MEDINA, Ohio — The first-ever all girls youth flag football program in Medina County is already exceeding expectations — not just in numbers, but in energy, competition and confidence. What began as ...

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 ...

For most high school girls, the prospect of playing football has always seemed out of reach. While Title IX guarantees girls the right to try out for tackle football when no girls team exists, the ...

When Kimora Weston was a sophomore at Hillside High in 2022, she watched girls flag football teams sprout up at nearby ...

When Raia Lamping found out the WPIAL was going to sanction girls flag football, she knew that she wanted to play. She also ...

For Alicia and Taylor Jones, whether they would play football in high school was never really a question. When the identical twins stepped foot onto the football field as freshmen in 2023, they became ...

De La Salle senior Taylar Allen couldn’t stop smiling after recording her second interception in the Saints girls flag ...

History was made for the Green Bay East flag football team as they played in their first-ever league game, a close 23-17 loss ...

Optimist Youth Football started the state’s first girls flag football league in 2024. It just added teams for high school ...

Kansas is now the 18th state in the country to sanction the sport, which will be played in the fall. The move to sanction ...