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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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