Girls across the country can now dream a new dream: being a flag football player.
Best estimates project that there will be over 5,000 high school programs and more than 100 collegiate programs by 2028—the same year the sport makes its Olympic debut.
And, with a push to include flag football in the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program, it’s clear that flag football is on a path to full championship status.
Are you ready to run a new route towards the future? Play high school flag football.
Be sure to use the hashtag #ThisIsHSFootball whenever you share stories and photos about football on social media!
Joe Carter watched his World Series-winning walkoff homerun float over the Skydome fence in 1993.
The second week of September is the peak of the high school football season, with 7,246 games across the country.
From the very first practice to the last game of the season, high school football prepares players for LIFE.
Football is different than most high school sports because it offers 88 opportunities to participate in a game!
Looking back on this high school football season, what mattered most weren’t the stats, the final scores, or the wins and losses.