Tennessee girls flag football: Pearl-Cohn, Hillsboro video from MNPS title game
Pearl-Cohn defeated Hillsboro 26-18 for the MNPS girls flag football title. Watch the highlights.
Four Pearl-Cohn High School girls flag football players are headed to Cumberland University, a unique opportunity as the sport has grown at the college and high school levels.The TSSAA is considering sanctioning girls flag football for the 2025-26 school year.
Going into her senior year, Pearl-Cohn’s Dyna’C Davis knew she wanted to go to college.
She didn’t know where. Austin Peay was her leading choice. One of her other Pearl-Cohn girls flag football teammates, Madison Woodard, was in the same boat. She was considering Tennessee College of Applied Technology.
Then a unique opportunity arose. The two signed to play at Cumberland University for flag football, which is an emerging TSSAA sport. Teammates Tatiana Groves and Khira Johnson both plan to do the same later this spring.
Four years ago, that was nowhere near their radar.
“I never thought I’d be signing a scholarship to play flag football, ever,” Davis said.
Woodard threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more, and Davis intercepted a pass in Pearl-Cohn’s 26-18 win over Hillsboro for the Metro Nashville Public Schools title on May 2 at McGavock. It was Pearl-Cohn’s second consecutive title.
Both schools advanced to the TSSAA’s first state invitational May 7-8. Hosting a postseason tournament is another step forward for the sport, which potentially could receive TSSAA sanctioning for the 2025-26 school year.
Woodard thought flag football was a fun experience when MNPS began offering the…
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Publish date : 2025-05-03 03:16:00
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