A national girls flag football tournament circuit for 15U and 18U — scheduled opposite your state's high school season, and built from the ground up around college scouting, film, and exposure.
Seven target markets for our first fall season, launching in Ohio on October 24. Every date is checked against that state's own high school athletic association calendar — Pylon runs opposite the scholastic season, never against it.
New York is also in early development — we're building relationships with local coaches and connectors ahead of a future date announcement. Join the interest list below to be notified when your state's registration opens.
Every Pylon Girls Flag weekend is designed as a complete recruiting and development experience — the same platform that produced nine Heisman winners, now built for the fastest-growing sport in the country.
Here's the problem with most club circuits: they compete with the high school season. Pylon Girls Flag does the opposite — every event is scheduled in your state's off-season window, so athletes get a full scholastic season and a national circuit. Twice the reps. Twice the film. Zero conflicts.
Girls are already competing — and winning — on Pylon fields. Since 2022, 898 girls athletes have registered for Pylon events — this circuit isn't a launch plan, it's an expansion of a program that already has history. From tournament MVPs to national champions, the foundation is set.
Miriah Lopez — Pylon Flag Football MVP, June 2026
2026 Girls High School National Champions
Twenty-two states have sanctioned girls flag football as an official high school varsity sport as of September 2026 — several with future start dates still to be finalized — and the list keeps growing. Find your state to see when its Pylon event runs.
Girls flag football is the fastest-growing high school sport in America. Twenty-two state athletic associations have sanctioned it as an official varsity sport as of September 2026, with several more states piloting programs toward future sanctioning, flag football makes its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Games, and college opportunities are expanding every season. The athletes are here — what's been missing is a national tournament circuit built to serve them at the level the boys' 7v7 world has had for twenty years.
Pylon Girls Flag brings the Pylon standard to the girls' game: 15U and 18U divisions, elite event environments, verified rosters and film, college coach access, NIL education for families, and a certification pathway for female officials. And because every event is scheduled opposite your state's scholastic season, playing the Pylon circuit never means choosing between your school team and your development.
Teams, coaches, and programs interested in the inaugural season can join the interest list — event markets and dates will be announced as the schedule is finalized. Host venues and regional partners can reach out the same way.
In January 2026 the NCAA added women's flag football to its Emerging Sports for Women program — the official on-ramp to becoming a full championship sport. Conferences and schools are moving fast, and the athletes competing on Pylon fields right now are the recruiting classes these programs will be built from. Here's what's already committed, on the record.
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference begins sponsoring women's flag football in 2026‑27 and will hold the first NCAA Division I conference flag football championship after the 2027 season. The MEAC is an HBCU conference — historically Black colleges and universities are leading this sport's D1 arrival.
In March 2026 the Big South became the first Division I conference to announce the addition of women's flag football, with five member schools building programs and its first varsity championship planned for spring 2028.
Nebraska is the first Power Four school to add varsity women's flag football. The Huskers debut in spring 2028 with 15 athletic scholarships in year one, growing to 25 by year three.
The NCAA has recommended a national collegiate flag football championship across Divisions I, II and III beginning as early as spring 2028 — the same year flag football makes its Olympic debut at the Los Angeles Games.
Real athletic scholarships already exist and the number grows every semester. More than 75 colleges will field women's flag football at the NCAA or club level this coming year, and college coaches are building their first rosters right now — from the athletes with film, verified measurables, and tournament reps. That is exactly what the Pylon Girls Flag circuit exists to give you: competition in front of college programs, game film, and a documented pathway. The window is open. Get on the field.
Sources: NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program (Jan. 2026) · University of Nebraska Athletics · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · Big South Conference. Championship timelines reflect conference and NCAA announcements as of July 2026 and are subject to NCAA governance approval.
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