Constrained finances make it less likely Arlington Public Schools will add new high-school sports in the coming school year.
Left unfunded under Superintendent Francisco Durán’s $856 million proposed fiscal year 2027 school budget are staff proposals to add boys volleyball and girls flag football to athletic programming.
Perfect in a couple of significant ways — that’s how the Marymount University Saints finished their second championship women’s flag football season.
The top-seeded Saints capped their undefeated 15-0 spring campaign by winning the Atlantic East Conference tournament with a 2-0 record.
Not only is the Marymount University Saints’ flag football team undefeated this spring — the second-year squad has not allowed a point through nine games.
The Division III squad has outscored its opponents, 310-0, with its most recent win a 39-0 victory over Holy Family University in Philadelphia. Marymount’s closest game was a 12-0 road win over Eastern University.
