Changes for pass rushing, screen blocking and punting will be in effect as the season begins Saturday, Aug. 9.

“The popularity of flag football – for boys and girls – has been growing at the youth levels for the past 10 years. In 2023, about 500,000 girls ages 6-17 played flag football – a 63 ...

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.

Rule changes are certain to produce confusion in early-season games as players, coaches, officials and parents adjust.

Girls flag football received a rule book makeover in May following the sport’s first two seasons as a CIF-sanctioned sport, opening the door to a new play style while forcing coaches and players ...

Flag football is the 18th sport for which the NFHS writes national playing rules and the first new sport offering since boys lacrosse (2000) and girls lacrosse (2016), and the first writing of new ...

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.

Are you ready for some flag football? The Watertown City School District announced that girls flag football will make its ...

Girls Flag Football to add Division II level next season by: Rob DeMello Posted: Jun 10, 2025 / 06:15 PM HST Updated: Jun 10, 2025 / 07:04 PM HST ...

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Board approved June 8 the season dates and an advisory committee for girls flag football — the state’s newest sanctioned sport.

The TSSAA officially sanctioned girls flag football, paving the way for its first state championship in the 2025-26 school year. Currently, 155 Tennessee high schools have girls flag football ...