Columbus High wins Georgia Girls Flag Football Championship

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Wednesday was a special day for girls’ flag football in Georgia. First, the Georgia High School Association announced that with the help of the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons, girls’ flag football will be an officially sanctioned sport in 2020, then the 2019 championship was played in the home of the Falcons.

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Columbus High beat Collins Hill 31-0 in the championship game that was played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

52 teams across the state participated in the sports in 2019. Officials expect the sport to grow by about another 100 schools in 2020.

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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.