Pennsylvania made flag football an officially sanctioned girls' high school sport Wednesday amid a push from the commonwealth's NFL teams to encourage more female athletes to get on the field. The approval from the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association -- the statewide body that governs high school athletics in the commonwealth -- makes flag football an official sport for girls in the nation's fifth-most populous state starting in the 2025-26 school year.

L-L League athletic directors met Thursday and discussed girls flag football for the first time. They left their meeting with more questions than answers. But once the NFHS and PIAA jibe on the rules and regulations, more programs around the state should start popping up.