Parkland Buddy Sports 2025 Flag Football Registration for Special Needs Athletes & Volunteers
✨ Coach, Parents & Player Tips
Coach’s Clipboard: Before your next game, slap big jersey-number stickers on each water bottle—no more “wrong Gatorade” drama, and you’ll spend halftime cheering instead of sorting drinks.
Postgame Parents: Let your athlete pick three hype songs and host a mini living-room dance-off before you leave for the field. Those goofy moves shake off butterflies and get their muscles buzzing so they arrive game-ready and grinning.
Players Snap: Don’t skip mobility drills just because they feel “easy”—stiff joints will make you slower than grandma on roller skates when fatigue sets in.
🔎 Feature Story
🏅 Register Now: Parkland Buddy Sports Flag Football Registration Now Open
Parkland Buddy Sports has opened registration for its 2025 flag football season, inviting players with special needs and volunteer Buddies to join a community-driven program that emphasizes inclusion, teamwork, and fitness. The season runs Saturdays from August 16 through October 11, with a minimum 80% attendance commitment ensuring consistent engagement and meaningful bonds on the field.
🌍 Regional Roundup
Washington: The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has voted to sanction girls flag football as an official high school sport starting August 1, 2025, marking the first addition of a new sport in over 25 years. Several colleges have already begun offering women’s flag football scholarships, and the NAIA approved it as an invitational sport for the 2025–26 season.
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Texas: McMurry University will introduce women’s flag football as a varsity sport in the American Southwest Conference beginning in the 2026–27 academic year, pending NCAA approval. The initiative is supported by the NFL and follows the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommending flag football for Emerging Sports status, with a formal vote expected in January 2026.
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Pennsylvania: Harcum College has received a $5,000 grant from the NJCAA Foundation, NFL FLAG, and Reigning Champs Experiences to launch a women’s flag football program, with practices set to begin in Spring 2026. The funding aims to bolster athletic opportunities for women and foster teamwork, leadership, and resilience among student-athletes.
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California: Cal Poly is set to add women’s flag football as a varsity sport by 2027, becoming the sixth Division I program to do so and supporting the Big West Conference’s expansion of female athletic opportunities. The move aligns with the NCAA’s recommendation to include flag football in its Emerging Sports for Women program and coincides with elevating STUNT from club to varsity status.
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⭐ Player Spotlight
Olivia Moynihan – Quarterback, Sayville. She threw for 2,886 yards and 57 touchdowns while rushing for 1,151 yards and eight scores, capturing the inaugural James Conrad Metzger Top Scholar Athlete award and excelling with a 103 average and leadership roles off the field.
“She’s just such a well-rounded and humble girl,” said her mother, Lisa Moynihan. “I think she’s started to realize that setting an example like this can really have an impact on younger girls, and she can be an inspiration.”
📈 Flag Growth Focus
⚡ FlagSnap Daily Blitz
Lake Travis Texas Fury quarterback Emery Beckett is emerging as a breakout star thanks to her leadership and arm talent.
🏁 Final Whistle
— Babe Ruth
