As the final seconds ticked off the clock on Monday night at TCO Stadium, the Mahtomedi girls flag football team started to celebrate. A dominant campaign for the Zephyrs officially ended with them being named state champions thanks to a 36-20 win over La Crescent-Hokah.

Hawai‘i Interscholastic Athletic Directors Association (HIADA) conference was held last week at the Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa, where 23 proposals were approved for the upcoming school year. Among the headline items was the addition of a Division II level in girls flag football,

This can go in your office!” shouted Mahtomedi freshman Peyton Birch, dragging a poster board, larger than her, toward the Zephyrs girls flag football team and head coach Nick Sullivan. On the poster was Monday’s bracket,