The Billings School Board approves the girl's flags for girls to start next autumn

Billings – Girls Flag Football will come to the Billings Public Schools in autumn.

The application passed the school authority on Monday evening from 8 to 1. Billings' Girls Flag Football Team will be contributed to existing teams Lockwood, Shepherd and Huntley in Yellowstone County.

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Girls Flag Football, who were approved at the Billings High Schools in September

“This is a victory, not only for your students, but also for your school authority, to be able to offer this in a way that is as low as you could wish,” said Shauna Greene, a representative of Arthur Blank Foundation, at the meeting on Monday.

Arthur Blank, the owner of the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL, sponsors the Flag football teams in Montana and other high school through his youth fund in Atlanta Falcons nationwide.

This fund subsidizes the first three years of Flag football to cover costs such as coaching grants and travel.

There are 17 other flags -football high school teams across the state, including teams in Butte, Flathead and Glacier.

Mark Sulser, Executive Director of Athletics and activities for Billings Public Schools, believed that the scholarship offers the possibilities for athletes in the city.

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“We want to offer girls opportunities … in Billings. It helps us with title -ix numbers. It helps us to offer girls in an up -and -coming sport, whereby Flag football is one of them,” said Sulser on Monday.

The Billings School Board recently approved the boy's baseball in the district. Sulser says that the district also has to add girl sports to comply with the law.

“We want the same number of girls who participate, the same number of boys,” he said.

A student who cheers this decision is the West High School Junior Irennn Reeve.

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Before Reeve moved to Billings, he played football for girls in her home country Nevada.

“I am so grateful for the opportunity to play on my old high school. I just want to share it with everyone here,” she said on Monday.

Reeve started playing football for the first time in her first year, and she finally became both a junior university and university.

“I loved it. The girls were so nice and funny. It's a super funny community. My coaches were incredible,” said Reeve.

She took part on Monday evening and was one of the armed forces behind the flag football brought to Billings.

“I love football … it's just a great exciting environment,” said Reeve.

The decision takes place two years after the Lockwood High School was taken up.

Lockwood started with only seven players, but the squad grew dramatically to over 20 last season.

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“Just to see how safe the girls came to play and how excited they were for a football team (was my favorite part). You know, we have shirts with the inscription” Girls also play flags football “” Lockwoods Flag football coach Nycole Larowe, Monday.

Larowe is the school consultant, the flag football coach and the girls' basketball coach. She told MTN in the 10 years in which she taught, Flag football is her favorite.

“Girls were very proud to be able to play flag football,” she said.

Mike Erikson, the director of activities and athletics for the Lockwood High School, supported the decision to add Billings Flag football.

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“This is an opportunity for children to do nothing without costs. Why shouldn't you try? And in three years, if the financing is less, make this decision or check whether we can collect donations and continue to do,” said Erikson.

He says that Flag football is becoming increasingly popular every year. Now NFL teams are more involved in the Sponsoring Girls Flag football teams, the sport will be part of the 2028 Summer Olympics, and Flag football is approved in 14 states with pilot programs in Montana.

“Now it's definitely a snowball. It creates so much swing,” said Erikson.

“This gives a larger group of children the opportunity to see something new to be part of an emerging sport. I think that's probably the most important piece,” said Sulser.