastest-growing sports in the ...

Girls flag football is now a fully recognized varsity sport in Maryland, with 132 schools expected to field a team next ...

Ohio crowned its first girls flag football champion this month. The inaugural state title game signaled a new era for girls ...

For years, girls flag football in Maryland existed somewhere between an experiment and a movement. It started with 10 schools ...

CHESHIRE — It's a geographic and scheduling sprawl that reflects the continuing spread of the game. The second CIAC girls flag football tournament opens later this week and features 22 teams playing ...

Seven years ago, not a single Georgia high school offered girls' flag football. Today, more than 300 schools field teams. More than 11,000 girls are playing. Coaches across the state say that kind of ...

The WPIAL Girls Flag Football season wrapped up on Thursday when the 2026 WPIAL Girls Flag Football Championship game was held at Upper St. Clair High School and the Shaler Area Titans defeated the ...

High school girls flag football is now a state-sanctioned sport, the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association announced Friday. It becomes the state’s 26th championship sport offered at ...

When Austin Sheepo first told his girlfriend that he plays on his high school flag football team, she was a little confused. “Isn’t that a girls’ sport?” she asked. They attend different high schools, ...

Rock Bridge junior running back Nathaniel Peat sprints toward the sideline looking for extra yardage during the Bruins’ first home game against the Rockhurst Hawklets on Aug. 19, 2017 at Battle High ...