2009

Lynn League Champions

The Lynn league went from 8 teams to 20 teams between the fall 09 and fall 09 season. This past season there were 4 teams in the 5-6 division, 6 teams in the 7-8 division and 10 teams in the 9-12 division. The Lynn season was the only league that went from start to finish without any cancellations and finished on time in mid November, the Lynn league also had the pleasure of using the Manning stadium to host the Superbowl games with parents and fans in the stands cheering on the players. In the 5-6 division as with the other age groups each player got to experience playing under the lights on Friday nights and every player made the most of it as every team in the division won at least one game. The Falcons were the standout team as they finished the season undefeated and went on to win the Superbowl 32-24 over the Bills.

By the end of the season in the 7-8 division only one win separated 3rd-5th place as the teams battled it out each week. When the play-offs came around both the Raiders and Bengals had a bye week and while it helped the Raiders it was no benefit to the #2 Bengals as they were knocked out of the play-offs by the #3 Dolphins. The Raiders returning from their Championship a year ago started of strong and finished even stronger as they remained undefeated during the season and the play-offs to win the Championship against the Dolphins in Lynn. The Raiders were not done there as they headed into the Championship series and continued their winning ways by beating teams from Peabody and Pelham, NH to win the Championship series 7-8 division.

The 9-12 division (not the typical 9-11 division) in Lynn was created due to the amount of 12 year olds and no 13+ boys or girls so the age group was expanded, hopefully next spring with all the games being played at manning bowl we will be able to break the two divisions back to 9-11 and 12-14. The Titans and Steelers were hot favorites in the AFC as both teams entered the last week of the season undefeated, but it was the Steelers that came away with the victory and the #1 seed heading into the playoffs. While in the NFC the Redskins* lost the first game of the season but never looked back as they went on to win 6 in a row on their way to the Superbowl. The play-offs saw only one big upset and 2 other near upsets as the #4 49ers only lost by one TD to the #1 Redskins and the #5 Colts only lost by one point to the #4 Patriots. The upset of the season was when the #3 Chargers knocked off the #2 Titans and their #1 ranked offense to face the Steelers in the AFC Championship game. In the NFC Championship the Redskins and the Cowboys was a rematch of earlier in the season when the two teams combined for over 90 points. This time around though the Skins held the Cowboys in check as they won the game 32-6. The Steelers also held strong as they defeated the Chargers. In the end the #1 Steelers beat the #1 Redskins* for the Lynn 9-12 Championship.

Playing under the lights each Friday night was fun for everyone and give the kids the feeling of playing like the big boys. The Lynn league grows every season and with the spring season being played in the Manning stadium we expect there to be even more players and more teams in 2010.
Have a nice holidays and see you next year.