Girls are getting ready to play flag football in Central PA high schools as early as next year.With this opportunity to experience the sport in a whole new way
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"We've been trying to push it for a couple years now so hopefully with PIAA installed we can do that," Hoody explains.The PIAA joins 12 other state associations to sanction the sport.The chairman of the Eagles says they’re two years ahead of schedule, writing in a statement: "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."
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