The North Babylon Union Free School District has been selected to participate in the New York Jets High School Girls Flag Football League’s pilot program this spring. High School student-athlete Juleesah Hines, a senior, and District officials represented North Babylon schools and attended a launch event for the program at MetLife Stadium on Feb. 1.
The New York Jets made the announcement that they are expanding the Jets High School Girls Flag Football League on Feb. 2, in honor of National Girls & Women in Sports Day. There will be 16 schools across Long Island in the league. North Babylon is one of eight Suffolk County schools selected for this initiative, which is being sponsored and supported by Nike, the New York Jets, NYSPHSAA and Section 11.
During the launch event, a panel of women spoke about their various roles in the NFL and provided positive messages to attendees. In addition, selected student-athletes were brought on a guided tour to the Jets locker room and were surprised with new Nike uniforms. The program is set to kick off in the spring and will run as an eight team league, where each school will play every other school once for a seven game regular season.
Following the announcement, District Director of Physical Education, Health Education, Recreation and Athletics Jason Friesen said the next steps include developing a season based off of the game schedule, appointing two coaches for the team, open up registration and form a team based off the registration.
“I am incredibly excited for this new Girls Flag Football endeavor,” he added. “What a tremendous opportunity this is to provide another sport for female High School students in North Babylon! I can't wait for the Spring 2022 season to begin.”
