When it comes to national high school flag football career records, Florida and Nevada have a big head start on the rest of the nation. But California, particularly the Sac-Joaquin Section, is quickly catching up.
MaxPreps compiled a
National High School Flag Football Record Book last year and the majority of entrants on the lists were from Nevada and Florida, which have been fielding the sport for nearly a decade.
However huge seasons by
Victory Bragg of
St. Mary's (Stockton),
Daisy Throckmorton of
McClatchy (Sacramento) and
Ariel Ochoa of
El Capitan (Merced) have helped California begin closing the gap in just the second season the state has held the sport.
Akemi Higa in action during Nevada's Class 5A state championship game in February. (PHOTO: Jenni Webber)
Bragg now sits atop the single-season passing yardage list with an astounding 9,202 yards. Her total topped the previous record by nearly 3,000 yards. Throckmorton finished in second place in single-season passing yardage with 8,625 yards while Ochoa crushed the records for single-season attempts and completions at 1,174 and 887, respectively.
Nevada and Florida players still hold most of the career marks, including the twin sister duo of
Akemi and
Akiko Higa. Members of the 2024 U17 girls national team and now seniors at
Desert Oasis (Las Vegas, Nev.), Akemi holds the passing yardage record with 17,755 yards while Akiko is second all-time in receptions (392), yardage (6,241) and touchdowns (113).
Another Nevada standout,
Kilolo Westerlund of
Liberty (Henderson, Nev.), holds all of the career receiving marks with 502 receptions, 8,456 yards and 127 touchdowns, however she graduated last spring. Akiko Higa has one year left to play in order to break all three records.
National flag football records include performances from the fall, winter and spring seasons. Not all states play the same amount of games during a regular season and thus some states have greater representation on the national record lists.
