Washington-Wilkes receives grant from Falcons to start Flag Football program
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Washington-Wilkes will now begin a Flag Football program.
The Atlanta Falcons, along with the of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has awarded 45 Georgia high schools grants to launch a flag football program, Washington-Wilkes was one of the recipients.
It’s part of a larger scale project, the Foundation has ed more than 300 schools in the Peach State to either start or an existing program.
Georgia was the fourth state to sanction girls Flag as an official sport in 2020. This past fall, more than 7,000 girls participated in the sport across 270 schools.
Washington-Wilkes s teams across the CSRA: Richmond County and Columbia County schools have already-established programs.
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