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Utah's first girls' high school flag football league began its inaugural season recently.

Brandon Heaney, a former BYU football player, called the new sport an opportunity for girls to "express their athleticism."

The new league aims to make flag football an officially sanctioned Utah high school sport.

PARK CITY — The state's first girls' high school flag football league has started its inaugural season.

The Utah High School Girls Football Association has teams in high schools across the state, including Park City High School.

That's where Erin Miller coaches 34 girls in eighth through 12th grade.

"It went from eight the week before school started, before we knew it, we were just like, 'We don't have enough jerseys,'" she said.

She and her co-head coach, Brandon Hean

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