BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens and Under Armour expand their partnership with Maryland public excessive schools to advance the ladies’ flag football initiative.
These schools embrace, Baltimore City Public Schools, Montgomery County Public Schools and Washington County Public Schools. The program will present grant funding and uniforms for flag football.
The announcement comes after a profitable 12 months of women’ flag football in Frederick County Public Schools.
All collaborating schools will play competitively in a fall calendar that mirrors different seasonal athletics.
“Since efficiently implementing this initiative final 12 months, our key focus has been to expand the attain of women’ flag football,” Ravens senior vice chairman of selling Brad Downs acknowledged. “The collaborating schools are pioneering significant packages that form a extra inclusive model of our sport and have helped enrich the lives of many feminine student-athletes. The curiosity in and development of women’ flag football brings us great satisfaction, and we really feel a substantial amount of duty to proceed rising this program all through the state of Maryland.”
The program additionally grows from 10 schools to 51. In 2023, 280 student-athletes throughout 10 Frederick County Public Schools participated in the inaugural season of Maryland women’ flag football.
Under Armour will proceed to outfit customized uniforms for every group.
