Stifling an explosive BelovED Charter offense until the final play from scrimmage, top-seeded Ridgewood – the top-ranked team in the NJ.com Top 20 – cruised to a 26-6 victory over fifth-seeded BelovED Charter on a rainy day in RIdgewood in the Super Football Conference – North Division playoff semifinals.

Here are The News-Press 2025 All-Area First Team, Second Team, Honorable Mention and Coach of the Year selections for Flag Football.

The NFL voted to keep the tush push a legal play and to let its players play in the Olympics. | Episode 444: May 23, 2025.

Sources: Tempers flare as Eagles defend tush push in heated debate - ESPN The voting finished just two votes short of the needed 75 percent, with a final vote of 22-10, and it's possible that Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie's hour-long speech pushed a couple of teams back into the "no" column on the vote.

Taylor Jones, a freshman at Newark Central High School, was the first flag football player in New Jersey to to pass and run for over 1,000 yards each.

The Silver and Black are partnering with Clark County School District and its middle school athletic department to form the Silver and Black League for middle school flag football, the team announced Thursday at Sig Rogich Middle School in Summerlin.

The city of Indianapolis will undoubtedly feel the aches and pains of losing Colts owner, Jim Irsay, who passed away on Wednesday in Los Angeles, California. He

Harrison saw its eight-game winning streaked ended by a 14-13 loss to Secaucus in the NJIC Tournament. Harrison had defeated Secaucus 31-7 two days earlier ended its six-game unbeaten streak. Middletown South dropped its first game, 6-0, to upstart Pinelands in the Shore Cinference Tournament semifinals.