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PIAA approves girls flag football as emerging sport: What to know about the rules, season, teams

Seneca Valley’s Abbi Speicher during the 2024 season. The PIAA board of directors Wednesday approved girls flag football as an emerging sport. A PIAA-sanctioned season will begin during the 2025-26 school year.

The PIAA voted to sanction girls flag football as a high school sport during a meeting on Wednesday.

The organization’s board of directors met in Mechanicsburg and approved the emerging sport on the third and final reading. The PIAA will sponsor the sport beginning during the 2025-26 school year.

Aside from lesser contact and pulling flags off of hips for a tackle, there are some distinct differences in the sports. Seneca Valley coach Chris Eden helped parse out the variances.

Yes. North Catholic and Seneca Valley became the first county schools to field teams. According to the PIAA, the WPIAL had 12 teams during the 2024 spring season. Districts 9 and 10 did not have teams.

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