Western's flag football team lines up at season closing game

On November 8th, The Baltimore Ravens hosted the inaugural Maryland state championship playoff for girls' flag football at M&T Bank Stadium.

This season was a great success and saw participation from 12 Baltimore City Schools from across the district, including:

  • Academy for College and Career Exploration

  • Carver Vocational-Technical High School

  • Digital Harbor High School

  • Edmondson-Westside High School

  • Forest Park High School

  • Frederick Douglass High School

  • Green Street Academy

  • Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School

  • Patterson High School

  • Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

  • Reginald F. Lewis

  • Western High School

Following the Baltimore City Championship game on Wednesday, November 6th, at Mervo, where Dunbar defeated Patterson, Dunbar and Patterson were invited to represent City Schools at M&T Bank Stadium in the playoff tournament. Though they put up a good fight, Dunbar ultimately lost to Urbana in the quarterfinal, and Patterson lost to Boonsboro in a tough matchup that went into overtime.

This was a great season that showed a lot of promise for the future of girls' flag football here in Baltimore, and we are excited to watch these programs grow!