It's not your mother’s powder puff football and it’s not a new sport, but girls flag football has seen exponential growth. CBS 8 recently met some young female athletes in Spring Valley, and their league is just an example of the expanding reach of this brand of football. “Females like to play football too and it’s going to be fun to work together and just have a nice football game,” said Zariah Ferrell, a flag football player for She Rocks SD. Many of them sprinting, dodging and weaving their way to playing a sport that has usually been male dominated. “A couple of years ago my sister used to play with all boys. Personally, I think she was better than all of them. And she inspired me to play with different people,” said Maya Brown. The NFL has been an outspoken supporter of girls flag football, you may even remember a Super Bowl ad featuring Diana Flores. The Mexican flag football quarterback who won a world championship last year. She's been resonating with small leagues that never thought they would see a Mexican female flag football player taking the game forward. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/sports/flag-football-could-soon-be-a-girls-high-school-sport-in-san-diego/509-26057160-45ac-4a69-bc59-5dd840a42c71