Everett Public Schools to launch girls flag football as varsity sport [View all]
EVERETT — Girls flag football will be the newest varsity sport coming to Everett Public Schools next winter, the school district announced May 9.
It will be the first new new varsity sport to be added in the district since it introduced bowling over two decades ago.
“One of the things that stuck with me the most talking with other schools and kids is the connection a lot of girls feel to this sport,” said Dani Mundell, the district’s athletic director. “This really is kind of America’s sport. Everybody loves football, and there are a lot of girls that love football, maybe as more of a spectator of the sport. Now they get to be a part of it.”
Flag football is a non-contact sport, removing removing the need for tackling and heavy equipment. It’s one of the fastest growing youth sports in the country and its low costs reduce the barriers to participate, a group of schools wrote in a proposed amendment to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. Everett High School was among the schools that submitted the proposal.
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