Minnesota Vikings are Helping Launch Girls Flag Football at 3 SE MN Schools

The Minnesota Vikings are working on launching a league at Minnesota high schools for girls flag football. They're providing a ton of funding for the schools and three of them are in our neck of the woods in southeast Minnesota.

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High School Girls Flag Football in Minnesota

The Vikings did a pilot program for this league last spring at four different high schools in the state. Evidently, it went well because they are now expanding the league to 51 schools!

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To help launch the league, the Vikings are providing $600,000 to help pay for "coaching, officiating, equipment and transportation." This means that most students who are interested in playing will be able to pay for free.

Games will be played on Sundays, so if girls also want to do other spring sports they're able to. Games are all double-headers, too, so two games in one day making the league only 6 weeks long in total.

SE Minnesota High Schools in the Girls Flag Football League

Out of the 51 high schools in the league, three of them are in southeast Minnesota, which is super cool. Those schools are Mayo High School in Rochester, Pine Island High School, and La Crescent High School.

The first games of the season will be on Sunday, April 27th. Regular games will continue on Sunday, May 4th, May 11th, and May 18th.

The playoffs will then be on Sunday, June 1st and the championship will be on Monday, June 9th at TCO Stadium in Eagan.