CHSAA’s Legislative Council will meet Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Lone Tree at the DCSD Legacy Campus and will vote whether to add girls flag football as a sanctioned sport.

Should the Legislative Council approve girls flag football, play will begin this fall and Colorado would become the 11th state to sanction the sport.

Following CHSAA’s Board of Directors meeting Monday, where members heard a presentation about girls flag football, “[the] Board of Directors voted to support a recommendation that girls flag football move forward,” according to CHSAAnow’s website.

Multiple area schools participated this season in the second year of the program including Colorado Springs Christian School, Coronado, Ellicott and Vanguard.

“This vote in favor of sanctioning girls flag football only furthers the Board’s commitment to equitable participation on behalf of our female athletes in Colorado,” CHSAA Board of Directors and Principal at Englewood High School Ryan West said to CHSAA.

Andie Armbrust, who coached the Coursers’ team, said during a flag football event at Vanguard in the fall, that she wants girls to have more opportunities.

Currently volleyball, cross country, softball and field hockey serve as sanctioned girls fall sports.

According to CHSAA, of the more than 1,300 participants, almost 75 percent had never played flag football before joining their high school team.

“This is another great sport that promotes teamwork,” Armbrust said. "For our team, they’re calling the plays and they are in control of the game. To give them that power will set them up as adults for knowing how to make decisions under pressure. So this is all a great learning opportunity for life lessons.”