The Rams' Girls Flag Football Jamboree at LMU hosts 56 teams in group play on a day that included a tug-of-war tournament and 'Women in Business' panel.
Footballs were flying and flags were falling Saturday at Drollinger Field on the campus of Loyola Marymount University, where the Rams hosted their inaugural Girls Flag Football Jamboree.
The event, co-sponsored by Bridgestone, featured 56 teams divided into four groups of 14 and provided more than 1,200 players from throughout Southern California an opportunity to compete against each other in celebration of the initial season of flag football as a sanctioned CIF sport.
“The Rams and Bridgestone believe every girl should have a chance to play any sport they want and football is a game which develops transferable life character, promotes health and wellness, enhances opportunities to further education and broadens perspectives while building a sense of community and creating more pathways for young women in sports,” Ranson said. “Through this and similar events we’re hoping to bring more awareness to girls flag football.
Coordinated by Noel Grigsby, Rams coordinator of social justice and football development, the competition started at 9 a.m. with four games played simultaneously on narrowed fields and shortened to 20 minutes in length.Valley View lost all three of its games in Group 2 by 6-0, 6-0 and 7-0 scores, but redeemed itself by winning the tug-of-war championship — and Oakley sunglasses for each girl — against Ventura.
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