Girls hit gridiron for Edmonton league’s first all-girl flag football tournament
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Girls’ flag football is a growing sport and the Edmonton Metro League held its first girls’ tournament on Saturday.
Girls’ flag football is a growing sport and the Edmonton Metro League held its first girls’ tournament on Saturday.
The tournament in Sturgeon County featured six all-girl teams. The league has 15 girls’ teams from Edmonton and the surrounding area.
"We just started up in 2018 and then in 2019 we had really great competition, a really strong league. Then COVID hit and kind of took this league away, unfortunately," said Kerri Meadows, the athletic director at Sturgeon Composite High School.
"Now we're slowly starting to get back to the excitement again. You can see it with all the fans here, you can see it with all the teams."
The team at Sturgeon Composite was one of the nine original teams in the league. Now that team sports are gearing up again, schools have been encouraging students to try out new experiences, like flag football, according to Meadows.
"Football is not something that girls just step naturally into and it's been really fun to see some great athletes come out and start playing the sport," said Meadows.
The game has been an eye-opening experience for some players.
