Flag football, sanctioned in 16 states as the sport has added hundreds of thousands of players in recent years, now has official NFHS rules.

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Flag football, sanctioned in 16 states as the sport has added hundreds of thousands of players in recent years, now has official NFHS rules.

According to the national governing body for high school sports, girls flag football has more than doubled in participants since from 2022-23 (20,875) to 2023-24 (42,955), an increase of 105 percent.