Bears welcome five new girls flag football programs to Halas Hall

Gabby Hajduk

The Bears welcomed five Illinois high school girls flag football programs to Halas Hall Tuesday to watch a training camp practice and participate in a clinic inside the Walter Payton Center.

All five schools - Danville, West Aurora, Lakeview, Joliet Central and Zion Benton - are set to kick off the first season of their girls flag football programs after the sport was sanctioned by the Illinoi