“It means a lot. When we first started the old flag football for girls, it was only like four or five teams. Now, we see over 100 teams all over the country traveling and playing with each other. I think there’s almost a million girls playing the sport now. So, just watching it grow from when we started until now, it’s been an amazing journey,” Clark said.<\/p>\n
Clark’s daughters Arianna and Adrianna both play flag football as well. Arianna was named the West Jersey Football League Player of the Year in 2024 after finishing the season with 38 receptions for 851 yards and 20 touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Watching them brings the Clark family together, as Aaron’s wife, Darlene, is currently in a battle with Stage 4 cancer.<\/p>\n
“Flag football for her has kind of been like an outlet. She gets to go out and enjoy watching her daughters play. She coaches with me at Mastery, so she would be having her chemotherapy days and was still trying to go to practice \u2013 she doesn’t miss a beat,” Clark said. “She pushes me a lot to really focus to push this for South Jersey, and I feel like we did a great job together getting the support to grow in our area. Hopefully we can continue getting more and more girls involved.”<\/p>\n
All of the traveling and time that goes into their teams is actually what brings the Clark family closer together.<\/p>\n
“I think it motivates them (his daughters) more especially having their mom and all of us cheering them on. I think they really love that. Everything we do with flag football is more of a family thing, so we’re always together,” Clark said.<\/p>\n
As the sport of flag football continues to grow among high schools, colleges, and all the way up to the 2028 Olympics, the work is still not done.<\/p>\n
Clark wants to get as many girls as possible playing the sport, as he has learned it can take them far beyond the playing field.<\/p>\n
“I think a message I would really like to give out is I would like more girls, especially in the South Jersey area, to give it a try. I know a lot of girls like softball, lacrosse, soccer, they want to focus on their sport and they’re not taking flag football seriously yet. But I would like for more girls to really get involved and just give flag football a chance. You never know, they might like it,” Clark said.<\/p>\n
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