FLAG FOOTBALL: Vote for who should be the Tampa Bay Girls Flag Football Player of the Week for Week 1 of the 2025 Season

With the 2025 Girls Flag Football Season underway in the Sunshine State, we are working hard in ramping up our coverage of girls flag football with the growth of the sport that has been seen in the Sunshine State over the last few years. As such, one of those initiatives in ramping up our coverage of girls flag football is to provide Player of the Week polls in our new condensed model of eight regions we will be using going forward in our coverage of not only girls flag football but in tackle football as well.

As such, Week 1 is in the books and we have looked at all the scores and all the game results from Week 1 and have narrowed our list down from the schools that play flag football and have posted statistics on MaxPreps in each region and have selected five deserving athletes for our Tampa Bay Girls Flag Football Player of the Week for Week 1. We encourage coaches to post statistics in MaxPreps to have athletes considered for our Girls Flag Football Player of the Week polls or submit them to joshua.wilson@floridahsfootball.com and write “Statistics/Player of the Week Nominations” in the subject line.

Voting lasts until 11:59 p.m. ET/10:50 p.m. CT on Sunday, March 2 with the winner announced on Monday, March 3.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This poll is meant to be fun and supportive, celebrating the hard work of the athletes. Please vote fairly and avoid using bots or automated systems. We reserve the right to discontinue the poll at any time if any issues arise. Let’s keep it about sportsmanship and recognition. Thanks for participating!

TAMPA BAY COUNTIES INCLUDE: Citrus, Hillsborough, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk

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WEEK 1 NOMINEES

QB Sydney Elizondo, Lennard (Ruskin), Jr.

Went 41-of-59 passing for 441 yards and 12 touchdowns in shutout victories over Leto and Plant City.

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QB Ava Kopp, Tampa Catholic, Sr.

Went 29-of-45 passing for 450 yards and seven touchdowns plus added 15 carries for 101 yards and four touchdowns in victories over Seffner Christian and Bayshore Christian.

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ATH KK Ramsey, Steinbrenner (Lutz), So.

Went 90-of-139 passing for 1,013 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for 21 carries and 159 yards rushing and seven more touchdowns on offense while recording 14 flag pulls, four pass deflections, and two interceptions on defense, including one that was returned for a touchdown in victories over Osceola (Seminole), East Lake, Tampa Bay Tech, Riverview (Riverview), and in a close loss to Alonso.

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QB/ATH Hayden Spano, Robinson (Tampa), Sr.

Went 16-of-28 passing for 171 yards and five touchdowns while adding three carries for 20 yards while recording six flag pulls and an interception on defense in a 33-6 victory over Bloomingdale.

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LB/WR Ellie Swain, St. Petersburg, Jr.

Had 11 catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns, along with six carries for 69 yards and a touchdown on offense, and recorded six flag pulls, three sacks, one quarterback hurry and interception return for a touchdown in victories over Northeast (St. Petersburg) and Hollins.