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Canada Stuns Team USA 27-20 to Win IFAF World Championship Gold in Düsseldorf
Canada is back on top of the flag football world. The Canadian women’s national team beat the United States 27-20 in the gold medal game of the IFAF Flag Football World Championships in Düsseldorf, Germany, claiming the program’s third world title — and its first since 2014.
Quarterback Sara Parker was named tournament MVP after throwing 23 touchdown passes across the championship, steering Canada through the knockout rounds and past the favored Americans in the final. Receiver Frederique Morneau scored three touchdowns during Canada’s title run.
The win continues a remarkable run for Canadian flag football and sends a warning ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics: the road to gold does not run through the United States alone. Canada had already established itself as the Americans’ most consistent rival, and in Düsseldorf it finished the job.
With the victory, Canada also locked up its place in the six-team Olympic field for LA28, where flag football will make its Games debut.
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Alabama Runs Deep: Undefeated Moody, Central and Montgomery Catholic All Sit in the National Top 15
If you want to find the center of the high school flag football universe, check Alabama. Three Alabama programs sit in the USA TODAY Super 25 national rankings — and the state’s No. 2 team hasn’t lost in 30 games.
Moody (17-0) is the streak story of the fall. The defending AHSAA Class 1A-5A champions picked up their 30th consecutive win this week, are ranked No. 7 in the Super 25 and No. 8 in the MaxPreps national rankings, and recently outscored three opponents 146-0 in a single week. Sophomore Sophie White put up 472 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns in one doubleheader. The Blue Devils’ title DNA is real: last December at Protective Stadium, quarterback Serenity Rutledge threw three touchdown passes — to Zoey Terry, White and Kennedy Hockman — and Cheyenne Moore returned an interception 48 yards for a score in a 27-18 final win over Montgomery Catholic.
Central of Phenix City (11-2) is Alabama’s No. 1 and the nation’s No. 5, powered by Savannah Sevier, who recently stacked 301 yards, four touchdowns, six flag pulls and four pass breakups in a single week. Montgomery Catholic (12-1), ranked No. 15 nationally, is right back in the hunt behind senior Hayden Fitts, who ran for three touchdowns and threw for another against Spain Park.
With Spain Park, Vestavia Hills, Boaz and Brewbaker Tech also ranked in the state Super 10, Alabama’s playoffs this winter might be the toughest tournament in the country.
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