The Nevada high school flag football season begins Monday. Teams across Southern Nevada are adapting to new rules, but the same teams are expected to contend in 5A.
Desert Oasis upset the two-time defending 5A state flag football champions Thursday and will play Palo Verde for this year’s title.
Liberty High’s Ki’Lolo Westerlund was featured in “NFL Flag 50,” a commercial during the Super Bowl that highlighted the rise in popularity of flag football nationally.
Liberty’s flag football team scored three third-quarter touchdowns to help the Patriots claim a road win in the Class 5A flag football state quarterfinals Tuesday.
Desert Oasis’ flag football team claimed a home win over Liberty on Wednesday. Here are photos from the game.
Palo Verde’s flag football team raced to an early lead and never looked back in a home win over Liberty in a battle of two of the top teams in Class 5A.
Jaylani Palmer made an impact on both sides of the ball as Shadow Ridge, the three-time defending state champion, earned a home victory over Liberty on Wednesday.
Liberty rolled to a home win over Del Sol in a flag football game Thursday night. Here are photos from the game.
Shadow Ridge has won the past three Class 5A flag football titles, but the Mustangs will face stiff competition from several other contenders.
Shadow Ridge defeated Liberty in a battle of the top two teams in the Review-Journal’s Class 5A rankings behind two touchdowns from Jaylani Palmer.
CCSD/State championships: 2022
CCSD/State runner-up finishes: None
Region championships: None
League championships: 2023, 2022
Program history
2024-25: 15-5 (7-4 5A Southern/fifth)
2023-24: 10-11 (3-8 5A Southern/ninth)
2022-23: 21-6 (13-1 4A Desert/first)
2021-22: 21-4 (12-0 4A Desert/first)
2020-21: No competition due to COVID
2019-20: 3-13 (1-9 4A Southeast/sixth)
2018-19: Not available
2017-18: 0-17 (0-10 Southeast/sixth)
2016-17: 3-13 (2-8 Southeast/tied fifth)
2015-16: 5-14 (3-5 Northeast/third)
2014-15: 8-10 (6-8 Northeast/fifth)
2013-14: 8-10 (7-9 Southeast/tied fifth)
2012-13: 6-12 (4-12 Southeast/seventh)