Girls flag football sanctioned by CHSAA

A Tuesday vote by the Colorado High School Activities Association sanctioned girls flag football as an official sport. Passing by a vote of 57-9 with five abstentions, there will be two classifications this fall for girls flag football. It is CHSAA’s 27th sanctioned sport. After a highly successful pilot program in the past two years, CHSAA set the sport in stone. Colorado joins Tennessee, New York, Florida, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, Illinois, California, Alaska, and Alabama as states to sanction girls flag football. Several area schools have developed flag football pilot programs, including Valor Christian, Arvada West, Cherry Creek, Legend, Mountain...