INDIANAPOLIS — Young Hoosiers are showing their classmates what it really means to "play like a girl," kicking off the first girls' high school flag football postseason.

In just two years' time, the state's girls' high school flag football league has grown nearly tenfold.

"It's great to see that girls can do what boys can even better," said Lawrence North flag football player Jaida Wheat.

Now considered an "emerging sport" by the Indiana High School Athletic Association, girls' flag football is one step closer to becoming officially sanctioned.

"This is monumental," said Donny Mimms, head coach of the Lawrence North girls' flag football team. "It shows that the growth of women's sports is loved in Indiana, and Indiana supports women's sports."

Mimms helped steer the statewide effort t

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