Bahamas’ Inaugural High School Flag Football Tournament

The Bahamas Youth Flag Football League (BYFFL) recently hosted the country’s first-ever high school flag football tournament at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. The competition included St Augustine’s College, Kingsway Academy, St John’s College, and Queen’s College. The tournament featured two divisions – under-14 and over-14. In the under-14 division, the Big Red Machine emerged as champions, defeating Kingsway 29-6. Meanwhile, Kingsway won the over-14 division, with a 28-12 win over SAC.

Jayson Clarke, the programme director for the event, praised the athletes from the competing schools for their impressive performances. He hopes to see some of them join the BYFFL to improve the league’s talent pool. In the under-14 standings, SAC and Kingsway led the way, while Kingsway was undefeated in the over-14 standings.

Michael Moss, head coach of SAC, said it felt awesome to win the tournament’s first high school flag football championship in the under-14 division. Quarterback Ayden Moss and wide receiver Desarian Smith led the way for SAC with their excellent performances on the field.

BYFFL aims to expand its league and integrate flag football into the high school curriculum. The schools involved in the tournament will receive adequate flag football equipment to facilitate the new sport, thanks to the funds raised at this year’s inaugural event.