Here are the schools competing in 2024

The Teaneck-Hackensack football rivalry can now add a girls division. So can Lakeland-West Milford.

The only thing left to do is start a North Jersey flag football All-Star Game.

For the fourth straight year, the New York Jets announced a partnership to sponsor girls flag football as a club sport in North Jersey. In 2024, the sport will operate as a ‘pilot program’ under the guidance of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. This means the rules in New Jersey will be codified and the sport will be monitored closely with the possibility of it becoming fully sanctioned by 2026.

As a club sport, girls who play flag football still have the ability to compete in an NJSIAA-sanctioned sport like softball, lacrosse or track in the spring.

With the Jets support, the sport has grown each year in North Jersey. Last year, there were 52 North Jersey schools with a team. The teams are broken down into their corresponding conferences for boys teams, with the Super Football Conference growing from 31 teams to 38.

For the first time, there are schools without a boys football program that will compete under the SFC banner in flag football. St. Benedict’s Prep, Beloved Charter and College Achieve Paterson will field flag football teams in 2024.