Giants help Section 1 kick off girls flag football season with annual jamboree at Somers
Some quality time with Daniel Jones and his Giants teammates on Tuesday again kicked off the girls flag football season.
Teams from across the Lower Hudson Valley were on hand at Somers High School for the annual Section 1 Girls Flag Football Jamboree. A clinic with New York Giants players was the primary draw, but participants also headed into the auditorium for an impactful discussion of career opportunities for women in the NFL conducted by a panel that has blazed that trail.
Giants wide receivers Jalin Hyatt and Bryce Ford-Wheaton were also on hand to share knowledge.
When the sport was added to the Section 1 roster in 2022, nine teams signed up.
There will be 26 teams on the field this spring, up from the 16 that competed last season. Carmel, Greeley, Hen Hud, Irvington/Bronxville, John Jay-Cross River, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, North Rockland, Woodlands and Yorktown have all joined the movement.
According to Section 1 chair Dan Belfi, there could be up to 40 teams playing next spring.
Eastchester defeated Scarsdale in the first-ever Section 1 Division I championship while Lakeland took down Brewster in Division II. There will be a NYSPHSAA tournament, as well, this year culminating in a final four weekend June 1-2 in Cortland.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: NY Giants and Daniel Jones visit Section 1 girls flag football jamboree
