Over 200 high schools in Illinois are expected to have girls flag football teams this year as the sport's popularity continues to rise. "There’s no shortage of opportunities."

Fresh off of a fourth-place finish at the inaugural IHSA State Finals last year, the Bradley-Bourbonnais girls flag football made an early statement as a state contender yet again in 2025 this week

Cadet compiled 2,317 all-purpose yards and 38 touchdowns in the regular season to go with seven touchdowns in three playoff games.

Fremd defeated previously unbeaten Guilford 24-12 Saturday in Villa Park to win the first IHSA girls flag football championship. "They’re just studs.”

Marli Smrz intercepted four passes and threw two touchdown passes, her dominant two-way play sending Willowbrook past West Aurora 16-0 in Wednesday's sectional final and sending the Warriors to the first IHSA flag football state finals this weekend at Willowbrook.

Romeoville's flag football team came up just short of advancing to the sectional finals in their first year of existence, but the future is exceptionally bright.

Jacobs' first flag football season came to an end Tuesday with a 32-6 loss to top-seeded Guilford in a Harvard Sectional semifinal. In the IHSA's inaugural season, the Golden Eagles went 14-3 and won a regional championship.

Starting at its own 20, Antioch scored with two seconds left in the game, as freshman quarterback Tanner Ludwig threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to Evelyn Baronello in the end zone, lifting the Sequoits to an 18-12 win over the host Warriors.

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McHenry faces Antioch in the IHSA Flag Football Regional Championship game on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, atMcCracken Field in McHenry.