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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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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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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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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2009

Plymouth, MA Jamboree!

8 teams competed in three age divisions from MA and NH and the NSFFL league entered two teams into the 9-11 and 12-14 divisions.

Thank you to all the players and parents that made the trip south and a big thank you to the tournament organizer for having us and all the teams we played in great spirits.

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2009

West Roxbury High Youth Flag Football Tournament

This past Sunday the NSFFL league organized 2 teams to travel to West Roxbury High school to participate in a youth flag football tournament.

There were two two divisions offered, U12 and U14 and the league entered one team in each division.

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2009

4th Annual Football Festival

The 4th Annual Football Festival tournament organized by the North Shore Flag Football League was played on the beautiful New England Patriots practice fields with Gillette stadium providing an eye catching back drop.

The tournament had 44 teams competing in 5 different categories and saw teams from as far away as Miami, FL compete.

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2009

NSFFL's Championship Series

Last Sunday June 28th the 2009 spring flag football season finally came to an end as the league organized the second bi-annual Championship series. The Championship Series was introduced last fall and brings together the Championship teams from each town/city in the NSFFL.

In the fall of '08 Peabody, Beverly and Lynn from the 7-8 division competed in the first ever Championship series with Beverly being crowned the first ever Champion of Champions.

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2009

Chick-Fil-A free ice cream and more!

Chick-Fil-A is a proud sponsor of the North Shore Flag Football league.

    
For all leagues this season Chick-Fil-A is offering a FREE ice cream to any player that makes a purchase while wearing his or her flag football jersey.
The offer is open for the duration of the season at Chick-fil-a which is located at the North Shore Mall in Peabody.

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2009

Charity Bowl

The North Shore Flag Football League is organizing the first annual Charity Bowl between the Peabody and Lynn Police and Fire Departments.

The game scheduled for Sunday March 29th at the new Manning field in Lynn will see the Peabody Police dept take on the Lynn police dept followed by the Lynn Fire Dept V's the Peabody Fire dept.

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2009

NSFFL Cheering Program

For the first season, only Peabody will be involved in the cheering program and then over time the other North Shore flag football towns will introduce cheer.
    
Flag Football cheering is fun, fun, fun, low commitment, low cost and no stress. There are no tournaments, no travel, no worries, just show up once a week to practice and then cheer.

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2009

Girl Power

When it comes to flag football there is not a lot that Peabodys kenia McKeon has not done.

Kenia was one of the first girls to start playing NFL flag football in Peabody and along with her brother won the championship in her first season. Since that time (fall 2004) Kenia has put together quite an impressive flag football resume (see below) This January Kenias story is featured in a 2 page spread in Sports illustrated for kids.

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2008

National Tournament of Champions

The NFL Flag National Tournament of Champions is held every November at Disneys Wide World of Sports complex in Florida.

    
Teams from all over the country compete in their regional qualifiers for a chance to make it to the National Championship.

This past tournament was the biggest to date and the compeition was better than ever.

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