June 19th, 2010

Gillette Stadium Football Festival

[ Pictures HERE ]

LYNN

This years annual football festival tournament for the first time ever was a two day event, the tournament was held June 19th at Manning stadium in Lynn and then on June 20th inside Gillette stadium, Foxborough, MA. Lynn sent a record 7 teams in total to the event representing the 6-8, 9-11, 12-14 and 15-17 divisions. All-star try-outs were held and along with coaches nominations to send 70 top flight Lynn players to Gillette.

In the 6-8 division Lynn entered 2 teams, the Rams and the Bulldogs and while both teams were very talented the Rams had high expectations for their fully loaded team. The teams played a total of 7 games of flag football over the two days and while the Bulldogs didnt manage to etch out a win, they still got to go to Gillette stadium twice!! and play on the same field as their heroes. The Rams went 1-1 on the first day of competition and then faced the local Bulldogs team in the first round of the play-offs, the Rams took the game 26-6 and faced the Salisbury team in the second round, however after a close game the Rams just lost out 12-6.

Lynn also entered 2 teams in the 9-11 division and finished 9th and 14th out of 20 teams. The Bulldogs finished their tournament even at 2 wins and 2 losses while the Rams went 1-3 over the two days after loosing out to the Bears of NY and the National Champs Mo Steel from Miami, FL.

In the 12-14 division, Lynn sent its very own Chargers that recently won their league and Championship series title along with a Lynn all-star team. The Chargers finished 3rd overall in the tournament and made it the Semi-finals.

Lynn had one team enter the 15-17 division and were players from past regionals and from last years 12-14 Championship team. Lynn finished the first day 2-0 and after beating the Peabody all-stars headed to the championship game to face the other undefeated team from PA. The game was close and defense dominated, non more so than a last minute interception from the PA team to close out the game 16-14.

Lynn also had several girls along with girls from Peabody and Revere on the league all-star team. There were three girls teams including a team from NY and CT. The girls all played each other once on the first day and the tournament and the all-stars went undefeated, on the second day in Gillette the teams all played each other one more time and then the two teams with the best record played in the Championship game and for the third time the NSFFL All-stars defeated the CT big blue to win the Championship trophy!!!
 

LYNN SCORES

6-8 Division Round Robin
Peabody Tanners 26 - Lynn Rams 14
Lynn Bulldogs 2 - NHFFL Thunder 36
Salem Witches 12 - Lynn Bulldogs 2
Lynn Rams 30 - Saugus Sachems 6

Playoffs Round 1
Lynn Rams 26 - Lynn Bulldogs 6

Playoffs Round 2
Salisbury Pride 12 - Lynn Rams 6

9-11 Division Round Robin
Lynn Rams 12 - Peabody Patriots 6
Mo Steel 34 - Lynn Rams 0
Lynn Bulldogs 19 - Revere Patriots 12
Eastwood Bears 16 - Lynn Rams 0
Lynn Bulldogs 8 - NK Thunderbirds 12
Plymouth Rocks 25 - Lynn Bulldogs 33

Playoffs Round 1
Lynn Rams 16 - Salem Witches 18
Beverly Panthers 20 - Lynn Bulldogs 12

12-14 Division Round Robin
Eastwood Bears 26 - Lynn Rams 20
Albany Giants 6 - lynn Chargers 30
Lynn Rams 12 - Salem Witches 28
Lynn Chargers 18 - Red Storm 32
Peabody Patriots 38 - Lynn Rams 6
NK THinderbirds 0 - Lynn Chargers 34

Playoffs Round 1
Lynn Chargers 38 - NK Thunderbirds 0
Peabody Patriots 38 - Lynn Rams 12

Playoffs Round 2
Salem Witches 28 - Lynn Chargers 40

Playoffs Semi-finals
NP Flag 37 - Lynn Chargers 12

12-14 Girls Division Round Robin
NSFFL All-Stars 32 - Eastwood Bears 0
CT Big Blue 7 - NSFFL All-stars 21
Eastwood Bears 20 - NSFFL All-stars 33
NSFFL All-stars 19 - CT Big Blue 12

Championship
NSFFL All-stars 32 - CT Big Blue 12

15-17 Division Round Robin
Lynn Ravens 24 - Peabody Tanners 12
Pelham Cobras 6 - Lynn Ravens 18

Playoffs Round 1
Lynn Ravens 24 - Peabody All-stars 6

Championship
LBFFA 16 - Lynn Ravens 14