With the state’s community colleges joining others offering scholarships, more high-school girls may turn to flag football.

Flag football will also be added as an Olympic sport for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, in which both men and women will compete. The 16 states that have sanctioned girls flag football are: Alabama ...

Meet the biggest 2025 impact coaching hires in Alabama high school football Longtime coach says flag football in Alabama poised for explosion in popularity The 2025 Alabama high school Mr. Football ...

With remarkable growth in flag football in recent years, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has released its first rulebook to provide a guideline for the 16 states ...

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 ...