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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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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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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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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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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