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.

Teams played 7-on-7 with NFL flag rules. Congrats to our 1st ever DCHS Girls Flag Football team for going undefeated this spring & winning the championship tournament of the DMPS Flag Football League!

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 ...

Jun. 18—INDIANAPOLIS, In. — The first rules publication for high school flag football — the nation's fastest-growing emerging sport — is now available for purchase from the NFHS. The 2025 ...

It's the most recent news of a flag football hype train that's gained steam since Joncich started playing in middle school. “In 2021, everybody that was at tryouts was pretty much everybody who ...

The Detroit Lions helped create the Michigan Girls High School Flag Football League, which started with just four teams in its inaugural season in the spring of 2023 and grew to 24 schools and 600 ...

In high school alone, the number of girls double from from 2022-23 to 2023-24, with nearly 43,000 girls playing in the 2023-24 school year. Flag football will also be added as an Olympic sport for ...