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Pan Pac boys win 13-and-under flag football city championship

If flag football isn’t America’s fastest growing sport, it sure has to be up there along with women’s wrestling, indoor bouldering and skateboarding, all of which are recent additions to the Olympic Games.

In early 2022, the NFL announced its intention to grow its international business to $1 billion annually. To help achieve this, the league lobbied to get flag football included in the upcoming 2028 Olympics, which happen to be here in Los Angeles.

The NFL knows a winning combination when it sees one. Ten-hut Ten boys represented Pan Pacific Park Recreation Center last month in the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Flag Football Championships, which they won.

The team consisted of players chosen from Pan Pacific’s four-team league. The season was 10 games long and, afterward, each coach nominated players from his team to represent Pan Pacific in the city tournament. Park director

Eric Calhoun made the final selection for the All Star squad that competed against the city’s other Recreation and Parks teams.

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