New York Jets expanding Girls’ Flag Football in New Jersey and starting a league on Long Island

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After a successful first year, the New York Jets and Nike are expanding the number of New Jersey high schools that will play girls’ flag football this spring. According to a news release from the NFL club, 18 teams will join the eight teams that played in the inaugural season of the Jets High School Girls Flag Football League.

The expansion will include eight new teams from the North Jersey Super Football Conference. Clifton, JFK (Paterson), Mount Olive, Nutley, Ridgewood, Union City, Wayne Valley and Weequahic will join the founding eight schools (below) for the Spring 2022 season.

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New Jersey Super Football Conference

CliftonNutley
*East OrangeRidgewood
*Indian Hills*Ramapo
*Irvington*PCTI
JFK (Paterson)Union City
*Malcolm X ShabazzWayne Valley
*MorristownWeequahic
Mount Olive*William L Dickerson

Passaic County Technical Institute (PCTI) won the first-ever New Jersey girls’ flag football championship by beating Irvington 18-1 last spring in a game played at MetLife Stadium.

This year’s expansion will also include the the North Jersey Interscholastic and the Big Central Football conferences. Each conference will have five teams each playing this spring.

North Jersey Interscholastic Conference

Harrison
Hawthorne
Lyndhurst
New Milford
Pompton Lakes

Big Central Football Conference

Hillside
Metuchen
Monroe Township
Sayreville War Memorial
South Hunterdon

In collaboration with the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, schools in Section VIII (Nassau County) and XI (Suffolk County) will become the first on Long Island to participate in girls’ flag football.

Section VIII (Nassau County)

Freeport
Hempstead
Locust Valley
Long Beach
Lynbrook
Massapequa
Plainview of Bethpage
West Hempstead

Section XI (Suffolk County)

Amityville Memorial
Center Moriches
Longwood
North Babylon
Sachem East
Sachem North
Walt Withman
Ward Melville

Each school will receive funding and equipment from the Jets and Nike.

Currently, six states —Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and New York — have sanctioned girls high school flag football leagues.

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.