Green Bay Packers Grants Fuel Girls Flag Football Growth in 20 Wisconsin High Schools
✨ Coach, Parents & Player Tips
Coach’s Clipboard: Set up five hula hoops in your garage labeled Cleats, Flags, Water Bottle, Mouthguard, and Snack—your athlete has to toss each item into its hoop before hopping in the car, turning a last-minute scramble into a goofy, stress-busting pregame drill.
Postgame Parents: Turn your hallway into a laser maze by asking your athlete to shuffle sideways under “laser beams”—it sneaks in a killer lateral agility drill for any sport and guarantees some hilarious ghost-busting giggles.
Players Snap: Stick a giant “FLAGS!” sticky-note on your door so your half-asleep self can’t bail on game day prep—nothing kills momentum faster than scrambling for gear when the whistle’s about to blow.
🔎 Feature Story
🏅 Packers boost girls flag football with grants to 20 Wisconsin schools
The Green Bay Packers awarded $5,000 grants, USA Football equipment kits and protective headbands to 20 Wisconsin high schools to launch intramural and club-level girls flag football programs. This initiative, in partnership with the NFL, aims to accelerate grassroots growth and push for the sport to be recognized as a sanctioned high school offering in Wisconsin. With participation surging nationwide, these resources strengthen local programs and build momentum toward broader adoption.
“Seeing the growth of girls flag football in Wisconsin over the last several years has been so rewarding,” said Ryan Fencl, Packers football outreach manager.
🌍 Regional Roundup
Monroe, North Carolina: Monroe Parks & Recreation is now accepting registrations for its 2026 Youth Flag Football League for ages 4–12, focusing on fundamentals, teamwork and fun during July and August at a $50 fee for residents. The program is also seeking coaches and volunteers of all experience levels to support teams this season.
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North Carolina: The North Carolina High School Athletic Association narrowly approved girls flag football as an official varsity sport by a 9–8 vote, making the state the 22nd (including D.C.) to sanction the sport with its first season set for 2026–27 after several pilot programs.
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Minnesota: The Minnesota High School Flag Football League has grown to 104 teams in 2026—more than double last year—with over $2 million in Vikings sponsorship since 2022, and league officials are seeking “emerging status” from the MSHSL ahead of a potential full sanctioning.
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The NCHSAA Board voted to add girls flag football as a fall championship sport beginning late 2026 and boys volleyball in spring 2027, a move backed by growing participation in districts like Guilford and Alamance and pending logistical reviews elsewhere.
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⭐ Player Spotlight
Kassidy Miller – Running back and safety for Benilde-St. Margaret’s Red Knights. Kassidy has emerged as a defensive leader in the new Minnesota Girls High School Flag League, earning an invitation to the Vikings’ High School Girls Flag Football Showcase and inspiring young athletes as a true pioneer of the sport.
“For the Vikings to be a team that gives us our props and shows we’re just as capable as boys, that’s so important,” Kassidy said.
📈 Flag Growth Focus
🔥 Wisconsin Girls Flag Expansion
The Green Bay Packers have awarded $5,000 grants, USA Football equipment kits, and protective headbands to 20 additional Wisconsin high schools to launch girls flag football programs. This boost supports the NFL’s push to make girls flag a sanctioned high school sport in Wisconsin, joining nine states and 19 more in the sanctioning process.
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🏈 Tar Heel State Sanctions
North Carolina has become the 22nd jurisdiction to officially sanction girls high school flag football after a 9-8 NCHSAA board vote, paving the way for an inaugural 2026-27 varsity season. Backed by the Carolina Panthers and following recent approvals in New Jersey, Maryland, D.C., and Kansas, this move strengthens the sport’s pipeline ahead of flag football’s 2028 Olympic debut.
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🔥 Minnesota League Doubles
Minnesota’s high school flag football league has expanded to 104 teams in 2026—more than double its size in 2025—thanks to over $2 million in funding from the Minnesota Vikings since 2022. League organizers are now seeking “emerging status” from the Minnesota State High School League for the 2026-27 season, following the path of boys volleyball toward full sanctioning.
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⚡ FlagSnap Daily Blitz
Jacksonville’s regional flag football playoffs wrap third-round action May 7 with eight teams vying for state semifinal berths in Tampa.
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UW-Oshkosh’s inaugural women’s flag football season concluded May 2 at the Purdue Northwest Triangular, highlighted by freshman Joely Schelfhout’s program-first 39-yard pick-six in a 32-7 win.
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Monroe Parks & Recreation is accepting registrations through June 21 for its summer youth flag football league for ages 4–12, with games in July–August and volunteer coaches needed.
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North Carolina became the 22nd state to sanction girls high school flag football after a 9–8 NCHSAA board vote, launching varsity play in the 2026-27 school year.
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The Minnesota High School Flag Football League doubled to 104 teams in 2026—backed by over $2 million from the Vikings since 2022—and is seeking emerging status from the MSHSL ahead of a June 2 decision.
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The North Carolina High School Athletic Association voted to add girls flag football this fall and boys volleyball in spring 2027 as official championship sports under NFHS rules.
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Summit senior Abby High, headed to UConn on a flag football scholarship, says the no-contact sport is surprisingly physical and credits her AAU basketball defensive mindset for her success at safety.
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Tocoi Creek junior Addy Curry has dominated the postseason, powering her No. 6-seeded team into the third round of the FHSAA regional playoffs with dynamic running, passing and defensive play.
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🏁 Final Whistle
“Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but doing it like you love it.”
— Don Meyer
