VHS girls set to debut varsity flag football

Jessica Durbano, left, a 15-year-old sophomore, runs with the ball as Emily Zwayer, a 15-year-old freshman, pulls her flag during practice for the school’s first flag football team.

The Villages High School is jumping onboard with one of the nation’s fastest-growing interscholastic sports.

VHS debuted its new flag football team Monday night — just ahead of the program’s home debut at 7 p.m. tonight against Belleview at The H.G. Morse Range — as the Buffalo embark on their inaugural season.

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