Some of the world's best youth flag football players are competing for a championship this weekend, including a team from Waldorf. "What makes it so special is you take a homegrown kid, somebody who ...

SALINAS, Calif. — A group of Salinas kids has qualified for the Junior Olympic Games this summer for 7x7 flag football. Twelve kids aged eight through 12 earned silver in the Amateur Athletic ...

The rules are going to closely follow those of high school football, in which there will be four 12-minute quarters and touchdowns counting for six points. What differs now is when teams decide to ...

As part of the event, the Bengals presented the school “with a free Flag-In-School Kit which supports high quality physical education through a 10-week flag football curriculum.“ ...

In 2023, about 500,000 girls ages 6-17 played flag football, according to an NFHS report in January 2025 — an increase of 63% from 2019. In high school alone, the number of girls double from ...

In 2023, about 500,000 girls ages 6-17 played flag football, according to an NFHS report in January 2025 — an increase of 63% from 2019.

According to the national governing body for high school sports, girls flag football has more than doubled in participants since from 2022-23 (20,875) to 2023-24 (42,955), an increase of 105 percent.

Olympics flag football will come with its own set of tweaked American football rules: a shorter field, fewer players and no linemen, to name a few. NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores ...

Flag football is the 18th sport NFHS has provided a set of rules, and the first since lacrosse (boys in 2000, girls in 2016) to be added. “The NFHS looks forward to being involved with the ...

This past Jan., Hakala’s 8-on-8 men’s and 5-on-5 Co-Ed teams, based in Conn., brought home titles at the 2025 USA Flag Football World Championships, held in Tampa, Fla. Previously, his ...

This decision comes two years after an amendment that would have added girls’ flag football to the list of sanctioned school sports failed to advance in 2023. When WIAA, made up of 53 district ...