SEATTLE, June 8, 2022 – NFL FLAG and the Seattle Seahawks have teamed up to reimagine youth flag football in the state of Washington with the debut of the Seattle Seahawks Flag Football League.

SEATTLE — Seattle's National Football League (NFL) franchise aims to "reimagine" flag football for the state of Washington's youth with the new Seattle Seahawks Flag Football League. The new ...

WASHINGTON STATE — Girls' flag football is Washington’s newest sanctioned high school sport, according to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). This marks the first ...

For the first time since 1999, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) has sanctioned a new sport. Girls flag football is now an officially recognized high school sport in ...

RENTON, Wash. – The Seattle Seahawks announced today $117,000 in new grant funding to support the launch of girls' flag football teams at 30 high schools across the region.

In their push, the schools cited data that showed flag football is one of the fastest-growing youth sports, with nearly 500,000 girls playing the sport in 2024 – a 63% increase from 2019.

Girls' flag football becomes Washington's first new sanctioned sport since 1999 The last time the WIAA approved a new sanctioned sport was in 1999. To stream KREM on your phone, you need the KREM app.