Flags Up Virginia — Girls Flag Football, The Record of the Founding Era

Issue No. 11 is out. The conference playoff is ten schools in a bracket that holds eight, so two of them play an extra game on Wednesday November 11 and the top two seeds wait until eight o’clock. The bracket in full, the five one point games of the regular season, and the five pod tables after one hundred and twenty six fixtures. Free. Read the issue →

Richmond is on the site. Twelve schools in Richmond, Henrico and Petersburg have been playing since September, and their season is now on the page, late and incomplete and said so in print. What comes next. Loudoun’s regular season finished on Friday October 9 at seventy three games, and the county championship was played on Tuesday October 13 at Potomac Falls. Lightridge are the first Loudoun County champions. They beat Heritage 18 to 12, Riverside beat Freedom 6 to 0, and no score has been published for the final. Issue No. 11 is out and leads on the playoff bracket. The conference regular season finished on Wednesday November 4. The first round and the quarterfinals are at Hayfield and Falls Church on Wednesday November 11, and the final is at Robinson on Saturday November 14.

The Signature Product

A record book, published empty.

Every category named. Every line blank. A record book needs one set of rules, and Virginia's districts are not all playing by the same ones yet. So the lines wait. When Virginia settles on one rulebook, they get filled.

The Founding Register

Statewide firsts · one line each · sealed until the sport is official

First touchdown in Virginia girls flag footballawaiting the rulebook

First shutoutawaiting the rulebook

First game-winning score in the final minuteawaiting the rulebook

First champions of Virginiaawaiting the rulebook

Whose name goes first? She doesn't know it's her yet.

What We Keep

The sport's memory, in four rooms.

The Record Book

Firsts, standing records, and honors. Every program gets a page, every inscription is coach-verified, and the record is free forever.

The Weekly Issue

In season: scores and standings, a program spotlight, the parent-submitted photo gallery, and the poster of the week. Read the latest issue.

The Open Door

How a girl actually joins a team, school by school. Tryout dates, who to ask for, and what to do if you missed the window. Open the door.

The Program Map

Every school fielding a team in Virginia, tracked from the founding era's first day. Loudoun's seventeen and Northern Virginia's thirty are up now.

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