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July 17, 2026
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USA Football Summer Series Shows Junior Flag Football Pathway in Los Angeles
USA Football’s Summer Series in Los Angeles brought Select Bowl, Junior International Cup and Stars & States athletes into one national-team development week.
USA Football's Summer Series in Los Angeles gave families a useful look at what the next stage of youth and junior flag football may look like: national-team development, international competition and more athletes being evaluated in an Olympic-style 5-on-5 format. ALLSPORTSTUCSON reported that a strong Southern Arizona group traveled to Dignity Health Sports Park for the event, with eight Tucson-area athletes and four Tucson-area coaches taking part across the Summer Series. The article also showed how broad the…
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UCLA Freshman Tenley Hill Builds Women's Flag Football Program
Former UCLA cheerleader Tenley Hill turned a missing campus opportunity into a women's club flag football program with Southern…
USA Football Summer Series Brings Global Flag Football to Los Angeles
USA Football’s Summer Series is bringing international youth and national-team flag football to Los Angeles, with 8 countries…
Latest Briefs
NAIA Women’s Flag Football Becomes Championship Sport for 2026-27
Women’s flag football will move from invitational to championship status in the NAIA beginning with the 2026-27 academic year, with the first national…
Hawaiʻi-Born Akemi Higa Chases Team USA Flag Football Roster Spot
Hawaiʻi-born quarterback Akemi Higa is part of a younger wave of players trying to earn a place in the U.S. women’s flag football pipeline.
Sacramento State Adds Women’s Flag Football for 2026-27
Sacramento State will launch women’s flag football as a club program in 2026-27, with plans to elevate it to NCAA Division I status in 2027-28.
Saint Joseph’s College Adds Women’s Flag Football in Maine
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine says it will add women’s flag football, another sign that the college pathway is expanding beyond early-adopter states.
Rivals Names 2025-26 High School Girls Flag Football All-Americans
On3/Rivals released a national girls flag football All-American list, giving SoCal families another signal that the sport is becoming a recruiting conversation.
Flag Football Moves Toward NCAA Championship Status for 2028
The NCAA committee recommendation puts women’s flag football on a path toward a potential national collegiate championship as soon as spring 2028.
Azusa Pacific Adds Women's Flag Football for 2026-27
Azusa Pacific will launch women's flag football as a club sport in 2026-27, then move toward full intercollegiate competition in 2027-28.
Big South Conference to Sponsor Women’s Flag Football in 2027-28
The Big South will become the first Division I multi-sport conference to sponsor women’s flag football, another sign the college pathway is getting more…
NCAA Emerging Sport Status Gives Women’s Flag Football a College Pathway
Women’s flag football entering the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program gives families a clearer view of the sport’s growing college pathway.
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