Photos: Bay Area girls high school flag football competition begins

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See high school girls across the Bay Area celebrating touchdowns and victories with smiles and high-fives during the inaugural flag football season.

The fields are 80 yards long and 40 yards wide. Seven players are on the field for each team, compared to 11 for tackle football. Players don’t wear pads or helmets and there is no tackling and contact is limited.

Menlo School's Maren Mulloy hits the ground after making a catch and having her flag pulled against Sacred Heart Prep in the second half at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. The Sacred Heart Prep student section celebrates a play against Menlo School in the first half at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

Sacred Heart Prep celebrates their 2-0 win over Menlo School at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Menlo School's Ava Allen throws against Sacred Heart Prep in the second half at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Assistant coach Steve Young talks to Menlo School quarterback Ava Allen during their game against Sacred Heart Prep in the first half at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

The Sacred Heart Prep flag football team huddles before their game against Menlo School at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. California's Audrey Fitzgerald listens to her coach during half time of their flag football game against San Ramon Valley at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California won 7-0.

California's Alexia Rinehart chases after San Ramon Valley's Kaitlyn Bray in the first half at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California won 7-0. California's Olivia Horton pulls the flag against San Ramon Valley's Kaitlyn Bray in the first half at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California won 7-0.

The California football team watches the flag football game between San Ramon Valley and California in the first half at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California won 7-0. California's Lauren Grgurina heads to the end zone to score a touchdown against San Ramon Valley's Elise Doyle in the second half at California High School in San Ramon, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. California won 7-0.

 

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