GVCO Girls Flag Football
In Spring 2025, GVCO will have a Girls HS division, Girls 7th/8th grade division and Girls 5th/6th grade division.
Girls Flag Football is now a state-sanctioned sport in Pennsylvania. Archbishop Wood captured the Eagles Girls Flag League of Pennsylvania Championship in 2024. PIAA will host the championship events beginning in the 2025-26 school year.
"This is not just an important day for the Eagles and Steelers, but for the sport of football and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," said Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie. "When we launched our Girls Flag Football League in 2022, we set an ambitious five-year goal to get the sport sanctioned in our state. Now, here we are three seasons later and two years ahead of schedule. The sport's organic growth is a credit to the participants, administrators, coaches, officials, and parents who helped raise the profile of Girls Flag Football. We thank the PIAA for their leadership in recognizing a sport that has the power to unlock new pathways and opportunities for girls of all ages in every community."
2024 Eagles Girls Flag League Champions Archbishop Wood
The move adds Pennsylvania to a growing list of states that have included girls' flag football in high school athletic programs. Those other states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New York and Tennessee.
A surge in interest in flag football hit a high point this summer when the International Olympic Committee announced plans to make flag football an official Olympic sport, for men and for women, at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.