New York Jets continue to grow Girls’ Flag High School Football in New Jersey and New York

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The National Football League‘s New York Jets are celebrating the 37th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day by announcing they’re expanding high school girls’ flag football in New Jersey and New York.

According to a team news release, there will be 26 new teams in Jersey during the upcoming 2023 spring league. New York will see the addition of 23 teams. The additional teams boost overall participation to over 100 schools.

All new schools will receive implementation grants and/or equipment from the Jets and Nike. Additionally, each school will receive uniforms from Nike’s Girls Flag Football line of apparel.

As part of Wednesday’s announcement, the Jets, Nike and Gatorade hosted players from four teams from Eastside High School (Paterson, NJ), Kingston High School (NY), Plainedge High School (North Massapequa, NY) and Harry Van Arsdale High School (Brooklyn, NY) at MetLife Stadium for a surprise uniform reveal in the Jets locker room.

Before the girls went to the locker room to see their new uniforms, the Jets provided a surprise Super Bowl ticket giveaway to Arianna Haynes-Barksdale from Eastside High School.

Additionally, the players participated in a Women in Sports Panel discussion hosted by CBS Sideline Reporter & Host Tracy Wolfson. Jets Senior Director, Client Relations & Retention, Nadege Pluviose, US National Women’s Flag Team Quarterback, Vanita Krouch, and NFL Senior Director Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Sam Rapoport, were featured on the panel.

This will be the third year of the Jets High School Girls Flag Football League in New Jersey that now includes the North Jersey Super Football Conference, Big Central Conference, and North Jersey Interscholastic Conference.

It will be the second year of the sport on Long Island with Section VIII and Section XI schools. New York Section IX schools in the Hudson Valley will be playing their inaugural season in the Spring of 2023.

The league will culminate with New York State and New Jersey Championship games at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on June 10.

26 New Flag Football Teams in New Jersey

Central, Eastside, Essex Tech, Garfield, Immaculate Conception, Jefferson, Kent Place, Livingston, Montclair, Montville, New Brunswick, Newark Lab, North Arlington, Orange, Paramus, Passaic, Plainfield, Secaucus, South Brunswick, Wallington, Wayne Hills, West Milford, West Orange, West Side, Westfield, Wood Ridge

23 New Flag Football Teams in New York

Bethpage, Connetquot, Division Avenue, East Hampton, East Rockaway, Eastport South Manor, Hauppauge, Huntington, Lindenhurst, MacArthur, Northport, Patchogue Medford, Plainedge, Riverhead Charter School, Roosevelt, Roslyn, Sayville, Syosset, Valley Stream Central, Westbury, William Floyd

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Jeff Fisher
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.