High school girls across the Bay Area are celebrating touchdowns and victories with smiles and high-fives during the inaugural flag football season.
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The fields are 80 yards long and 40 yards wide. Seven players are on the field for each team, compared to 11 for tackle football. Players don’t wear pads or helmets and there is no tackling and contact is limited.
Pulling a flag attached to a ball carrier’s waist means the play is over. The games last about an hour as the teams play with a running clock except for the last two minutes of each 20-minute half.
Sacred Heart Prep’s Ryleigh Longaker (47) throws against Menlo School in the second half at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
San Ramon Valley’s Kate Herrera (30) makes a catch for a first down against Dublin’s Adrianna Avelar (14) in the second half at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. San Ramon Valley won 12-0. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Menlo School’s Maren Mulloy (16) hits the ground after making a catch and having her flag pulled against Sacred Heart Prep in the second half at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
California’s Lauren Grgurina (10) intercepts the ball in front of Dublin’s Sydney Costello (3) in the first half at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California won 24-0. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
Sacred Heart Prep’s Morgan Buckley (30) grabs the flag of Menlo School’s Ava Allen (2) in the second half at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
The California bench celebrates a touchdown by California’s Nadia Sherman (23) against Dublin in the first half at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California won 24-0. (Nhat V.
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