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The Dallas Cowboys Foundations, the charitable wing of the five-time Super Bowl Champion franchise, presented an $11,000 grant to the Cedar Hill ISD Girls Flag Football Program.

“The Cedar Hill ISD is incredibly grateful to the Dallas Cowboys Foundations and the Jones Family for this amazing opportunity,” Cedar Hill ISD Superintendent Dr. Gerald Hudson said. “Our scholars were very excited to compete in Flag Football last year, and this experience takes the sport to a whole new level.”

The program was announced on Saturday, March 1 to align with the first day of Women's History Month. Cowboys Co-Owner Charlotte Jones, NFL Vice President of Flag Football Stephanie Kwok and Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott were on hand for the initial press conference on Saturday in Arlington. The event featured a jersey reveal by several teams.

The hope is that flag football will eventually become a UIL-sanctioned sport. The Cowboys are collaborating with the other 31 franchises in the NFL to promote girls' Flag Football.

CHISD's Flag Football League started last spring as an intramural league played on the Cedar Hill High School campus.

This spring will feature interscholastic competition with 53 other teams from throughout the Metroplex, beginning with a preseason kickoff event on March 22 at The Star/Ford Center in Frisco.

The first two weeks of competition will take place at The  Star/Ford Center on March 29 and April 5, respectively.

Cedar Hill will host on April 12, followed by a bye week for Easter on April 19.

Competition will return to The Star/Ford Center for April 26, followed by Crowley ISD for May 3.

Playoffs will begin at  Dallas ISD’s Kincaid Stadium the week of May 10, followed by a Championship Game on May 22 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

For more information about this effort, visit www.DallasCowboys.com/GirlsFlag.