Holding steady at No. 2 in this week's MaxPreps Top 25 high school flag football rankings, St. Charles North upended previously-unbeaten No. 10
Prospect (Mt. Prospect) with a 32-13 win in the state final. Quarterback
Kaelie Tomalak had 154 yards passing and a touchdown while
Alexzandria Richardson tallied 95 rushing yards with three scores and added five sacks defensively to lead St. Charles North.
The North Stars held 17 opponents to 10 points or less while averaging nearly 38 points per game.
Prospect was 21-0 heading into the state championship. The Knights were led by freshman quarterback
Madelyn Searle, who had 3,833 yards and 52 touchdowns passing with another 1,268 yards and 21 scores rushing heading into the state's final four.
CIF Southern Section postseason gets underway
No. 1
JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano) is among several ranked teams set to compete in the CIF Southern Section Open Division playoffs, which starts with 12-team pool play Wednesday.
The Open Division championship will be held Nov. 7 at Huntington Beach High School.
St. Charles North receiver Adeline Shook shakes off a Prospect defender, helping the No. 2 North Stars win a state championship in Illinois over the weekend. (PHOTO: Dan Svoboda)
The postseason brackets in Colorado have narrowed down to their respective final fours.
The state finals are set for Saturday at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood.
Arizona heating up
Eight of Arizona's top teams clashed in the second annual Fiesta Bowl Copper State Invitational with
Campo Verde (Gilbert) going 5-0 to claim the tourney title.
Sophomore
Jaiyana Bogan-Jacobs was named the tournament's MVP after scoring three times and coming up with an interception in the final.
Kansas state final postponed
The inaugural Kansas State High School Activities Association flag football state championship was postponed due to a deadly car accident at an adjacent field, multiple local news outlets reported Saturday. Two people, including a child, were killed after a vehicle reportedly drove through a youth soccer game at a nearby complex.
Oregon, Texas make big strides
The Oregon School Activities Association voted last week to become the 25th state to sanction girls flag football as a varsity sport.
The first officially sanctioned flag football season in the OSAA will take place this spring. Previous state championships have taken place in Oregon under the "emerging activity" label with
Tualatin,
Barlow (Gresham) and
Banks claiming recent titles.
Meanwhile, the University Interscholastic League in Texas on Monday approved flag football as a pilot program and plans to start with two classifications in the 2028-29 school year, according to the Dallas Morning News. It it still to be determined which season the sport will be played in Texas.
Texas has held previous unsanctioned state championship competition, which were co-sponsored by the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans.
Read on for a complete look at this week's rankings.
MaxPreps Top 25
1. JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)Record: 24-0 |
Last week: 1
2. St. Charles North (St. Charles, Ill.)Record: 26-0 | Last week: 2
Record: 16-4 | Last week: 3
4. Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, Calif.)Record: 20-4 |
Last week: 5
5. Greenbrier (Evans, Ga.)Record: 10-0 | Last week: 6
6. Chaparral (Parker, Colo.)Record: 17-0 | Last week: 7
