51 Minnesota high schools involved in girls flag football league launched by the Viki

A new era of girls flag football is coming to Minnesota, and the Vikings are helping make it happen.

After announcing plans to debut a six-team women’s flag football league at the college level earlier this year, the Vikings on Tuesday revealed a commitment to growing the game for girls with a new high school girls flag football league — that debuts in late April — that will include teams from 51 schools around the state.

It’s a continuation of the 2024 pilot program in which the Vikings worked with four high schools over the course of a 12-game regular season. The Vikings are donating $600,000 to help the league cover costs for coaching, officiating, equipment and transportation.

The new league isn’t sanctioned by the Minnesota State High School League, and because games will be played on Sundays it won’t conflict with practice and game schedules for girls who want to play spring sports like softball, track and field, and golf.

As part of the 2025 partnership, the Vikings will contribute $600,000 to support the league and participating schools. That means many schools are able to offer the sport to students free of charge.

The 51 teams will be represented by the following schools:

Teams will play doubleheaders on Sundays, beginning with Week 1 on Sunday, April 27. The regular season schedule will be played out in May before the playoffs begin on Sunday, June 1. The season culminates with the state championship game at TCO Stadium on Monday, June 9.

Flag football is currently a sanctioned high school league sport in 14 states.