Two former National Football League players made the trip to Plattsburgh to share their wisdom.Section VII’s second annual high school girls’ flag football kickoff event featured two former New York Giants, Rich Seubert and Brandon London, sharing their NFL experience with the players ahead of their fourth season in varsity flag football. “It’s really an amazing experience,” said Beekmantown senior girls’ flag football player Jillian Hagadorn. “They taught us new skills and things we didn’t even know before. Just learning new skills from them and being able to apply it to our game is just really great.”Seubert and London were both a part of the 2007 Super Bowl championship Giants team, which took down the previously undefeated New England Patriots, who entered the Super Bowl with an 18-0 record. London, as a practice player for the Giants at the time, reflected on how he had to act as Randy Moss for his scout team that week. He also shared how the older veterans, like Seubert, were key role models in what helped that team pull off a tremendous feat when winning his Super Bowl championship. “Eli Manning, Plaxico Burress, Michael Strahan, Jeremy Shockey, guys that I all looked up to in that locker room,” London said. “To be able to have a bunch of leaders who are unfiltered and politically correct made sure to set the tone and instill that with us that resonates with me to this day. It was the group of guys in that locker room that made it even more special for a guy like me.”London and Seubert taught a lot of the skills they also absorbed in that locker room. They shared their wisdom on how to pass, catch and flag pull, along with the aid of several other local volunteers in various drills spread throughout the Plattsburgh State fieldhouse. “I thought it was pretty cool,” Seubert said. “To see this gym full of young athletes was pretty special to see them having fun.”Both Section VII and the New York Giants hope their combined efforts will help the continued growth of the sport for future generations to give girls’ flag football a try. “It’s really important,” said Beekmantown girls’ flag football player Natalie Stone. “The sport has already grown so much in the four years that we’ve played, and I can’t wait to see how it goes in the next 10 years.””It means it’s working,” London said. “The game is growing, and this is giving an outlet for a bunch of little girls to grow up and look up to someone and be able to play the game of flag at a young age.”Beekmantown is one of the better examples of the growth of a Section VII girls’ flag football team. The Eagles won their first Section VII championship in the second season of the sport, turning that sectional into two state playoff wins to eventually become the first-ever team in Section VII girls’ flag football history to reach the New York state final four. “We learned so much making it that far,” Stone said. “To be able to teach a whole new group of girls what it takes is just really exciting for us.”The first official game of the 2026 Section VII girls’ flag football season kicks off on Monday. March 30. Northern Adirondack High School will play Northeastern Clinton High School during the section’s opening day game in Champlain, New York, at 5 p.m.

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. —

Two former National Football League players made the trip to Plattsburgh to share their wisdom.

Section VII’s second annual high school girls’ flag football kickoff event featured two former New York Giants, Rich Seubert and Brandon London, sharing their NFL experience with the players ahead of their fourth season in varsity flag football.

“It’s really an amazing experience,” said Beekmantown senior girls’ flag football player Jillian Hagadorn. “They taught us new skills and things we didn’t even know before. Just learning new skills from them and being able to apply it to our game is just really great.”

Seubert and London were both a part of the 2007 Super Bowl championship Giants team, which took down the previously undefeated New England Patriots, who entered the Super Bowl with an 18-0 record.

London, as a practice player for the Giants at the time, reflected on how he had to act as Randy Moss for his scout team that week. He also shared how the older veterans, like Seubert, were key role models in what helped that team pull off a tremendous feat when winning his Super Bowl championship.

“Eli Manning, Plaxico Burress, Michael Strahan, Jeremy Shockey, guys that I all looked up to in that locker room,” London said. “To be able to have a bunch of leaders who are unfiltered and politically correct made sure to set the tone and instill that with us that resonates with me to this day. It was the group of guys in that locker room that made it even more special for a guy like me.”

London and Seubert taught a lot of the skills they also absorbed in that locker room. They shared their wisdom on how to pass, catch and flag pull, along with the aid of several other local volunteers in various drills spread throughout the Plattsburgh State fieldhouse.

“I thought it was pretty cool,” Seubert said. “To see this gym full of young athletes was pretty special to see them having fun.”

Both Section VII and the New York Giants hope their combined efforts will help the continued growth of the sport for future generations to give girls’ flag football a try.

“It’s really important,” said Beekmantown girls’ flag football player Natalie Stone. “The sport has already grown so much in the four years that we’ve played, and I can’t wait to see how it goes in the next 10 years.”

“It means it’s working,” London said. “The game is growing, and this is giving an outlet for a bunch of little girls to grow up and look up to someone and be able to play the game of flag at a young age.”

Beekmantown is one of the better examples of the growth of a Section VII girls’ flag football team. The Eagles won their first Section VII championship in the second season of the sport, turning that sectional into two state playoff wins to eventually become the first-ever team in Section VII girls’ flag football history to reach the New York state final four.

“We learned so much making it that far,” Stone said. “To be able to teach a whole new group of girls what it takes is just really exciting for us.”

The first official game of the 2026 Section VII girls’ flag football season kicks off on Monday. March 30. Northern Adirondack High School will play Northeastern Clinton High School during the section’s opening day game in Champlain, New York, at 5 p.m.