Alabama Girls Flag Football: AHSAA Rules and Stats Guide

Girls flag football in Alabama is an AHSAA championship sport with a published rules framework, a state flag football director, a coaches committee organized by district, and a state championship. This guide covers what the association controls, what a coach should verify before the first contest, and how one person can score every game the same way from opening week to the final.

Alabama status at a glance

From the AHSAA flag football page:

• Flag football is a fall sport with a state championship.
• AHSAA follows the NFHS flag football rules, with state specific items published on the sport page.
• The association publishes season standings and team scoring leaders during the season, along with championship history, team records, and individual records.
• A flag football director and a coaches committee with representatives by district handle sport questions.

Because the association publishes standings and scoring leaders, the numbers you keep are not just an internal coaching note. They are part of how your program is described statewide.

The AHSAA state items to check before your first contest

The AHSAA sport page lists specifics on top of the NFHS rules book. Read them with your officials association rather than relying on another coach's summary:

• Flag belt. AHSAA adopted the triple threat belt: an unaltered belt of one solid color with three flags of one solid color, minimum flag size of one and a half inches by fourteen inches, one flag on each hip and one on the tailbone, with no clothing covering the belt or flags.
• Ball. The Wilson TDY is specified for all games.
• Field. Field diagram one, the field size without the goal.
• Hash marks. Hash marks are used, ten yards apart and fifteen yards from each sideline.
• Uniform bottoms. Pants, shorts, or skirts with no pockets, exposed drawstrings, belts, or belt loops, in one solid color that clearly contrasts with the flag and belt color.
• Jerseys, numbers, protective equipment, and cleats. Each of these points back to a specific NFHS rule reference on the AHSAA page.

Two of these change your stat keeping directly. Hash marks mean the ball is spotted at a hash rather than the middle of the field, which matters if you record field position by hand. The specified ball and belt mean an equipment problem found at kickoff is a program problem, not a judgment call.

Need a printable sheet for game day? Use the girls 7v7 stat sheet to record the game on paper.

What to score every game

Choose a scorer before the game and agree on how the staff will record each stat.

Score every game:

• Touchdowns and who scored them
• Try attempts and results
• Passing attempts, completions, and interceptions thrown
• Rushing attempts and receptions by player
• Flag pulls, sacks, defensive interceptions, pass breakups, forced fumbles
• Safeties, turnovers committed, and turnovers forced
• Score by period and the final

That list is what a box score is built from, and it is what a scoring leaders table draws on. Flag Football Stats: What Coaches Should Track explains why each category earns its place, and the 7v7 girls stat sheet is a printable backup for the scorer if a phone dies at the field.

Yardage is worth adding when your scorer is comfortable with the counting stats first. A full season of clean counting stats is more useful than half a season of yardage.

Score and review the season in StatHawk

StatHawk is a coach-operated iPhone and iPad app for scoring flag football games. You score the plays. The live score, play-by-play, box score, player and team stats, and season totals are the outputs. StatHawk does not enforce any state association's rules, so set the app up to match how Alabama plays and confirm anything rules related against the AHSAA page.

1. Create the team in the girls high school format and set the roster once, using the same spelling and jersey numbers you use in school records and in MaxPreps.
2. Choose a mode and hold it. Classic Mode records outcomes and counting stats without requiring yardage. Yardage Mode adds offensive yardage on supported plays.
3. Run a scrimmage through the app before a game counts, so the scorer is not learning the workflow during an area game.
4. Review before you finalize. Final score, every touchdown and try, passing attempts and completions, turnovers, and player attribution.
5. Share the GameView link. It is a read-only browser view of the game, so families follow along without an account or a download.

The season routine is covered in How to Track Girls Flag Football Stats All Season, and the stat definitions behind the high school game are in How to Track High School Flag Football Stats.

Getting the numbers to MaxPreps

StatHawk is a MaxPreps stat import partner. The path is manual and the coach controls it.

For an eligible finalized high school game, StatHawk exports a MaxPreps file. You save or share the file, then import it yourself through MaxPreps Team Admin. The file does not set the final score or the game result, and there is no sync, API connection, or automatic upload.

The sequence is the same one covered in How to Export Flag Football Stats to MaxPreps. Standard PDF game and season reports and the completed game play-by-play CSV are separate exports, and a PDF is never the MaxPreps import file. The partnership is explained in StatHawk Is a MaxPreps Stat Import Partner.

Confirm with your athletic director what your school is expected to report and where, then treat that as the deadline your scorer works to.

Official Alabama resources

• AHSAA flag football page, state items, season information, standings, and records
• NFHS flag football rules
• StatHawk state guide hub

FAQ

Which rules does Alabama play under? The NFHS flag football rules, with the AHSAA state items published on the association's flag football page controlling equipment and field specifics.

What flag belt does AHSAA require? The triple threat belt, one solid color, with three flags of one solid color at each hip and the tailbone, minimum flag size one and a half inches by fourteen inches.

Which ball is used? The Wilson TDY, per the AHSAA sport page.

Does AHSAA use hash marks? Yes. The sport page sets hash marks ten yards apart, fifteen yards from each sideline.

Does StatHawk send stats to MaxPreps automatically? No. You export a MaxPreps file for an eligible finalized game and import it yourself through MaxPreps Team Admin.

Do I have to record yardage? No. Classic Mode captures scoring and counting stats. Yardage Mode is available when your scorer wants offensive yardage as well.