These Toronto high school girls found a tackle football league of their own. But that’s just the start

This year marks the first time the Etobicoke Eagles are participating in the OWFL, the first team from Toronto to play in the ...
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Women's tackle football gives female athletes opportunities in a game dominated by men

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Football players were running, throwing, catching, blocking and tackling — with a steady stream of trash talk between whistles — as the sun set on a recent night in the Motor ...
The Vicksburg Post

Vicksburg, Warren Central break new ground with girls flag football teams

Vicksburg High and Warren Central will both begin their inaugural girls flag football seasons with games on Thursday, March ...
The Oaklandside

Women are bringing tackle football back to Oakland

You could say Oakland football runs in Dom Stewarts’ blood. Raised in Oakland by a family with Raiders season tickets, early ...
Daily Breeze

For a Good Cause: Girls’ Flag Football finds its footing in the South Bay

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 ...
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Flag football is booming as safer alternative to tackle. Is it the future of the game?

TOLEDO, Ohio (SOA) — Violent hits are a part of traditional football, but a growing number of children across the country are turning to a no-contact version of the game. Flag football is now one of ...