Nevada State University played in the state’s first college flag football game on Friday.
Nevada State played fellow NAIA school La Sierra in the first of four games hosted by the Las Vegas Raiders at the Intermountain Performance Center.
The Scorpions defeated La Sierra, 51-20, at the Henderson indoor field.
The high school version of flag football has grown rapidly in Nevada and the NIAA was one of the first organizations in the country to recognize it as a varsity sport.
The event was marked by a ceremony featuring Nevada State leadership and Raiders representatives, including Raiders senior director of football development Myles Hayes and Nevada State acting President Dr. Amber Lopez Lasater.
Three other games were played, featuring teams from Arizona State and Arizona Christian University.