""Listening to the speaker before made me realize that although this is something I like to do in high school, it's definitely something that's growing," Bellmore-Merrick junior wide receiver/pass rusher Katelyn Kuhl said. "It's something I can do outside of high school. I can continue on if I want to, and this just makes it show how real this sport is.""
""I think it's great; it's yet another selling point for our sport," Lynbrook coach David Yaker said. "When we're going out there and t"
NYSPHSAA certified varsity flag football as a championship sport in 2023, and by 2026 it became part of the mainstream of varsity spring sports. Over 100 varsity programs from New York and New Jersey attended the third annual high school girls flag football media day at MetLife Stadium hosted by the Jets. Each team was represented by two players and a coach, and teams were interviewed on stage in rotating groups every ten minutes. Players received individual photoshoots and locker-room tours. Long Island sent 13 teams from Suffolk and Nassau counties. Binghamton University will add women's flag football as a varsity program, joining the ECAC as an associate member and beginning competition in 2028 with practices possible in Spring 2027.
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