The Gridiron Queens girls flag football club in Elgin offers has four middle school and four high school teams. Photo courtesy of the Gridiron Queens

Ceara Perry’s fun was always cut short.

Playing girls flag football at Larkin High School, Perry and her teammates took the field around homecoming every fall, but the “season” lasted only about two weeks. A few practices followed by one or two games, then an abrupt end that left Perry and her friends searching for another sport, trying to rekindle that same enjoyment.

“I just loved the sport so much,” Perry said. “I just really hoped that it would’ve been some type of how it is now … We had so many girls like myself that were so intrigued in the sport, and we hated that it was only that short time span.”

Years removed from graduation, P

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