Some serious bragging rights were on the line of scrimmage at the first girls championship flag football game Sunday at Stevenson High School.

In an overtime victory, the Illini - a team of senior girls - beat the Jets - a team of junior girls.

More than 500 Stevenson students participated on 43 teams in the flag football league. While it was the league's second season, it was the first year girls participated, and 100 girls signed up to play, said Ken Latka, the school's intramural coordinator.

The physical game between the Illini and the Jets included tons of penalty flags as the girls crashed into each other many times while trying to grab each other's flags.

Latka, who was the game's announcer, reminded the teams twice to take it easy.

"This is just a friendly reminder that this is a no-contact league," he said over the loudspeaker.

The game went into overtime with the score 6-6. A few minutes into the overtime, the Jets scored a touchdown. The Illini answered immediately with a score of its own and proceeded to make a one-point conversion to win the game.

Senior Pam Kove scored the final Illini touchdown.

Junior Michaelia Figgins scored a touchdown for the Jets. Figgins said she knew the game was going to be physical before it started.

"It's a junior-senior type of thing," Figgins said. "The girls on both teams are competitive, and it just gets catty sometimes."

Jets teammate Megan Brown agreed with Figgins.

"We'll take it next year," she said.

Besides the girls game, there were championship games for freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior boys. Later on Sunday, the Illini faced off against a faculty team of women, and the winner of the senior boys game battled a team of faculty men. Winners in each division received T-shirts.

Admission to the games cost $2 per person. The admission money will be donated to the Disability Outreach Foundation, which promotes sporting opportunities for students who use wheelchairs.

Latka said more than $1,000 will probably be raised for the foundation.