ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — While the boys’ football season is underway, the girls are getting ready for their season.
The Northern Illinois Girls Flag Football League will kick off in mid-September.
Saturday morning, the players gathered at Clarence Hicks Memorial Sports Park for a jamboree. There was a skills camp, individual competitions and team scrimmages.
There were teams from eight local schools, and these girls are loving the chance to compete in football.
“I’m really excited, I haven’t done it before and I actually really like it,” said Auburn junior flag player Devani Eason-Zackery. “My friends, they actually told me about it, and at first, I was like ‘eh’ but as I got into it, I really liked it. It made me feel like I was accepted, you know.”
The league is run by the Rockford Park District. It’s sponsored by the Chicago Bears and Nike.
Travis Burnett
A pioneer in the flag football community, Travis helped co-found the Flag Football World Championship Tour, FlagSpin and USA Flag. Featuring 15+ years of content creation for the sport of flag football, creating and managing the largest flag football tournaments on the planet, coaching experience at the youth and adult level as well as an active player with National and World Championship level experience.
