Sportswire Spotlight: Varina brings first girls flag football team to Henrico Schools

Welcome to Season 3 of the Sportswire Spotlight podcast from Henrico County Public Schools! In our first episode of the 2025-26 school year, hosts Will Kaderli and Dylan Garner talk to senior Laila Egerton and coach Ashley Banks from Varina High School’s new girls flag football team: the Varina Snap Queens.

Laila and her coach describe how this team — the first girls flag football team at HCPS — came together and the potential of flag football in the region, along with the support the team has received and Laila’s various passions in track, boxing, aviation and JROTC.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ2Gaui3IMo