June 19th, 2010

Gillette Stadium Football Festival

[ Pictures HERE ]

PEABODY

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. Peabody sent 8 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 80 top flight Peabody players to Gillette.

Peabody had 3 teams in the 6-8 division, the Tanners, Raiders and Patriots. The teams finished 2nd, 7th and 9th out of 12 total teams with a combined record of 6-6, the Peabody Tanners team beat out the Raiders in the play-offs and made it to the Championship game but eventually lost out to the Hurricanes of NH. All the 6-8 division Peabody kids played well and even after the rain out in Gillette got another shot at playing in the stadium and made the most of it. Congratulations to all the younger division players, the future talent of flag football in Peabody looks good.

In the very competitive 9-11 division Peabody entered three teams along with an all-star team that had several Peabody players on it. All teams won games and represented Peabody well. The NSFFL all-star team that had 3 out of the 6 players from Peabody went undefeated and made it to the Championship game but due to the lightening storm the Championship game could not be played and as the opponent was from Miami, FL, it was impossible to reschedule a rematch.

In the 12-14 division Peabody sent its very own Patriots, who finished 4th out of 12 with a 4-2 record narrowly loosing out in the semi-final to the Red Storm of NH. The Peabody Patriots will be playing again this fall and setting their sights on the NFL regionals.

In the oldest 15-17 category, Peabody entered 2 all-star teams, made up of kids from the league and kids from PVMHS. Last year Peabody won the 15-17 group and was looking at repeating but tough competition from PA and local rivals Lynn put an end to any chances of going back to back. The two Peabody teams finished 3rd and 4th out of 5 and both teams managed to record a win.

Peabody also had several girls along with girls from Lynn 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!!!

PEABODY SCORES

6-8 Division Round Robin
Peabody Tanners 26 - Lynn Rams 14
NHFFL Hurricanes 20 - Peabody Patriots 0
Salisbury Pride 26 - Peabody Raiders 16
Saugus Sachems 6 - Peabody Tanners 30
Peabody Patriots 0 - Beverly Panthers 12

Playoffs Round 1
Peabody Patriots 12 - Peabody Raiders 14

Playoffs Round 2
Peabody Tanners 18 - Peabody Raiders 6

Playoffs Semi-finals
Salem Witches 0 - Peabody Tanners 6

Championship
NHFFL Hurricanes 20 - Peabody Tanners 0

9-11 Division Round Robin
Lynn Rams 12 - Peabody Patriots 6
NSFFL Patriots 26 - Revere Patriots 0
Misfits 38 - Plymouth Rocks 7
Peabody Patriots 8 - Albany Giants 21
NSFFL Patriots 28 - NK Thunderbirds 0
Peabody Tanners 12 - Beverly Panthers 26
Albany Giants 38 - Peabody Tanners 0
Plymouth Rocks 0 - NSFFL Patriots 28
Red Storm 39 - Misfits 12
Millis Mohawks 0 - Peabody Patriots 26
NHFFL Tornados 32 - Peabody Tanners 0
Saugus Sachems 12 - Misfits 42

Playoffs Round 1
Revere Patriots 12 - Peabody Tanners 13
Peabody Patriots 6 - Salisbury Pride 16
Peabody Tanners 0 - Red Storm 35
Eastwood Bears 34 - Misfits 6
NP Flag 0 - NSFFL Patriots 38

Playoffs Round 2
NSFFL Patriots 27 - Albany Giants 13

Playoffs Semi-finals
NHFFL Tornados 6 - NSFFL Patriots 37

Championship
Title went to Mo Steel of Miami as game could not be played and they had a better overall points differential.

12-14 Division Round Robin
NP Flag 42 - Peabody Patriots 6
Peabody Patriots 28 - Millis Mohawks 2
Peabody Patriots 38 - Lynn Rams 6

Playoffs Round 1
Peabody Patriots 38 - Lynn Rams 12

Playoffs Round 2
Salisbury Pride 14 - Peabody Patriots 34

Playoffs Semi-finals
Peabody Patriots 18 - Red Storm 25

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 - Peabody All-Stars 12
peabody Tanners 0 - LBFFA 25
LBFFA 38 - Peabody All-stars 6

Playoffs Round 1
Pelham Cobras 13 - Peabody Tanners 18
Lynn Ravens 24 - Peabody All-stars 6

Playoffs Round 2
Peabody Tanners 18 - LBFFA 19