Elsa Morin gripped the football and launched a perfect spiral. Then the 17-year-old dodged in and out of cones and yanked the flag hanging from another girl's belt for a key defensive play.

The scoring play, skillfully crafted and executed earlier this May, is not unlike what you’d see on the gridiron in the fall — except all the participants were girls. Girls flag football is ...

I was like, 'I'm playing this sport right away.'" Matthews is a junior at Chaparral High School in Parker which offered girls flag football for the first time this fall. She and some of her ...

IT HAS GROWN MY ABILITY TO BE CONFIDENT SINCE I WAS YOUNG. IT’S TOLD PEOPLE WE PLAY FOOTBALL, GIRLS PLAY FOOTBALL. MAYBE NOT THE KIND THAT YOU’RE THINKING, THOUGH. WE PLAY TACKLE TO LIKE ...

Emanee said her goal is to one day play for the National Team and win gold for the U.S. "Every flag football girl who plays football wants to go to the Olympics," Emanee said. She says girls all ...