WEEKLY RECAP
The third season of the Jets X Nike High School Girls Flag Football League officially kicked off. Throughout the next two months, over 100 high schools and over 1,500 athletes throughout New Jersey, Long Island, and Hudson Valley will compete to reach the championship games hosted at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center.
Related: Jets continue to expand girls flag
To kick off the action, the Jets hosted New Dorp High School from the New York City Public School Athletic League (PSAL) for a scrimmage. Prior to kickoff, the Jets presented their annual donation of $50,000 to the PSAL. The Girls Flag PSAL is comprised of 12 divisions and over 60 schools throughout New York City. Each borough of the city is represented in the league by at least one division. The Jets helped launch the league in 2011 with approximately 20 founding schools. Since then, the Jets support has expanded to include over 60 schools and over $500,000 in monetary donations to support the league. Each year, the Jets host and recognize the PSAL Girls Flag Football Champions on the field at a pre-season home game.
2023 Gatorade Flag Series
New this season, the Jets will host the Gatorade Girls Flag Series at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. The Gatorade Girls Flag Series will feature eight games with teams from both New York and New Jersey.
As part of the series, a Gatorade Player of the Week will be announced live on ESPN 98.7 FM every Saturday on the Anita Marks show. For winning Gatorade Player of the Week, a $1,000 donation will be awarded in the players’ name to their high school to support girls flag football. The Gatorade Player of the Week will also receive two tickets to a Jets preseason game at MetLife Stadium.
4/18 – Essex Tech vs. Mount Olive (New Jersey)
4/20 – Montclair vs. Nutley (New Jersey)
4/22 – Miniskink Valley vs. Middletown (New York)
4/25 – Massapequa vs. East Rockaway (New York)
5/4 – Lindenhurst vs. Huntington (New Jersey)
5/7 – Westfield vs. Elizabeth (New Jersey)
5/18 – Hawthorne vs. New Milford (New Jersey)
New York Jets X Nike High School Girls Flag Football History
2021, the Jets and Nike launched the first-ever High School Girls Flag Football League in New Jersey with eight high schools from the Super Football Conference. In 2022, the league returned for its second season, expanding further throughout New Jersey and onto Long Island to include 43 high schools across five conferences. The league has grown to almost 110 high schools this season, and further expanded into Hudson Valley. In launching the league, the Jets sought to have the sport adopted as a varsity sport in New York and New Jersey. Girls Flag was recently adopted as a championship sport in New York, and New Jersey will vote to make it a Pilot Sport this spring.
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