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. This past Dec 4th, 12 different NFL FLAG leagues (Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Lynn, Woburn, Saugus, Danvers, Marblehead, Salisbury, Westford from MA, Pelham, NH and North Kingstown, RI competed for the New England Championships. The combined records all of the teams that entered the tournament was 278-43-4. Out of the 48 Championship teams 24 had not lost a game all season. By the end of the day 91 games of flag football had been played and only 3 teams walked away with their undefeated record intact.

In the 5-6 age division a record 7 teams competed from Peabody, Lynn, Beverly x2, Marblehead, Salisbury and Danvers. Beverly had 12 teams compete during the regular season in the 5-6 division and as a result at the end of the season the division was broke up into "A"/"B"/"C", Therefore the "A" division Champion Bills (7-0) and the "B" division Champion Raiders 6-1 both entered the tournament. Out of the 12 games played in the young 5-6 division 7 games were decided by a TD or less and 2 games ended in a tie. Every team lost at least one game and the competition could not have been closer. Only the Salisbury Bucs came out of the group stage winning both its games. In the playoffs the #1 Beverly Raiders narrowly defeated the #4 Danvers Patriots 20-14, the #2 Marblehead Lions knocked off the #3 Peabody Vikings and the Beverly Bills edged out the Lynn Bills 16-12.  The semi-final games were also very close as the Marblehead Lions defeated the Beverly Raiders 24-18 and in a defensive battle the Salisbury Bucs earned their spot in the Championship game as they beat out the Beverly Bills 2-0.In the last game of the day and under the lights the Marblehead Lions shut out the Salisbury Bucs 14-0 to take home the New England Championship on their first ever attempt. Congratulations to all the teams in the 5-6 division for winning their league and representing their town!!!

The 7-8 division is the new 9-11 division as these young players are running their offenses like a well oiled machine, passing and catching the ball like their older counter parts, teams are playing zone defenses and pulling the flags like they have been doing it their whole loves. In this years 7-8 division the 10 teams in group A, B & C was coming into the tournament undefeated!!! Group D comprised of all the "B" division Champs. After the round robin games only the Salem Broncos, Pelham Patriots, Peabody Saints and the Peabody Cowboys were undefeated at 2-0. As expected their were a number of upsets and in the first round of the playoffs as the #4 Salisbury Vikings defeated the #1 Pelham Patriots, 28-18. Most of the rest of the seedings stood as the Beverly Bengals beat out the Danvers Saints and the Marblehead Eagles defeated the Lynn Vikings. In the quarter-finals the Peabody Saints defeated the Saugus Saints, the Marblehead Eagles knocked out the Peabody Cowboys, the Salem Broncos shut out the Beverly Bengals and the #4 Salisbury Vikings upset the #2 Beverly Ravens to make it to the final 4. In the semi-finals the Peabody Saints beat the Salisbury Vikings and the Salem Broncos defeteaed local rivals Marblehead Eagles 32-12. The Championship game was fast and furious as the down field passing attack of the Peabody was too much for the Broncos and the Saints took home the Championship after winning the game 26-6. The level of play in the 7-8 division is at the highest it has ever been and trully fun to watch, congratulations to all 14 7-8 division Championship teams that played in the tournament, we hope everyone had fun and learned a lot along the way.

The 9-11 division is defintely the most popular and most competitive division in NFL FLAG, these kids know exactly what is going on and know what it takes to win games, however the most important thing at this age is learning the meaning of team work and sportsmanship that will serve them well for years to come. A record 14 teams entered the New England Championship series from MA, NH and RI. After the group stage 4 teams were top of the pile as they all remained udefeated and they were the Peabody Chargers (MA), Salisbury Broncos (MA), Pelham Seahawks (NH) and NK Bucs (RI). There were some close playoff games in the first round as the #3 Lynn Seahawks defeated the #3 Beverly Lions 12-6, the #2 Lynn Saints beat out the #3 Woburn Bengals 18-14 and the Salem Vikings knocked off the Saugus Dolphins 22-14. In the second round of playoffs all the #1 teams won their games as the NK Bucs beat the Salem Vikings, the Peabody Chargers shut out the Peabody Patriots, The Salisbury Broncos defeated the Lynn Seahawks and the Pelham Seahawks shut down the Beverly Bucs. The top 4 teams were all still undefeated and something had to give and they did as the Chargers beat the NK Bucs 39-12 and the Broncos defeated the Seahawks 31-20. The Championship game was end to end and close until the final few minutes when the peabody Chargers pulled away with some key interceptions to seal the deal with a 45-32 victory to win the New England Championships. Congratulations to all the Championship teams that took part and gave it thier all!!! Every team should be proud of the way they played against the best compeition in New England, win or loose we hope you had fun.

The 12-14 division had a record 6 teams take part and every team was the best team from their respective league. The older 12-14 division kids can play football and many of them do, this is the level where the kids can coach  themselves to a degree and understand the game and what is happening.  Only the Defending Champion Pelham team and the Salisbury Lions would finish the group stage undefeated, the Pelham Jags tied 6-6 in the first game of the day with new comers the Westford Cowboys. In the playoffs the #2 Peabody Lions shut out the #3 Westford Cowboys and the other new comers NK Jets just beat out the Lynn 49ers after a great game 40-36. After their bye both the Jags and Salisbury Lions defeated the Jets and Peabody Lions to meet in the Championship game.  In the final game both defenses stepped up and the game was a low scoring affair but the the Pelham Jags held strong as they defeated the Lions to win the Championship game 14-8. Congratulations to the 12-14 division teams for making it to the tournament and showing good positive attitudes.

This was the first year the event had a 15-17 age division, the 15-17 age group in NFL FLAG is a very difficult group to get going as most players play multiple high school sports and while we have never had any injuries the risk is higher and as a result understandably, high school coaches and parents are not always in favor of participation. Having said that the older kids after the 12-14 age group still want to play and tournaments are a great way of getting the older kids together to play in a one day tournament. Players in 6 out of the 7 teams  have all played NFL FLAG at some point and just love to play, the kids are the biggest, fastest, strongest out there and can throw the ball the length of a field with a flip of the wrist, we have some real athletes out there and it is trully amazing what some of these "kids" can do. In their first ever tournament the Woburn Evolution won three games in a row to make it to the Championship game!!! Both the Peabody Tanners and Lynn all-stars are a combination of players that travel to flag football tournaments throughout the year, the Tanners finished with a 2-2 record and made it the semi-finals while the Lynn all-stars made it to the Championship game to face Woburn. The most impressive looking team on the day was the Pelham Generals also ex NFL FLAG players from NH as they defeated Salisbury 34-0, the Tanners 36-0 and then the Patriots 36-0 before being upset by the all-stars 27-6 in the semi-finals. Both the Salisbury Patriots and Peabody Patriots finished winless but were out there havng fun and giving it their all. In the Championship game the all-stars hung on for the victory as they beat out the Evolution 28-20 to take home the hardware.

The fall 2010 Championship series had 26 teams from 8 leagues, this past fall 2011 New England Championship series had 48 teams from 12 NFL FLAG leagues!!! The new Facilities at Woburn high school were perfect wth 2 football turf fields able to accomodate the huge number of teams in the tournament. We would like to thank all the players, parents and coaches for making the tournament a success and we would also like to thank all the refs, staff and everybody involved in the event for their hard work and helping make it possible. Keep playing, keep practicing and we hope to see you at the next New England Championship series.

Order of Finish

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5-6 Division
 

1. Marblehead Lions

2. Salisbury Bucs

3. Beverly Raiders

4. Beverly Bills

5. Lynn Bills

6. Peabody Vikings

7. Danvers Patriots


7-8 Division

1. Peabody Saints

2. Salem Broncos

3. Marblehead Eagles

4. Salisbury Vikings

5. Saugus Saints

6. Beverly Bengals

7. Beverly Raiders

8. Peabody Cowboys

9.Pelham Patriots

10.Lynn Vikings

11. Danvers 49ers

12. Danvers Saints

13.NK Seahawks

14. Marblehead Giants

9-11 Division
 

1. Peabody Chargers

2. Salisbury Broncos

3. Pelham Seahawks

4. NK Bucs

5. Beverly Bucs

6. Salem Vikings

7. Lynn Saints

8. Lynn Seahawks

9. Saugus Dolphins

10.Beverly Lions

11.Beverly Cardinals

12. Woburn Bengals

13. Danvers Patriots

14.Peabody Patriots

12-14 Division

1. Pelham Jaguars

2. Salisbury Lions

3. Peabody Lions

4.NK Jets

5.Westford Cowboys

6.Lynn 49ers

15-17 Division

1. Lynn All-stars

2. Woburn Evolution

3. Pelham Generals

4.Peabody Tanners

5.NS Ducks

6.Salisbury Patriots

7.Peabody Patriots

Scores

5-6  Round Robin Scores
 

Peabody Vikings 20 - Lynn Bills 20

Beverly Bills 14 - M'Head Lions 12

Salisbury Bucs 20 - Danvers Pats 8

Beverly Raiders 24 - Peabody Vikings 20

Salisbury Bucs 12 - Beverly Bills 8

Danvers Patriots 0 - M'Head Lions 24

Lynn Bills 20 - Beverly Raiders 20

5-6 Playoff  Round 1 Scores
 

Lynn Bills 12 - Beverly Bills 16

Peabody Vikings 6 - M'Head Lions 22

Beverly Raiders 20 - Danvers Pats 14

5-6 Playoff  Round 2 Scores

Salisbury Bucs 2 - Beverly Bills 0

Beverly Raiders 18 - M'Head Lions 24

5-6  Championship  Score
 

Salisbury Bucs 0 - M'Head Lions 14
 

7-8  Round Robin Scores
 

Salisbury Vikings 8 - Beverly Bengals 19

Peabody Cowboys 40 - Danvers 49ers 22

Saugus Saints 6 - Salem Broncos 18

Pelham Patriots 26 - M'Head Eagles 6

Lynn Vikings 8 - Peabody Saints 31

M'Head Giants 0 - Beverly Ravens 26

NK Seahawks 24 - Saugus Saints 34

Danvers Saints 0 - Pelham Patriots 6

Lynn Vikings 20 - Beverly Bengals 12

Danvers 49ers 26 - M'Head Giants 6

Pebaody Cowboys 12 - Beverly Ravens 8
Salem Broncos 38 - NK Seahawks 8

M'Head Eagles 12 - Danvers Saints 8

Peabody Saints 27 - Salisbury Vikings 13

7-8 Playoff Round 1 Scores
 

Beverly Bengals 26 - Danvers Saints 0

Beverly Ravens 20 - NK Seahawks 14

M'Head Eagles 8 - Lynn Vikings 0

Saugus Saints 20 - Danvers 49ers 0

Salem Broncos 36 - M'head Giants 6

Pelham Patriots 18 - Salisbury Vikings 28

7-8 Playoff Round 2 Scores
 

Peabody Saints 42 - Saugus Saints 6

Peabody Cowboys 2 - M'Head Eagles 32

Salem Broncos 28 - Beverly Bengals 0

Salisbury Vikings 35 - Beverly Ravens 16

7-8 Playoff Round 3 Scores
 

Peabody Saints 20 - Salisbury Vikings 0

Salem Broncos 32 - M'Head Eagles 12

7-8  Championship Score

Peabody Saints 26 - Salem Broncos 6

9-11 Round Robin Scores
 

Pelham Seahawks 36 - Salem Vikings 6

Danvers Patriots 28 - Lynn Saints 42

Lynn Seahawks 8 - Peabody Chargers 20

Salisbury Broncos 42 - Saugus Dolphins 8

Peabody Chargers 34 - Beverly Bucs 6

Salem Vikings 33 - Danvers Pats 26

Beverly Cardinals 0 - NK Bucs 35

Peabody Pats 0 - Beverly Lions 18

Woburn Bengals 12 - Saugus Dolphins 13

Lynn Seahawks 6 - Beverly Bucs 12

Pelham Seahawks 32 - Lynn Saints 0

NK Bucs 34 - Beverly Lions 6

Salisbury Broncos 47-Woburn Bengals 21

Beverly Cardinals 25 - Peabody Pats 14

9-11 Playoff Round 1 Scores
 

Salisbury Broncos 36 - Danver Pats 6

Lynn Saints 18 - Woburn Bengals 14

Peabody Chargers 34 - Peabody Pats 0

Beverly Lions 6 - Lynn Seahawks 12

Saugus Dolphins 14 - Salem Vikings 22

Beverly Bucs 35 - Beverly Cardinals 8

9-11 Playoff Round 2 Scores

Pelham Seahawks 26 - Beverly Bucs 6

NK Bucs 35 - Salem Vikings 19

Peabody Chargers 49 - Lynn Saints 18

Salisbury Broncos 34-Lynn Seahawks 12

7-8 Playoff Round 3 Scores
 

Peabody Chargers 39 - NK Bucs 12

Pelham Seahawks 20-S'bury Broncos 31

 
9-11  Championship Score
 

P'body Chargers 45 - S' bury Broncos 32

12-14 Round Robin Scores
 

Peabody Lions 12 - Salisbury Lions 29

Pelham Jags 6 - Westford Cowboys 6

Salisbury Lions 31 - Lynn 49ers 14

Westford Cowboys 8 - NK Jets 14

Lynn 49ers 14 - Peabody Lions 48

NK Jets 7 - Pelham Jags 39

12-14  Playoff Round 1 Scores
 

Peabody Lions 34 - Westford Cowboys 0

NK Jets 40 - Lynn 49ers 36

12-14  Playoff Round 2 Scores
 

Peabody Lions 13 - Pelham Jags 25

Salisbury Lions 33 - NK Jets 21

12-14  Championship Score
 

Pelham Jags 14 - Salisbury Lions 8

15-17 Round Robin Scores
 

Woburn Evolution 49 - NS Ducks 15

Salisbury Pats 0 - Pelham Generals 34

Lynn All-stars 34 - Peabody Pats 7

Peabody Patriots 4 - Woburn Evolution 36

Lynn all-stars 19 - NS Ducks 31

Peabody Tanners 46 - Salisbury Pats 14

Pelham Generals 36-Peabody Tanners 0

15-17  Playoff Round 1 Scores
 

Lynn All-stars 33 - Salisbury Pats 6

NS Ducks 15 - Peabody Tanners 38

Peabody Patriots 0 - Pelham Generals 36

15-17  Playoff Round 2 Scores
 

Woburn Evolution40-Peabody Tanners 28

Pelham Generals 6 - Lynn all-stars 27

15-17  Championship Score
 

Woburn Evolution 20 - Lynn All-stars 28