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2012
NSFFL
Competes for a National Championship
For the second
year in a row the NSFFL took a team of 9-11 division boys to
the NFL FLAG National tournament of Champions in Florida.
The team of 8 boys made up of players from across the NSFFL
made the trip to the NFL FLAG regionals in CT last October
and won the tournament!! qualifying them for the NFL FLAG
Nationals.
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2012
North Shore
Patriots Headed Back to Nationals
For the second
straight year, coaches Danny Batista and Jonathan Riviera
are taking the 9- to 11-year-old Patriots of the North Shore
Flag Football League back to the nationals. The event will
be held in Florida once again, but this year it will be at
Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale instead of
Disney World.
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2011
New England
Championship Series
Sunday Dec 4th
saw Woburn high school hold the first ever NEW ENGLAND
Championship series. In previous years the NSFFL organized
the "Championship series" for all the NSFFL league Champions
to compete at the end of the season to see who would be
crowned Champions of Champions.
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2011
Buddy Bowl
Last Saturday
the NSFFL entered the 9-11 NSFFL Patriots in the Buddy bowl
for the first time. The NSFFL Patriots are the 8 boys that
won the New England regional this past October in CT and are
heading to the Nationals next Jan in Florida to represent
the North East, the team will be practicing and scrimmaging
all the way through until they leave for nationals.
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HERE
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2011
NFL Flag
Regional
Sunday, Oct 16th
the NSFFL sent 2 all-star teams to compete in the annual NFL
FLAG regionals held in New Canaan, CT. The NSFFL Patriots
entered the co-ed 9-11 division as defending Champions and
the NSFFL Patriots also entered the 12-14 girls division and
looking to improve on last years 3rd place finish. The North
East regional had 52 teams compete from 9 different states
all vying for a trip to the NFL FLAG Nationals to be held in
Tampa, Florida, Jan 2012.
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story [
HERE
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2011
Syracuse
Tournament
Last Saturday 2
teams made up of players from across the NSFFL made the trip
to Syracuse, NY to compete in the Clay Panthers 1st annual
flag football tournament. The tournament was set in
Liverpool, NY just outside Syracuse at a nice football
facility with many fields, concessions and everything else
that was need for a successful tournament. The NSFFL sent 2
all-star teams to enter the 9-11 and 15-17 divisions.
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2011
NSFFL's
Championship Series
Sunday, June
18th saw teams from the 6 North Shore Flag Football leagues
compete to find out who would be Champions of Champions. The
combined win/loss record of the teams in the tournament was
75-14-2 and for the first time included "A" and "B"
Champions. The NSFFL Spring season typically finishes
earlier than most other local leagues so only NSFFL teams
take part in the tournament.
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2011
Football
Festival 2011
The 2011
Football festival was for the second year in a row a two day
event featuring 61 teams in 4 age groups from MA, NH, RI,
NY, NJ, PA, FL. There were 118 games of flag football played
with the first day of games were all played at Endicott
College in Beverly, MA where teams played 2 games and were
seeded for the next day Harvard stadium playoffs
Championships.
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HERE
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2011
NSFFL
competes at Team X National Tourn. May 8th
The NSFFL sent 4
teams to compete in the Team X tournament in PA this past
May 8th. The league entered the NSFFL Patriots into the 9-11
division, the Lynn Bengals into the U14 division, the NSFFL
All-stars into the 15-17 division and the girls into the
12-16 girls division.
The teams traveled down to PA together in a 55 seater coach
and stayed over at a local Quakertown Best Western hotel.
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2011
NSFFL
Competes in NFL FLAG National Tournament of Champions
Feb 24th 2011, 8
boys from the North Shore Flag football league along with
their parents, made the trip to Disneyland in sunny south
Florida for the NFL FLAG National tournament of Champions.
24 teams in total from across the USA representing 3 age
groups and 8 regional qualifiers made the trip courtesy of
the NFL to compete for a National title.
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story [
HERE
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2010
Champions of
Champions
Last Sunday Dec
5th, the 5th Championship series played its games at
Endicott College in Beverly, MA. To date the Championship
Series has been played in Danvers, Peabody and Lynn and with
the huge increase in numbers in the Beverly league this past
fall, it was fitting to hold the Tournament of Champions in
Beverly.
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story [
HERE
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2010
Adult Flag
Football Tournament
Coaches and dads
from the NSFFL in Peabody entered an adult flag football
tournament last weekend as the Peabody Senior Raiders in
what turned out to be a competitive but great day of flag
football.
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story [
HERE
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2010
NFL FLAG NY
JETS Regional Qualifier CHAMPIONS!!!
Every year the
NSFFL takes teams to the NFL FLAG regional qualifier, last
year the league took one team to the NY Jets qualifier and 2
teams to the Baltimore qualifier. This year the league took
all three teams to the NY Jets regional qualifier which was
held at the NY Jets practice facility on November 7th. The
three teams, 9-11 Division - NSFFL Patriots, 12-14 Division
- NSFFL Bengals and the 12-14 Girls division - NSFFL Jets
all took a 55 seater bus along with parents, coaches and
family.
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story [
HERE
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2010
Redefining
Special Needs
The Special
Olympics Flag Football Tournament at Harvard
On October 17, 2010, over 150 athletes in 12 teams from
around Massachusetts descended upon the Harvard playing
fields for a flag football tournament organized jointly by
Special Olympics Massachusetts and students from HKS and
HBS.
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story [
HERE
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2010
5th Annual
Football Festival
This year the
5th annual "Football Festival" for the first time ever was a
2 day event. Saturday 19th all round robin games were played
at Manning stadium in Lynn, MA and the
Playoffs/Championships were played inside Gillette stadium,
Foxboro, MA on June 20th. 52 youth teams in 5 age categories
took part in the event with teams competing from MA, NH, RI,
CT, NY, PA, FL.
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story [
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2010
Championship
Series Spring 2010
Sunday June 13th
saw the 4th Championship series take place at Bishop Fenwick
high school in Peabody, MA. 18 Championship teams took part
from the NSFFL and competed in all 4 age categories that are
offered. The combined record of teams entering the
tournament was 113-5-2
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story [
HERE
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2010
Team X
Tournament
Sunday May 16th
TEAM X hosted a tournament in Quakertown, PA and the NSFFL
entered its first ever team into a U16 category. 8 players
from Peabody and Lynn made up the all-star team that made
the 7 hour drive to compete in the tournament. 6 of the
players drove down the day before while 2 players set of
EARLY in the morning to make the tournament and represent
the NSFFL.
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story [
HERE
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2010
Granite Bowl
Flag Football Tournament
The NSFFL took a
9-11 division all-star team to take part in the Granite Bowl
at SNHU. The team included Spencer Persson, Devon Allen,
Cameron Loizides, Nick LePore, Caesar Lopez, Jordan and
Tyrese Joseph. The NSFFL is still looking for ALL-STAR
players for the NFL Regional tournament this fall and so far
from scrimmages and tournaments the league has selected 4
players to represent the league they are Devon Allen
(Peabody), Spencer Persson (Peabody) and Henny Vlaun
(Salem)...
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2010
Charity Bowl
Spring 2010
Last Sunday,
March 28th the Lynn, Salem, Peabody and Beverly Police/Fire
Depts took advantage of some nice weather as they achieved
grid iron glory in the name of Charity. There were 4 flag
football games on the day at the impressive Manning stadium
in Lynn and in the first game of the day the Salem police
took on the Beverly police, the game went back and forth as
both teams were playing in the 'Charity bowl" for the first
time but it was the Salem police that would come out on top
as they secured the victory...
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2010
Shane Rigney
1978-2010
Shane Rigney
that coached, reffed and helped out with the league since
day one passed away early morning on Jan 14th.
Shane was on the board for the NSFFL and was instrumental in
the smooth running of the league since it started. Shane
never had any kids in the program but coached every season
since its inception. Shane, a teacher in Peabody, Lynn and
more recently Winthrop always put the kids first in and out
of school.
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2009
Punt, Pass &
Kick
If not for an
unfortunate punt that went off the side of her foot,
Peabody's Taylor Dabney would probably be headed for the
Nationals at the AFC Championship Game next month. The
Higgins Middle School eighth grader was second at the
sectional round of the Punt, Pass, and Kick competition
recently at Gillette Stadium.
"I hit it wrong, and the ball rolled off my ankle," said the
13-year old.
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story [
HERE
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2009
Let It Fly
Tournament
The North Shore
flag football league is officially over for the 2009 season
and going into hibernation until the spring. This past
weekend the league sent a total of 5 teams to play in the
let it Fly tournament held at Charlestown high school. The
weather was the worst the league has seen all year but
despite the conditions the tournament went ahead and every
team played at least three games.
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story [
HERE
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2009
NSFFL's
Championship Series
Last Saturday
November 28th saw the 3rd championship series held at the
impressive Manning stadium in Lynn, MA. In all, 25 teams
competed in 4 age categories representing 8 different towns
and cities from MA, NH and CT, the combined record of teams
entering the tournament was 179-18-2.
In the 5-6
division Peabody and Beverly represented the NSFFL as thier
respective champions.
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2009
Baltimore
Ravens NFL Regional Qualifier
Last Saturday
November 7th two teams from the North Shore traveled to
Baltimore, MD to compete in the NFL FLAG regional qualifier
with the hopes of advancing to the Nationals next January.
Players and parents made the 10 hour drive from Peabody, MA
to Preston, MD with teams made up of players from Revere,
Peabody and Lynn.
The tournament
had 33 teams enter in the 9-11 co-ed, 12-14 boys and 12-14
girls categories, there were teams from MD, MA, IA, NJ, NY,
CT and OH.
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story [
HERE
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2009
NY Jets NFL
Flag Regional Qualifier
Last weekend the
NSFFL 9-11 all-star team traveled to the New York Jets
regional qualifier held at the magnificent NY Jets practice
facility in Florham park, NJ. The team put together with
players from Peabody, Lynn and Salem were coached by long
time coach Batista (Peabody Steelers) and went to NJ with
high expectations and the chance to move on to the Nationals
held in 2010 in conjunction with the Pro Bowl in Florida.
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2009
Punt, Pass &
Kick Competition
Last Saturday at
Emerson park in Peabody the NSFFL league organized its first
ever NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition.
The competition
was free and open to any boy or girl aged between 8-15, on
the day around 50 kids turned up to display their punting,
passing and kicking skills.
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"I just want to tell you how much my son Jacob
LOVES the flag football program. He can't wait
to play again and really looking forward to the
Spring season. Thank you for organizing such a
wonderful program!"
Joy Gustin, Peabody
"Just wanted to thank you for a great Fall Flag
Football season! It was my first time as a coach
of anything, but I had a great time! Thanks for starting a great league!"
Frances Pratt, Beverly
"Thank you for giving the boys that opportunity
to play flag last night. They
had a blast. I am sure they will be talking
about it for a while. These are the
things that make good kids."
Cheryl Atkinson, Lynn
I
just wanted to say i am so glad i didnt let my
son quit before trying it out, He had a blast
today. Thanks
Kelly Fitzgerald, Revere
I just wanted to take a minute to tell you
what a pleasure it has been to be invloved
with this league. I have coached many sports
in many different levels and this is by far
the most organized and best run
organization i have ever been involved in. It
has been all about the KIDS which is
something that has been lost in some other
sports. Thank you for making this a part of
mine and my kids lives that we will look
back on with great memories.
Frank DeFranco, Salem
Wow Saturday was such a blast! Thanks so
much for bringing NSFFL to Danvers! There
has been so much positive talk around the
town-we love it! I am so fortunate to have
my son Brad playing for the Ravens (5 and 6
yr olds) on the Dec. 5th at
Endicott.
Amy Wilichoski, Danvers
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