With an increasing popularity in recent years, girls flag football was approved on September 18th by the PIAA as a state-sanctioned sport. The sport will kick off in the spring of the 2025-26 school year, making Pennsylvania the 13th state to sanction the sport.
“We’re thrilled that we can offer another opportunity for girls to participate in interscholastic athletics,” president of the PIAA Frank Majikes said.
The PIAA plans to begin the process of creating rules and regulations in January 2025.
As for Delaware Valley, the future of a team is undecided. Many factors will play a role in whether or not the district decides to start a team, according to athletic director Sean Giblin.
He said that before the decision is made, they have to take into consideration the future of other girls’ sports teams, availability of practice facilities and the participation of other schools.
Not only does the athletic department have to take these factors into consideration, but they also have to budget for the addition of this program.
“We will have a plan in place before the start of next year, whether we’re going to go forward or not,” Mr. Giblin said.
If the district decides to add a team, Mr. Giblin believes the word will get out quickly.
“It’ll be promoted through social media. Our school does a good job of getting the word out there, when and if we do decide to move forward with it,” Mr. Giblin said.
