Former Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver announced in Racine on Wednesday that NFL FLAG football is expanding to more high school girls in southeastern Wisconsin.
The league will be open to girls in grades 9 through 12 in the Racine Unified, Kenosha Unified and Whitefish Bay school districts, starting next fall.
The announcement comes as flag football gains wider recognition. The sport will be played at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and UW-Parkside recently said it will be the first NCAA school in Wisconsin to offer scholarship opportunities in it.
Driver said the league is about more than playing the game, saying it can give students a path to college and the best education possible, and help young women build confidence that they can do anything they set out to do.
Horlick High School junior Mikayla Kaprelian said football was always viewed as a man's sport and that getting to play as a woman feels great. Park High School junior Mayah Skenandore called the chance unprecedented in Wisconsin.
Driver credited Racine Unified Deputy Superintendent Jody Bloyer with helping make the program possible. A camp is planned for Tuesday, June 16, at Case High School's Hammes Field in Racine so girls can learn the rules and try the sport, and families should watch district social media for camp, schedule, registration and volunteer details.
