MHSAA adds girls flag football as varsity sport in spring 2025. Here are the teams
New Orleans Saints and the MHSAA announced the sanction of girls flag football for 12 schools around the Mississippi starting in the spring 2025.
New Orleans Saints announce sanctioning of girls high school flag football in Mississippi
The pro team will partner with the MHSAA to include 12 schools in the pilot season
Flag football comes to MS high schools. These 5 Coast teams will be a part of first season
St. Martin, George County, Vancleave, East Central and Picayune will all field teams from the Coast as part of the inaugural season, which is scheduled to begin in late March. Brandon, McComb, Meridian, Oak Grove, Perry Central, Richland and South Pike round out the list of year-one teams.
Mississippi becomes 14th state to sanction high school flag football; to kick off in March
On Tuesday, the New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi High School Activities Association announced it is sanctioning high school flag football there.
4 Pine Belt-area high schools to play in inaugural MHSAA girls flag football league
Games will be played at Southwest Mississippi Community College in Summit and Picayune Memorial High School’s Lee-Triplett Stadium. Mississippi will be the 14th state to sanction the girts flag football as an official high school varsity sport.
MHSAA sanctions girls’ flag football; Vicksburg, Warren Central could field teams in 2026
Girls flag football is on the verge of becoming a high school sport in Mississippi, and athletics director James Lewis said the Vicksburg Warren School District’s two public high schools could field teams as soon as 2026.
New Orleans Saints help launch Girls High School Flag Football in Mississippi
Mississippi is now the 14th state to sanction girls’ flag football as a varsity high school sport, furthering efforts by the NFL and the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) to expand the sport nationwide. Flag football is also set to debut in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
New Orleans Saints announce official sanctioning of Girls High School Flag Football in Mississippi
The pilot season will feature 12 high schools, with games taking place at Southwest Mississippi Community College and Picayune High School
Girls flag football to become a sanctioned sport in Mississippi
New Orleans will collaborate with the state in growing the sport; 14 states now have girls flag as a sanctioned school sport.
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