Atlanta Falcons & GA Athletic Coaches showcase best of Bulloch’s flag football players

Kaylee Haas, Ainsleigh Littles, Riley Lamb, Emma Yates, Abigail Morgan. Portal and Southeast Bulloch flag football athletes at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. These athletes were five of 35 players selected as Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-Stars for their sport. They were also invited to play in a flag football exhibition during halftime of the Atlanta Falcons game on January 1.

In the first three years of flag football being introduced in Bulloch County Schools, its three high schools have embraced the sport and are setting the bar high with two state championships and two state runner-up titles. Now five of the school district’s best athletes were chosen this year for the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA) All-Star Flag Football game rosters, Portal’s Emma Yates was selected as the event’s Player of the Game, and the all-stars also were invited to exhibit the sport at halftime during the Atlanta Falcons’ game on New Year’s Day.

The inaugural GACA All-Star Game took place on December 29, at Glynn County Stadium in Brunswick. The game roster featured 35 players and included two athletes from Portal Middle High School and three from Southeast Bulloch High School.

Emma Yates, who plays quarterback, and Riley Lamb, a running back and linebacker, were the two players selected from Portal for the All-Star Game roster.  GACA Vice President Tina Hester presented Yates with the Player of the Game trophy during an on-field ceremony after the game. Southeast Bulloch’s All-Star players were Abigail Morgan, who plays center, Kaylee Haas, a defensive back, and Ainsleigh Littles, a quarterback and running back.  

Portal’s Emma Yates (right) receives the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Game’s Player of the Game trophy from GACA Vice President Tina Hester (left) during a post-game ceremony.

These skilled ladies helped lead their Blue team to a 12-0 victory over the White team, with Southeast Bulloch’s Abigail Morgan catching a touchdown pass from Portal’s Emma Yates during the game. Coaches David Yates of Portal and Marci and Nick Cochran of Southeast Bulloch were also selected as coaches for the game.

Portal was the first of Bulloch County’s public high schools to add flag football as a sport in 2020. They finished their first season as the Georgia High School Association’s Class A-AAAA state runner-up, and claimed the runner-up title a second time in 2021, after an historic match up with Southeast Bulloch High School.  Southeast Bulloch claimed the A-4A state title in its inaugural season that year and again in 2022.

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