Urbana hosts Richwoods, Belleville East in Girls Flag Football Action



IHSA girls flag football enters its second season. Urbana takes on Richwoods and Belleville East tonight at home.


Urbana flag football player Zaniyah Ward

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

URBANA - Urbana’s Zaniyah Ward runs the football during the Tigers’ home game against Champaign Central on Sept. 3. Looking for their first win of the season, the Urbana girls flag football team hosts a doubleheader this afternoon, beginning at 4 p.m. against the Richwoods Knights (3-1). In the nightcap, scheduled for 6 p.m., the Tigers will face the Belleville East Lancers (3-1). This is the second year of the IHSA-sanctioned high school sport in Illinois. As part of the triangular format, the Knights and Lancers will meet at 5:15 p.m.

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