Algonac Youth Football: AYFL News

Thursday, April 19
Final 2012 Football Registration!

This is just a reminder that the final date for Football and Cheer registration is this Saturday April 21st between 10 and 1 at the High School.
If you have any questions please give me a call.

Thanks,

Chris Hiltunen

AYFL Community Director

586-557-0822



Sunday, September 18
Muskrat Spaghetti Dinner

The First Annual Muskrat Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser set for Wednesday October 12th from 5 to 8.  It will be held in the Algonac High School Cafeteria.  We will have raffles and Spirit Wear there as well.  Please make plans to come and invite as many friends, family, and strangers as you can.  The cost of the dinner is a donation and all proceeds benefit AYFL.  If you have any questions or would like to donate anything for the dinner please let me know.

Thanks,

Chris Hiltunen

AYFL Community Director



Saturday, July 16
2011 Community Meeting
Our Annual Community Meeting is scheduled for Saturday July 30th at 10:00.  This year due to construction on the High School Football field we will be meeting in the horse shoe between the High School and Pte. Tremble Elementary.  All players and parents must attend.  Equipment will be handed out.

Tuesday, January 4
AYFL 10U Tournament Team Returns From AAU Nationals - Daytona

The Algonac Youth Football Leagues 10U Tournament Team returned from the AAU National Football Championships “Battle At The Beach”, Daytona Beach, FL placing 5th overall in their age division and 3rd in their bracket with a 1-3 record.   The Defense remained strong allowing only one touch down in each of the first two games and taking a 7-0 victory in their third game against the Virginia - GSBC Spirits.  They were eliminated by the Florida -Lake Nona Jr. Lions who went on to take 1st Place in the 10U Division.   Official results can be viewed here 2010 National Schedules and Results.

 

Practice on the Beach

 

The 10U Tournament Team players and parents would like to thank those individuals, businesses and organizations that supported this team and helped them achieve their dream of attending the “Battle At The Beach”  AAU National Football Championships.  A chance to play top ranked undefeated teams from throughout the country was a great opportunity. Without you this could never have happened.  The lessons learned by these boys over the course of these past two tournaments are priceless.   Not only do we hope these will translate over into our High School Football Program but in their lives in general.  They learned to work together as a team to follow through and achieve a common goal.  They learned about sportsmanship, team work, discipline, dedication, hard work and the importance of community.  These lessons and memories will follow them throughout a lifetime.    We hope to see another Muskrat invasion of Flordia next year.   Good Job Boys..........GO MUSKRATS!

 

Pictures from the Event are now posted in the Albums section.



Friday, November 19
AYFL Board Member Openings

The Algonac Youth Football League anticipates there may be some Board Member openings in the near future.   If you would be interesting in possibly filling one of these positions please send a Letter of Interest to AYFL BOARD at:

5200 TAFT RD ALGONAC,MI 48001
Attention Kurt Welchner
*Letters of intent need to be received by December 31St, 2010*
Anticipated Openings include:
-President
-Vice President
-Community Director
-Secretary
-Treasurer
-Cheer Director
(These positions are 3 year commitments )
-Equipment Manager (1 Year commitment )



Monday, October 25
Muskrats Set to Invade Ford Field!!

 Algonac Muskrats 4th/5th @ Ford Field - Sunday, October 31, 2010 The Algonac Muskrats will be playing during Halftime of the Detroit Lions VS. Washington Redskins. Here is your chance to see your child, grandchild, relative, friend or neighbor play football at Ford Field, Home of the Detroit Lions! Limited Tickets are available. Contact John Rose @ (586)216-5828 or sarahsmomrn@yahoo.com for details.

Lions Half Time Game



Monday, November 8
AAU Tackle Football Nationals - Daytona Beach Flordia

Algonacs 10U Tournament team battled it out at the 1st Annual "Rumble In The Thumb" AAU Regional Qualifier November 5-7th and earned a spot in the AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS  ‘The Battle at the Beach 2010’  in Daytona Beach, Flordia December 27-31 2010. They played some awesome football and represented our Youth Football Program with pride! These young athletes played a rigorous schedule and defeated their opponents only allowing 6 points to be scored against them the entire tournament! We are very proud of their efforts and wish them the best of luck at Nationals!

Good Luck in Daytona & GO MUSKRATS!

Dear tournament player parents a copy of the AAU Tackle Football Tournament Entry Packet has been added to the Handouts section of the web site.  Here you will find a bit more information regarding the Tournament in December.  If you have any questions please dont hesitate to contact one of the coaches.

Sunday, October 24
Rumble in the Thumb - Regional AAU Qualifier

November 5, 6, 7 2010

Port Huron, MI

TAFL is hosting a their first AAU regional qualifer, Rumble In The Thumb.  The winners of this tounament will win a spot in National Championships held in Florida Dec. 2010.   Algonac Youth Football League will have two teams Competeing in this event.  One team in the 8U Division and one team in the 10U Division.   Friday Night will be a Skills Challenge Sponsored by Riddel and Games will be played on Saturday and Sunday. There will be an offensive player award and defensive player award for every single game of the tournament.  Come on down to this inaugural event and support your Muskrats as they compete for chance at the National Championships!  For more information please visit www.rumbleinthethumb.com.   For more information on the AAU National Tackle Football Tournament in Daytona Beach, FL  December 27-30 please visit http://aaufootball.org/Event/NationalEvents.aspx



Sunday, October 24
Do you have any great actions photos of the 2010 Season?
We are looking for a few photo memories of the AYFL Muskrats 2010 season for our photo section.  If you have any great photos you would like to share please email them to poohbear48001@yahoo.com with the Muskrats Photos included the subject line.  Please send them with a short note indicating the team name and game date so we may include them in the captions.  Thanks!

Wednesday, October 20
End Of The Season Tail Gate Party
AYFL Players and Parents,
     As this season comes to an end, we are planning our end of the year Tail Gate Party.
The Tail Gate Party is going to be held on Sunday October 24th from 12noon-3pm. A main dish will be provided and each team has been assigned a dish to pass or an item to supply, if you haven't already signed up, please see your team mom for that information and to do so.
     Please let your team Mom know how many are going to attend by Thursday so we can accommodate everyone.
     Each team will be given a designated area to park. The coaches and team moms will back their vehicles up to that area. Team mates and family should bring their own chairs to
tail gate around their coaches cars. Team moms have a diagram of the set up so if you have any questions, please see them.
     Time Line: 12 noon pull up, park, set dishes out on designated tables
                      Eat (when called) visit with fellow AYFL team mates.
                     2:30 recognition ceremony will begin promptly at 2:30 all coaches, players
                             and team moms should meet on the field at 2:15 family members
                             should be in the stands ready for their athletes to be recognized.
                    3:00 clean up and raffle drawing. - please take your dish home and help
                           clean up your teams area. thank-you
Thank-you for your continued support. AYFL is strictly run on a volunteer basis, without you there is no AYFL.
                           
Lory Hubbard,
Kim Randall and
Kristie Hanes
Event coordinators


Friday, October 15
Advantage Photography Actions Photos & Merchandise
Action photos from the 2010 season have been posted to the Advantage Photography website.  You can  view them here  http://advantagevideoonline.com/Algonac-Youth-Football-2010 .  The website lets you order photos and other merchandise like mugs, mousepads, specialty prints, etc.   These make great gifts for the Holidays!  You can find an order form on the Handouts page of our AYFL website.  Please note the mugs will not be the same as what we sold with the packages,   if items 19-23  are ordered individually from the order sheet, there will be an additional $5 shipping charge for each order,  shipping charges only apply to the mugs and blankets.    Please drop off or mail your order form with payment to Advantage.  Arrangements can be made to pick orders up from Advantage or they can meet you if it is after the season ends.  Get those comments posted on the Advantage website in regards to your player or cheerleaders photo's. Anyone that makes a comment on their experience with Advantage will be put in a drawing for a photo blanket!!

Tuesday, August 31
AYFL Window Stickers!!

The New AYFL Window stickers are now available for sale at the concession stand.  These are one of our best sellers and make great gifts for family and friends.  The cost for these stickers is $5.00 each.  Help show your support for our youth football progam.  GO MUSKRATS!



Tuesday, October 5
October 16, 2010 Game Location Change
FYI.
Cros-Lex will be hosting Oct. 16th games at Port Huron High School (same location as week 1). Please notify your coaches, and community parents.


Sunday, August 29
Team Pictures Re-Scheduled

Parents due to certain events team pictures have been rescheduled.   Please mark your calander for Sunda,y September 12, 2010.  Order forms can be obtained from your team moms.  Times listed below.  Please report to the Algonac Varsity Football Field 15 minutes prior to you scheduled time.

- 2:00pm  6th Grade

- 2:30pm  2nd/3rd Grade

- 3:00pm 4th/5th Blue

- 3:30pm 4th/5th Gold



Friday, August 20
Game Location Change - Sept 11
Due to a schedule conflict with the school, the Sept. 11th game has been changed to Port Huron Northern High School.
1799 Krafft rd
Port Huron, Mi 48060
Please notify all coaches, and those in your community.


Tuesday, August 17
Algonac Community Football Day - Scrimmage Game TAFL 6th Grade VS Varsity Pictures
Thanks to all who showed up to support the Algonac Community Football & Cheer Programs this Friday at the Algonac High School Football Field.  We had in excess of 78 players & 30 Cheerleaders participate in these events.  Please check out the Albums pages for pictures of the fun.  Thank you High School Varsity!

Saturday, July 31
Welcome Back!!!

Welcome back everyone to the Fourth year of the Algonac Youth Football League (AYFL).  We are looking forward to the 2010 season!  This year we will be fielding 4 football teams with over 90 players, and have over 20 cheerleaders participating.  Over the course of last four years we have seen our players grow tremendously.  This is only possible because of a very dedicated gourp of volunteers and parents who put many hours behind the scenes throughout the year.  Please help us continue in our efforts and volunteer your time. 

We would like to thank everyone for their hard work and dedication and would like to encourage other parents to get involved this year.  Lastly, our goal for this program is that we all work together and ensure good sportsmanship and a positive TEAM experience. 

 



Sunday, August 8
AYFL Home Game!!!!!!!

Saturday, September 25th marks the 4th Annual AYFL hosted home football game.  This is our opportunity to show other areas what a wonderful community we live in.

As many of you have seen or will see, these events require an enormous amount of work to organize and staff.  To help lighten the work load we are requesting everyone to commit some time and help pull our event together. We are asking that each team provide a certain number of workers to help fill the allotted team assignments.  Shifts will run in alotted hour lengths and will be scheduled so that you will not miss your child’s game.We need in excess of 77 works for this event to run smoothly.  If you have extended family members or High School students who are willing to help their efforts would be greatly appreciated.

 

 



Thursday, August 12
Algonac Community Football Day - 6th Grade VS Varsity Scrimmage Game

The 6th Grade Algonac Muskrat AYFL will VS the High School Varsity team for a scrimmage game at 6:30 on Saturday August 14th 2010 @ the Algonac High School Football Field.   6th Grade Parents-Please have you son's there with full game gear no later than 5:45 at the front gate by the concession stand and ready to roll. Afterward there is a Blue/ Gold varsity scrimmage so it sounds like it's going to be a good time.   Everyone is encouraged to come watch and join in the fun.

Order of Events:

Warm-up stetching everyone

All Cheerleaders

Introduction, National Anthem, Band

AYFL 6th Grade Team VS Algonac Varsity Football

Varsity Blue VS Gold Scrimmage