The program is a free four-week endeavour for kids aged 6 to 15 years who want to try out flag football and have never played before

On one side of a line, marked by black and yellow flags, stood a team of children, all of whom wore flags around their waist. Article content

On the other side, in the middle of a square lined out in the field at McMahon Stadium, stood another cohort flanked by Micah Teitz and Kelon Thomas of the Calgary Stampeders. Article content

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A whistle sounded. And the battle began.

Children aged six to fifteen tussled for the flags around their waists, either darting deftly out of grasp or diving to catch one hanging of an unaware opponent. Thomas found himself up against his most difficult opponent yet, a boy who squealed and

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