BOTHELL — Jaelyn Phaysith snatched the flag of Highline’s quarterback and immediately put her hands together overhead.

The junior linebacker/designated rusher figured she recorded a safety to start off the Jackson girls flag football game against the Pirates at Pop Keeney Stadium on Thursday, but officials ruled that she pulled the flag just outside the end zone.

In any case, the sack set up fourth down, and Highline opted to ‘punt’ possession to the Timberwolves, which simply makes it first down for the ‘receiving’ team in their own end as opposed to having a physical punt and return.

That is just one of several key differences between tackle football and flag football, which the WIAA Representative Assembly officially sanctioned as a sport in April before the rules and exceptions we

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