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High School Flag Football
History

Florida was the first state in the country to offer women's flag football as an official high school sport. The first season took place in 1998 with 17 schools having teams. By 2003 flag football was recognized as an interscholastic sport by the Florida High School Athletic Association. Now there are more than 4,000 girls participating in the sport at 158 schools. Bill Massey, a former flag football head coach at Spanish River High School and current athletic Director at Boca Raton High School was the driving force behind making flag football an official high school sport. Alaska too now has adopted the sport. Massey’s optimal goal is for flag football to become a national recognized high school sport as well as a collegiate sport.

Rules

High School flag football is played in four 12-minute quarters. National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association rules are used to officiate the game. Each team always has seven players on the field. Every player can receive the ball at any point in time in the game. If the ball is dropped then it is dead. During the game there are many laterals and pitchouts, which make it very similar to rugby. Tackling is never permitted in the game of flag football.