Buckeye Youth Football Association: Welcome
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This site is the internet home of the Jaguars, Jets and Bucks who represent the Buckeye Youth Football Association, Inc.(BYFA). Our players and cheerleaders are drawn from the Buckeye Local School District which is located in Medina County, Ohio. The 2009 Season is the 14th Season for the youth football program here at Buckeye, and the 6th Season under the Buckeye Youth Football Association, Inc. banner.
We started with one team, the Jaguars, who began play in 1996. The Jets were added in 2000, and the Buccaneers joined us in the 2001 season. The 2008 Season saw the creation of the Pee Wee Division for 7 and 8 year olds, and the downsizing of the JV Division to contain only 9 and 10 year olds. We also reduced our Flag Division to 1 team and they are known as the Bucks to identify with our high school team. The Buccanneers were dissolved at the end of 2008 in order to strengthen the rosters in all divisions. There is sadness in losing a team, however we feel that the overall effect will strengthen the other 2 teams and the program in general.
Since the 1999 Season Buckeye Varsity teams have made 8 appearances in the Championship Game, 5 by the Jaguars and 3 by the Jets. The Jags claimed championships in 1999, 2000 & 2009, and the Jets in 2003. The Buckeye JV teams have made 2 appearances in the Championship game, 1 by the Jaguars and 1 by the Jets. The Jags claimed the Championship in 2009.
We have been committed to building a successful program that helps Buckeye Bucks high school program build a winning tradition. The Bucks have made 4 State Playoff appearances in the last 8 years. Over the past 13 years there have been over 450 different players, 210 cheerleaders and 80 coaches involved with Buckeye Youth Football. We feel the program has gotten better every year, we grew from 38 kids our first season in 1996, to over 170 in each of the last three seasons. Our peak season was over 200 during the 2003 season. For the 2009 Season we have 181 players and cheerleaders registered.
Our web site has a page for each of the 2 teams broken down to squads by division for players and cheerleaders. Feel free to click on any of the menu items to the left and explore the team sites, rosters, pictures, schedules, history, etc. Updates are done to the pages as we get new information. Please click on and sign our Guestbook at the bottom of the page we would like to have your comments! Thanks for dropping by!
The Jets Are Celebrate
10 Years In BYFA During 2009!
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| 2009 Jaguars Varsity - BDYF/BYF Varsity Division Champs |
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The Jaguars Varsity and JV teams treated Edwin Steingass Field like it was KMart Saturday night. They went shopping for Championship Trophies and got a 2 for 1 Deal on a Teal Light Special. How fitting that the Jaguars Varsity posted another Varsity Championship on the 10th Anniversary of the first Championship. It is also fitting that Mike Arena, who played the first four years of the Jags existance, became the first Jaguar to win a Championship as a player in 1999 and this season as a Coach.
The first game of the night pitted the Jaguars JV against the Brunswick Jets JV. It was a hard fought contest, as the Jets controlled the ball almost all of the first quarter and into the 2nd. They finally punched the ball into the endzone and the Jags stuffed the extra point run attempt. The Jags got the ball at their own 35 and 2 plays and 22 seconds later they scored and tacked on the extra point to make it 7-6 and end the scoring for the night. The teams went back and forth and with the Jets threatening late in the fourth quarter the Jags picked off a pass and stopped the threat. After punting to the Jets they again held on fourth down, took over the ball and went into victory formation capping their first trip to the playoffs with their first ever JV Championship! Congratulations Jags!
The second contest featured the 5-2-1 Brunswick Redskins Varsity and the 7-0 Jaguars Varsity. The Jags posted the only score in the first half and went up 8-0 at the half courtesy of a Zach Diaz 2 point conversion. In the second half they added 12 points on 2 TD's, the last, with time running out, on a 77 yard touchdown run by Christian Petek. The other TD was scored by Sean Spence. With that the Jags avenged a 2008 undefeated season that was ruined by the Jets Varsity during last years Varsity Championship game. That remained with the returning players as they began practice the last week of July. They finished 12-0 over all, going 4-0 at Medina and winng their Kick Off Classic, 7-0 in the regular season, and capped it off tonight with a 20-0 win over the Redskins. Mission accomplished Jags and well done. Congratulations on bringing home the Championship! The Teal & Black Attack lives on!
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| 2009 Jaguars JV - BDYF/BYF JV Division Champs |
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| The Jags Varsity & JV Squads Celebrate |
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Varsity Champions
| 1996 | Brunswick Browns |
| 1997 | Brunswick Chargers |
| 1998 | Brunswick Chargers |
| 1999 | Buckeye Jaguars |
| 2000 | Buckeye Jaguars |
| 2001 | Hudson Seahawks |
| 2002 | Brunswick Chargers |
| 2003 | Buckeye Jets |
| 2004 | CCYF Jets |
| 2005 | Brunswick Browns |
| 2006 | Brunswick Jets |
| 2007 | Brunswick Jets |
| 2008 | Brunswick Jets |
| 2009 | Buckeye Jaguars |
JV Champions
| 2004 | CCYF Falcons |
| 2005 | No Championship |
| 2006 | Brunswick Jets |
| 2007 | Strongsville Passion |
| 2008 | Strongsville Blitz |
| 2009 | Buckeye Jaguars |
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On Saturday, November 14th former Jaguar and now Defiance Yellow Jacket played the final game of his college career. He played two years with the Jaguars in 1999 & 2000 winning championships both seasons. There to watch him play his final game was Hayden Roskey who won a championship this season with the Jaguars. Dustin rushed for over 1,500 yards with the Bucks and his 8.1 yards per carry remains Number 1 for the Bucks rushers all time. He is also number 6 All Time scoring.
Dustin was a defensive back for Defiance and also did Kick and Punt Returns. He finished his career there with 133 Tackles, 7 INTs, 3 Fumble Recovers, 1 Kick Blocked, 35 Kick Returns for 622 yards and 38 Punt Returns for 322 yards. Congratulations Dustin on your career with Defiance and hopefully you are looking forward to graduation in the spring!
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| 2009 Buckeye Bucks |
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The Bucks finished their season on Friday night in Hubbard, Ohio as they lost to the Hubbard Eagles 30-14. The game was much closer than the score showed. The Bucks gave a good accounting of themselves and were in the game all night, a combination of turnovers did them in. We are still proud of these kids who played their hearts out all year, game in game out. Congratulations on your 2009 Season!
There were many former players in the ranks of the high school football team this season. Of the 37 players on the roster 32 played at our level when they were younger.
The Bucs, even though they are now gone, have made their presence felt with 8 former players #7 Carlton Watkins, #11 Ian Hunt, #28 Colton Theus, #44 John Sekerak, #45 Jake Thayer, #54 Joe Ross, #65 Mike Winnans, #25 Kyle Haines and #69 Zach Maxworthy.
The Jets are represented by 14 former players including #1 Andy Young, #21 Chad Gatt, #22 Kyle Gatt, #25, #26 Kyle Miller, #33 Shawn Corders, #42 Rick Monroe, #50 Tyler Carrow, #53 Zac Callihan, #68 Mark Persic, #70 Cody Carrow, #71 Logan Luna, #82 Chris Boutton and #88 Sebastian Ricco.
The Jaguars have #8 Mike Kelly, #10 Austin Friel, #24 Jake Boettner, #27 Ryan McCormick, #32 Anthony Kisiday, #46 Shane Cook, #51 T.J. Hugney, #59 Kelton Keller, #77 Luke Cuthrell and #79 Tyler Erb for a total of 10.
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Buckeye Youth Football again wants to express their appreciation to Dick's Sporting. Over the last 4 seasons they have donated footballs and other equipment for our players and coaches, coupons for special promotions in order for our players to purchase shoes, etc. in their stores, and they partnered with the Cleveland Browns to provide tickets to preseason games in 2007 & 2008. The also provided 'Dick's Dollars' for the league to purchase items that we need for the program.
We also want to say thanks to Jags Pee Wee Coach Jon Stahl also since he is the person at Dick's that makes it happen for our players and cheerleaders. We look forward to having their backing in future seasons. You can visit their website by clicking on their logo above.
