Unrivaled Sports and Ashlea Klam Launch Nationwide Girls’ Flag Football Showcases for College Coaches
✨ Coach, Parents & Player Tips
Coach’s Clipboard: Teach your QB to watch the jet-sweep motion—when your runner zips left, fire a quick out right to leave the defense chasing thin air. It’s like pulling off a flag-football magic trick, and trust me, nothing beats those jaw-drops on the sideline.
Postgame Parents: Before bedtime, shine a flashlight on random spots around the wall and challenge your kid to tap each light as fast as possible—tiny reaction drills that boost speed and focus for any sport, plus you’ll both get a giggle at their “ninja” shadow-hunting skills!
Players Snap: Pre-snap, eyeball that defense—if the safety’s creeping down, break wide for a corner and pocket some free yards; if he’s sagging off, sell inside and rip your post like a freight train.
🔎 Feature Story
🏅 Unrivaled Sports Partners With World Champion Ashlea Klam To Expand Girls’ Flag Football Access
Unrivaled Sports has partnered with world champion Ashlea Klam to expand girls’ flag football access by creating curated showcase events for college coaches across its nationwide facility network. This initiative addresses the 222% surge in youth participation since 2014 and the sport’s upcoming debut at the 2028 Olympic Games, aiming to streamline talent scouting and strengthen developmental pathways from youth leagues to collegiate programs.
“One of the biggest things that Unrivaled and I are going to work on is setting up showcases for college coaches to be able to go to and genuinely see the top talent,” Klam told Women’s Health.
🌍 Regional Roundup
Illinois: UIS Athletics will launch women’s flag football in 2027, fielding an independent team of about 30 players with regional matchups and hiring a full-time coach to develop the program at the new Scheel’s Sports Complex.
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North Carolina: The NCHSAA board is set to approve girls’ high school flag football as an official sport within months, potentially holding a state championship next year, with key decisions on season timing and funding solutions under review.
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Maryland: Clarksburg High School’s girls’ flag program has won back-to-back state titles under coach K.C. Landefeld, marking historic growth since its varsity debut in 2024 and earning him the Commanders’ 2025 Flag Coach of the Year honor.
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New York: Jets owner Woody Johnson donated $1 million to the ECAC to launch a women’s collegiate flag football league across the Northeast, aiming to expand pathways from high school to Olympic and professional play.
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⭐ Player Spotlight
Amanda Andreano – Club President and Founder, Clemson Women’s Flag Football. She transformed her lifelong love for flag football into Clemson’s first women’s club team, growing it to 26 players and guiding them to a 3-2 finish at the NIRSA Regional Tournament in their inaugural fall season.
“Flag football is the biggest women’s sport in New York…I’ve been playing since I was seven years old,” said Andreano.
📈 Flag Growth Focus
🔥 Carolina Championship Countdown The N.C. High School Athletic Association board is set to approve girls’ flag football as an official sport within months, paving the way for a state championship as soon as next school year. Backed by a Panthers grant and more than 100 teams statewide, North Carolina joins 17 states with sanctioned programs and 21 running pilots.
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🏈 Collegiate Flag Football Expansion The New York Jets and Betty Wold Johnson Foundation have committed $1 million to launch the nation’s largest collegiate women’s flag football league through the ECAC in spring 2026, with 15 universities across six states onboard. Funded operations will cover equipment and travel, support NCAA Emerging Sports for Women, and build toward a championship at the Jets Training Center ahead of the 2028 Olympic debut.
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🌍 Flag Football Goes Global After hosting combines and flag football events in Lagos, Bobby Okereke now serves as general manager for Team Nigeria’s men’s and women’s national squads, forming the Nigerian American Football Foundation to develop talent from ten African countries. This initiative establishes a sustainable pipeline aimed at flag football’s 2028 Olympic introduction and highlights growing international partnerships.
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⚡ FlagSnap Daily Blitz
Moody High School girls’ flag football team claimed the AHSAA Class 1A-5A state title with a 27-18 victory over Montgomery Catholic after falling short a year earlier.
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Indian River High’s Unified flag football squad saw their 14-game win streak snapped in a 52-44 playoff loss to Cape Henlopen, ending their title defense.
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Southeast Bulloch High’s Jackets opened the state playoffs with a 20-0 shutout of Oconee County and edged Starr’s Mill 7-6 to reach the quarterfinals en route to a potential fifth straight state crown.
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🏁 Final Whistle
“Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.”
— Jack Nicklaus
