"It was nice that they hyped it up and made the girls really feel part of the athletic program," said Bowie High School athletic director Jessica Brandt.
There's a lot to be excited about with the trajectory of girls' flag football. More stakeholders are seeing the possibilities for where the sport can go.
"In two to four years, I don't think you'll recognize this sport with the potential it has to blow up," Moore said. "The buzz is on an all-time high right now."
The Commanders want to do what they can to turn the buzz into sustainable growth. Part of that means helping more schools be able to implement the sport as an option.
"Without them \[the Commanders\] we probably would not have been able to start it because our budgets are so limited and nowadays people just don't do fundraising like they used to, and the parents are getting gouged every which way," Brandt said. "So, it's so nice that they put up the money for it to start and get it moving and all that."
Pushing the momentum with uniforms, learn-to-play clinics, media days and more helps transform dreams into reality. And that feeds on itself. It creates a path for others to follow.
"I was looking at them, and I was telling them, 'This is the first. You have a chance to establish something for people behind you to come and do," said Washington Legend Brian Mitchell, who participated in a Q&A session last week. "And I remember one of the little girls saying, 'I want to be that person that makes my little sisters want to come out here and do it.'"