BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Hewitt-Trussville girls’ flag football team has won the first state championship in the sport.
Today at 3 p.m., the team faced off against Smiths Station at Protective Stadium and won 14-13.
Tonya Hunter, co-head coach of the Hewitt-Trussville Huskies, told CBS 42 yesterday that the game would be a winning moment for girls in high school sports no matter the outcome.
“All of us, as females, we’ve never been in that site before on a football field playing a championship game,” Hunter said. “When we walk in there tomorrow, all we’re gonna see is something us females never get a chance to see.”
Alabama High School Activities Association (AHSAA) made girls’ flag football a sanctioned sport earlier this year.
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.
