Mountain Vista wins second straight state flag football title, 48-26
Mountain Vista routed Legend 48-26 for its second straight girls flag football state title, stretching its winning streak to 38 games and cementing a Douglas County power.
Highlands Ranch’s Mountain Vista High School turned its second straight girls flag football state championship into a statement, beating Legend 48-26 in the Class 5A title game at Trailblazer Stadium on Oct. 25, 2025. The victory capped another undefeated season for the Mountain Lions and pushed their winning streak to 38 consecutive games, a run that has made them the standard for the sport in Colorado.
Quarterback Ariana Akey again drove the charge. The 2024 5A CHSAA Player of the Year was the centerpiece of Mountain Vista’s championship march, as the program repeated after also finishing unbeaten in its first sanctioned season. Legend had entered the final with just one other loss on its record, a 40-13 setback against Mountain Vista on Sept. 10, and the rematch followed a familiar script as the Mountain Lions controlled the title game from start to finish.
The repeat championship carried added weight because Mountain Vista is helping define what girls flag football looks like in Colorado. CHSAA sanctioned the sport for the 2024-25 school year after a 57-9 vote in April 2024, making Colorado the 11th state to do so. The first sanctioned season began in August 2024, and Mountain Vista immediately seized the opportunity, pairing an unbeaten debut with a second undefeated run and back-to-back titles.
That staying power has turned the program into more than a one-year breakthrough. Head coach Dana Srdoc said the defending champions knew they would have a target on their backs, and the results backed up that pressure. Senior captain Braelynn Looney called Akey “amazing” and “humble,” a description that fit a team built around star talent but strengthened by depth, discipline and repetition.
The win also points to a larger pipeline taking shape in Douglas County. Akey’s profile kept growing after the championship run, and in April 2026 she committed to Nebraska, becoming one of the first power-conference recruits in women’s flag football. With Trailblazer Stadium now part of Mountain Vista’s history, the program’s undefeated titles have set a benchmark not just for Highlands Ranch, but for every Colorado school trying to catch up.
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