Sanctioned state associations
21
Our state records, each tied to an association source.
state associations
State status
Who sanctions the sport
21 state associations run an official girls flag football championship. Each status below was read on that association's own site.
This page is about associations and their decisions, not about players. It records nothing about any student athlete. Where an association's site could not be read, the state is left out rather than guessed, so absence here does not mean a state has no programs.
Girls participants, 2025–26
102,360
NFHS count across 3,990 schools.
Year-over-year school growth
+45.9%
2,736 schools to 3,990, according to NFHS.
The NFHS participation report says 37 states will sanction or run pilot or independent programs by the following year. That combined figure is broader than the 21 sanctioned associations listed here.
Sanctioned
21 states
The state association runs an official championship in girls flag football.
Alabama
AHSAA
Alaska
ASAA
Single state championship bracket (2026 ASAA First National Bowl Flag Football State Championship, Oct 8-10, 2026, hosted at Wasil...
Arizona
AIA
California
CIF (California Interscholastic Federation)
Colorado
CHSAA
Connecticut
CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference)
Florida
FHSAA
Georgia
GHSA
Hawaii
HHSAA
Maryland
MPSSAA
Mississippi
MHSAA (Mississippi High School Activities Association)
Nevada
NIAA (Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association)
New Jersey
NJSIAA
NJSIAA state tournament; first practice March 8, 2027 and competition may begin March 15, 2027
New York
NYSPHSAA
North Carolina
NCHSAA
Ohio
OHSAA
Pennsylvania
PIAA
Rhode Island
RIIL (Rhode Island Interscholastic League)
Tennessee
TSSAA
Washington
WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association)
Pilot or club
1 state
Programs exist, but the association does not run an official championship yet.
Louisiana
LHSAA
What is missing
22 states are recorded, and only 3 carry a championship format. Most association sites build their pages in the browser, so a plain read returns navigation and nothing else. Kansas and Oregon could not be confirmed either way and are treated as unresolved rather than assumed. First seasons, classifications and participation counts are not yet recorded anywhere here.