Girls flag football is growing quickly
Illinois' first girls flag football state championship is latest step in sport's explosive growth
When girls flag football became an official high school sport in Illinois three years ago, just 21 teams signed up to play. This year, the state had roughly 200 teams.
From powderpuff to a first-ever state championship, girls flag football is on the rise in Illinois
The Illinois High School Association sanctioned girls flag football this year, one of many states to do so amid a national wave of attention for the burgeoning sport.
Now that girls flag football is an Illinois sanctioned sport, the work shifts to creating college programs for female athletes
The landscape of girls flag football in Illinois continues shifting as the foundation being built at the high school level now grows toward higher education. What started with 22 teams in Chicago Public Schools in 2021 spread like wildfire to become an Illinois High School Association-sanctioned sport in February.
Illinois Wesleyan set to add women's flag football in 2026
Illinois Wesleyan University has announced plans to add women's flag football as a sport. The spring sport is scheduled to begin in 2026.
'These girls can be pioneers': Why flag football is becoming so popular with kids
Flag football has become one of the hottest and fastest growing sports for kids to play. For girls specifically, it’s one they have seized.
Girls flag football is growing quickly, but UIL isn’t ready to make it a sanctioned sport
There was a lot of talk at the UIL’s legislative council meeting in Round Rock about the possibility of adding girls flag football as a sanctioned sport somewhere down the road. In September, Pennsylvania became the 13th state to sanction the sport,
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