Virginia Girls Flag Football: Stats and Coach Guide

Girls flag football in Virginia is growing through school divisions. That shapes the coach's job. Instead of reading one association rules book, you confirm which rules your division plays, then build a stat record that holds up across a season.

This guide covers where the answers come from in Virginia, what to settle before your first game, and how one person can score every game the same way.

Virginia status at a glance

• Loudoun County Public Schools added girls flag football as a new athletic program, with all LCPS high schools participating and 332 students competing in it, according to the division's announcement of new athletic programs.
• In that same announcement, LCPS states that girls flag football is not currently a Virginia High School League sponsored sport, while noting the sport's growth and its upcoming Olympic debut.
• LCPS also partnered with the Washington Commanders, who provided uniforms, equipment, and funding to help offset the cost of adding the sport.
• The Virginia High School League remains the reference to check for any change in statewide sponsorship. Check it directly rather than relying on a summary.

The practical takeaway for a Virginia coach: your rules, your schedule, and your reporting expectations come from your school division and the league your division plays in, so ask your athletic director for those documents in writing before the first practice.

Need something printable for game day? Start with the format comparison chart and the rest of the coach resources. If your teams play 7v7, the girls 7v7 stat sheet works as is.

Settle these before your first game

Four questions decide how your season is scored, and every one of them is answered locally in Virginia:

1. Which rules book? Divisions building a program commonly start from a published national or league rules set. Get the exact document your officials will work from.
2. What format? Number of players per side, field size, and whether rushing is allowed change what your stat sheet needs to hold. The format comparison chart is a quick way to line the options up.
3. How are tries and overtime handled? Settle both before the first close game.
4. What gets reported, and to whom? Some programs report scores to a league site, some report nothing at all. Decide who on your staff owns it.

Write the answers down and hand them to whoever is scoring, so everyone records the same play the same way.

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 produces a real box score. Flag Football Stats: What Coaches Should Track explains why each item is worth the tap, and the 7v7 girls stat sheet is a printable backup for the scorer.

Score 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 league's rules, so set it up to match the format your division actually plays.

1. Create the team in the format your division uses, then load one roster with the spellings and jersey numbers your school records use.
2. Pick Classic Mode or Yardage Mode and hold it for the season. 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 so your scorer is fluent before a game counts.
4. Review before you finalize. Final score and score by period, every touchdown and try, passing attempts and completions, turnovers, and player attribution.
5. Share the GameView link, a read-only browser view of the game families open without an account or a download.
6. Use the exports. Standard PDF game and season reports, and the completed game play-by-play CSV, are what you hand to players, parents, and your athletic director.

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

The MaxPreps file, if your school uses MaxPreps

StatHawk is a MaxPreps stat import partner. 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 game result, and there is no sync, API connection, or automatic upload.

Ask your athletic director whether your school or league uses MaxPreps for girls flag before you build a routine around it. The walkthrough is in How to Export Flag Football Stats to MaxPreps, and the partnership is explained in StatHawk Is a MaxPreps Stat Import Partner.

Official Virginia resources

• Virginia High School League, the reference for statewide sport sponsorship
• LCPS new athletic programs announcement
• NFHS flag football rules
• StatHawk state guide hub

FAQ

Is girls flag football a VHSL sport? LCPS states that girls flag football is not currently a VHSL sponsored sport. Check the VHSL site for any change before you plan a season around it.

Where do Virginia rules come from then? From your school division and the league it plays in. Ask your athletic director for the exact rules document your officials use.

Which format should we track? Whatever your division plays. Compare the options with the format comparison chart, then set StatHawk up to match.

Do we need MaxPreps? Only if your school or league uses it. The export exists for eligible finalized high school games, and it is a manual import you control.

Do I have to record yardage? No. Classic Mode captures scoring and counting stats. Yardage Mode is there when you want offensive yardage as well.