Elena Easley, an 8-year-old spitfire of a second-grader in Minnesota, had a very bad day last week. She loves football. Loves to watch the Kansas City Chiefs on TV. Loves to play. She plays football ...

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 ...

Girls flag football has exploded in popularity since the sport began to be played officially in Illinois a few years ago.

Ethan Neidig was a quarterback and wide receiver at Freedom High School where he was part of teams that reached three straight District 11 championship games and won the 6A title in 2021. Neidig is a ...

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 ...

The current expectation is that 270 schools and nearly 6,000 athletes will participate next year, as participation has been ...

That national trend was reflected in Ohio. In 2022, there were 22,372 Ohio girls participating in track and field and 15,486 playing softball. Those numbers jumped to 24,660 track athletes and 16,962 ...

The boy looked at me like I was crazy. There I was, standing on a Manhattan Beach field full of girls playing flag football, while he — a 12-year-old practicing alongside them with a cohort of about a ...

Girls flag football is now a fully recognized varsity sport in Maryland, with 132 schools expected to field a team next school year thanks in part to the Ravens.

When Austin Sheepo first told his girlfriend that he plays on his high school flag football team, she was a little confused. “Isn’t that a girls’ sport?” she asked. They attend different high schools, ...

California's Makena Cook was extended a historic offer by Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule, marking the first-ever scholarship offer by a Power 4 conference for flag football. Nebraska football ...

MENTORS. THERE’S MORE INFORMATION ON HOW IT WORKS AT KMBC.COM/COMMUNITY. THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ARE LEADING A PUSH TO ESTABLISH GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL AS A HIGH SCHOOL SPORT IN KANSAS, CHIEF STAFF MADE ...