Washington Girls Flag Football: Season, Rules and Stats

Washington girls flag football runs under the WIAA. Current bylaw 39.2.0 specifies NFHS rules with WIAA exceptions. Those exceptions affect the clock, zones to gain, point values after a touchdown, the fourth down possession option, and overtime.

This guide covers what a Washington coach needs before the first contest: when the season runs, which rules apply, how to set up scoring to match them, and where scores and stats are reported.

Washington setup checklist

Confirm each item against the current WIAA handbook and girls flag football resources before you score a game. StatHawk ships an NFHS baseline for girls 7v7 and a California CIF overlay, with supported settings you can adjust. There is no WIAA preset, and the app does not enforce Washington exceptions for you.

What to confirm	Association requirement and source	StatHawk setting or scorer action
Players per side	Seven on seven for member schools, per WIAA bylaw 39.3.4 in the WIAA handbook	Use the girls 7v7 high school format
Which rule book governs	Current WIAA bylaw 39.2.0 specifies NFHS rules with WIAA exceptions in the handbook and passed amendments	Use the NFHS baseline only as a starting point, then follow the current WIAA exceptions and officials' rulings
Game length	Varsity games use two 30-minute halves with a running clock, with additional clock stoppages after a change of possession or score and during the last two minutes of each half, per the passed-amendments summary	Use the supported period controls to score by half. StatHawk does not run the game clock
Field and zones to gain	The WIAA exceptions define the field and zones to gain	The scorer confirms spots and first downs from officials' signals. StatHawk does not enforce zone progression automatically
Points after a touchdown	The WIAA exceptions specify the available point values and try locations	No WIAA-specific automatic scoring mapping is verified. Follow the officials' ruling and record only supported scoring actions
Fourth down possession option	WIAA does not permit kicking and allows an offense to relinquish possession on fourth down under its exception	No WIAA-specific relinquishment action is verified in StatHawk
Overtime	WIAA uses its own repeated try-based overtime procedure	No WIAA-specific overtime flow is verified in StatHawk
Season window	The WIAA handbook designates a regular season and permits approved alternate seasons through the process in bylaw 17.3.0	Confirm the approved season with your athletic director and league before building the schedule

The shared game-day scoring routine is covered in How to Track High School Flag Football Stats, so this page does not repeat it.

When is the Washington season?

WIAA designates a regular season for girls flag football. Bylaw 17.3.0 in the current handbook also allows a school or group of schools to petition the WIAA Executive Board for an alternate season when the established season does not meet local needs. An alternate window is approved, not freely selected by each school.

Regular season play happens through local leagues, which set contest dates, jamboree participation, and any subvarsity structure. Leagues also have latitude to modify approved playing rules for subvarsity contests, so a junior varsity game may not use the varsity clock. Ask your league what it has adopted.

Which rules does Washington use?

Current bylaw 39.2.0 in the WIAA handbook specifies NFHS rules with WIAA exceptions. The passed amendment increases varsity games to two 30-minute halves. Older WIAA manuals that show two 20-minute halves reflect the prior rule and do not control the current varsity length.

Read the current exceptions document before the first contest. The items in the checklist above are the ones that change what a scorer writes down.

Where do Washington coaches report scores and stats?

There are two systems, and they do different jobs.

Schedules and scores are handled in Arbiter, the way your athletic department already does it. MaxPreps is where box scores and player stats live for statewide visibility. StatHawk plays no part in Arbiter.

For an eligible finalized high school game, StatHawk exports a MaxPreps file that you import yourself through MaxPreps Team Admin. The file does not set the final score or result. How to Export Flag Football Stats to MaxPreps covers that walkthrough in full.

Keeping game and season stats with StatHawk

StatHawk is a coach-operated flag football scoring app for iPhone and iPad, with Android coming soon. You score the plays. The live score, play-by-play, box score, player and team stats, and season totals are what comes back.

1. Set up the team in the girls 7v7 high school format and load the roster with the jersey numbers on your official roster.
2. Use only supported settings that match Washington play, and confirm every association-specific rule against the WIAA handbook, amendments, and officials' rulings.
3. Choose a mode and hold it for the season. Classic Mode records supported counting stats such as touchdowns, completions and attempts, receptions, flag pulls, sacks, and interceptions. Yardage Mode adds supported offensive yardage.
4. Review the recorded player stats and the final score before you finalize the game.
5. For an eligible personal-team game, share the live link if you want families to follow along. It is a read-only browser view of the score and stats with no account and no download, and it is not video.

Free scoring covers the season record, standard game, player and team season PDF reports, and the completed game play-by-play CSV. The printable 7v7 girls stat sheet matches the categories the app records if you want a paper backup. For the season routine, see how to track girls flag football stats all season, and for other states, the state-by-state girls flag football guide.

Common questions

When is girls flag football played in Washington? WIAA designates a regular season. A school or group of schools may use an alternate season only through the approval process in bylaw 17.3.0. Confirm the approved season with your athletic director and league.

Does Washington play the NFHS rules? WIAA bylaw 39.2.0 specifies NFHS rules with WIAA exceptions. Those exceptions change the clock, zones to gain, point values after a touchdown, the fourth down possession option, and overtime.

Does StatHawk have a WIAA preset? No. It ships an NFHS baseline for girls 7v7 and a California CIF overlay, plus settings you can adjust. Confirm Washington specifics against the WIAA documents.

Can families follow a game without downloading StatHawk? For an eligible personal-team game, yes. You share a read-only browser link that shows the live score and stats, with no account and no app.

Official Washington sources

• WIAA girls flag football resources, season dates, bylaw article, manual and rule exceptions
• WIAA handbook
• WIAA home