Raiders surprise Chaparral flag football team with new equipment

The Las Vegas Raiders visited Chaparral High School to surprise the school’s football and flag football teams with new equipment and present the Intermountain Health Impact Player of the Week award. The stop put the Raiders’ youth-football work directly in front of one of the area’s most visible high school flag programs.

The award itself is part of a weekly recognition the Raiders use for one youth football player from Nevada and Utah who goes above and beyond on and off the field. The club says student-athletes selected for the honor must also commit to the ELITE Academy Program, tying the award to a broader development track rather than a single game-day moment.

For Chaparral’s flag football players, the equipment drop carried a practical edge. New gear can ease one of the biggest hurdles for growing high school programs, especially in girls flag football, where schools are still building out rosters, staffing and support. The Raiders’ surprise gave Chaparral both a visible lift and a concrete sign that the program sits inside a larger pipeline.

That pipeline has shown up repeatedly in Raiders community work. The team’s high school flag football section also includes the Tom Flores Coach of the Week program, and previous Raiders coverage has featured Chaparral alongside Arbor View High School in a “Flag Football Spotlight” and in a separate gallery that hyped up the two schools’ matchup. Another Raiders photo gallery showed the club and Naqvi Injury Law donating new uniforms and equipment to the Clark High School and Chaparral High School flag football teams through the Champions for Safety program.

The Raiders have also staged other flag football showcases, including a Liberty vs. Palo Verde high school matchup on Feb. 2, 2024, and an open practice for teams headed to the NFL FLAG Championship on July 13, 2026. Taken together, those events show Chaparral is not a one-off stop for the franchise but part of a recurring route through its youth-football calendar.

That steady presence matters because it gives programs like Chaparral more than a photo opportunity. It connects a high school sideline in Las Vegas to a professional organization that keeps returning with equipment, recognition and visibility for the next wave of flag football players.