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Friday, November 2
New Group to Join CAYFL for 2008
CAYFL is pleased to announce that we have a new chartered member in our League for the 2008 season, bringing the total of member Associations to 14, in CAYFL.
"Buckeye Youth Football and Cheer Assciation " was approved for membership at our monthly Presidents meeting on November 1, 2007.
Mr. Humberto Aceves, with several years of volunteer work in youth programs in California and Arizona is the newly elected BYFA Board President, and has begun organization paperwork , interviewing volunteers, working with the Buckeye High School football staff, and securing fields for practice and home games for next season.
The Buckeye Association will serve all boys and girls in the Buckeye , Tonopah , Gila Bend, and some of the Goodyear areas of the Valley, with tackle and cheer programs for the 2008 season.
The Buckeye web site will be up and running shortly, so check back and click on for any information about Buckeye Youth Football.
www.buckeyebolts.com
Welcome to CAYFL, we are glad to have you as a member, and look forward to playing games on your home fields next season !
Monday, August 6
Tackle Certification - Aug 11th
Saturday, August 11th will be the CAYFL Tackle Team Certification Day, to be held at Bogle Jr. High School, 16oo West Queen Creek Road, Chandler, 85248.
Association Presidents have a team schedule, and will communicate your team time to you.
All Players should plan on attending, as this event will certify your weight, and have your photo taken for the 2007 season.
Any questions, please ask your Team Head Coach or yourAssociation President.
Note: there will not be a scheduled "late certification date", all players are encouraged to attend the August 11th event !!
Friday, July 27
CAYFL "Rules & Coaches" Clinic - AUGUST 1
The annual CAYFL Coaches Rules Clinic & Weightmaster Certification date has been changed, and will now be held on Wednesday, August 1st. from 6:00pm to 9:00pm to be held at the Salvation Army building, located at 1351 E. Broadway, Phoenix, 85040.
please park at the dirt parking lot, to the east of the building.
thanks to our South Mountain Association for the meeting site !!
This Clinic is for all Tackle and Flag Head Coaches and their Assistants,and any Cheer Coaches within the League, and any other adult volunteers who will need to be "weightmaster" certified for the 2007 season.
This Clinic will include a rules discussion including any changes for the 2007 season,an open roundtable for any questions, a "meet & greet" for all Head Coaches for each division, as well as CAYFL Weightmaster training for this season.
NOTE: CPR Training WILL NOT be offered at this meeting !
This season, each Association should plan and schedule their own "CPR" training for their volunteers.
Remember that each CAYFL team MUST have TWO current CPR certified card holders.
Any questions, please contact your Association President.
CAYFL Coaches Clinic - June 23
The CAYFL is holding a football clinic for all tackle and flag coaches, this Saturday, June 23rd at the Gilbert Library, 755 North Greenfield Road, Gilbert, 85234. Clinic is from 9:00am to 1:30 pm.
This clinic will discuss several areas of youth football, from practice organization, to offense and defense drills, including proper tackling techniques !
Please communicate to your Association President, if you plan on attending, so we may get a count for lunch.
Many thanks to all the volunteers from our Gilbert Football Association for planning this clinic !!
Friday, May 18
CAYFL History 2007 Jan - July "UPDATED"
As the CAYFL starts to organize for our third season of play, some additions have been made to the League.
First, Mr. Brent Stark (Chandler) is the new 2007 CAYFL Executive Chairman.
Next, CAYFL continues to grow into new areas of the Valley. joining the member Associations from last year, the CAYFL is pleased to announce adding
SIX new associations into the League for the 2007 season!
Gila River Youth Football, covering all of the Gila River area.
North Scottsdale Youth Football, located in the North Scottsdale area.
Desert West Youth Football Association, (formally known as Pop Warner West)
located between Camelback and Baseline, from 39th Ave out to Buckeye.
Paradise Valley Youth Football, located in and around the 56th & Greenway / 56th Street & Sweetwater / 40th & Greenway areas of the Valley.
Pinal Mountain Youth Football, serving the kids in the towns of Globe and San Carlos.
Laveen Youth Football League, serving all of the Laveen area of the Valley.
The CAYFL has had another large increase of participants, teams and adult volunteers for the 2007 season !! our growth is directly related to the great families and volunteers that have worked hard to present a quality "Kids First" program to the Valley !
While some registration fees did increase this season, the League has offered a discount for tackle players. please see front page for details.
The CAYFL is planning on another GREAT season for the kids!, and is making plans on sending teams to the 2007 AYF National Championships, in the Tampa Bay / Lakeland Florida area in early December.
Monday, May 21
Desert West makes the move to CAYFL
Central Arizona Youth Football League is very pleased to announce that the Desert West Youth Football Association, (formally known as "Pop Warner West") has made the switch from another local youth football federation to join the CAYFL!
We welcome Crystal Singleton, President, Lourdes Herrera, Cheer & Dance Coordinator, Gilbert Porche, Association Athletic Director and long time Head Coach, and the rest of their Board Members and Adult Volunteers.
We also welcome all the boys and girls who played for and cheered for all the Desert West teams last season, and a big welcome to the 2006 Jr. Pee Wee
Arizona State Champion HOYAS!
Congratulations on your great season last year, we're glad to have you in our League!
Sunday, May 6
CAYFL History 2006 Season
Our 2006 season was one that we experienced new Associations joining our League, and our original Associations continuing to show growth in their areas of the Valley.
Mr. J. Scott Brown (Cave Creek) served as the CAYFL Executive Chairman for the 2006 season.
For the 2006 season, new member Associations added were:
the South Mountain Association, located in the south central Phoenix area,
the Gilbert Youth Football Association, located in the Chandler/Gilbert area,
the West Valley Association, located in the Glendale/Peoria area,
and the Desert Highlands Youth Football Association, located in the Anthem,
New River, Tramonto, Desert Hills areas of the north valley.
Now with seven member Associations, the CAYFL was able to offer our flag, tackle and cheer programs to even more children throughout the Valley !!
For the 2006 season, CAYFL fielded 17 flag teams, and 58 tackle teams, with about 1900 children in our programs.
During the course of our 10 game season, the CAYFL also played games against other local teams from the Top Flight program in Gilbert, the Gila River area, and against teams from Globe, Az. as well as teams from our sister League in Tucson.
Our 2006 Championship games were played at Chandler High School on November 11th. The CAYFL Champions then would then have a chance to play in AYF Regional games against the Tucson Youth Football Champions (and be true Arizona State Champions!) the following week, at Raymond J. Kellis High School, in Glendale.
Our 2006 Tackle Division Champions were:
Mitey Mite - Chandler Rattlers 9-1
Jr. Pee Wee - SEV Dragons 9-0-1
Pee Wee - Gilbert Dawgs 9-1
Jr. Midget - Chandler Red Raiders 9-0
Midget - Chandler Vemon 9-0
Note, the Chandler Vemon was the first CAYFL "back-to-back" division champions!
Moving on to represent CAYFL at the AYF Desert Mountain Regional games were the:
Mitey Mite - Chandler Rattlers vs Tucson Southwest Rams
Jr. Pee Wee - SEV Dragons vs Oro Valley Dolphins
Pee Wee - Gilbert Dawgs vs Tucson Wildcats
Jr. Midget - Chandler Red Raiders vs Tucson Southwest Rams
Midget/Sr. Midget - Chandler Bison vs Tucson Marana Broncos
AYF Regional Champions for 2006 were :
Mitey Mite - Tucson Southwwest Rams
Jr. Pee Wee - SEV Dragons
Pee Wee - Gilbert Dawgs
Jr. Midget - Chandler Red Raiders
Midget/Sr. Midget - Tucson Marana Broncos
On to Nationals, which was held in the Tampa Bay / Lakeland Florida area.
Representing the CAYFL was the Jr. Midget Chandler Red Raiders and the
Jr. Pee Wee SEV Dragons.
as the year before, there were over 75 tackle football and 200 cheer squads participating in the AYF National Championships.
Both our teams played GREAT, and our SEV Dragons came away with the Jr. Pee Wee runner up trophy from the 2006 Nationals!!!
Monday, April 16
CAYFL History 2004 - 2005 Season
Here is a brief history of the Central Arizona Youth Football League.
In late October 2004, a small group of adult volunteers, from the east, southeast and north areas of the Valley, started to meet to discuss options for youth football in the Valley. From these discussions and meetings, three Associations that were members of another youth football federation, decided that they were going to make a change, and offer another option for the youth of the Valley to participate in tackle football, flag football and cheerleading.
In January 2005, these three Associations, South East Valley, Cave Creek/Carefree, and Chandler formed the Central Arizona Youth Football League, affiliated with American Youth Football, based in Florida.
Mr. Rhett Turner (South East Valley), was the first CAYFL Executive Chairman, this is a position that would rotate between member Associations on a yearly basis.
With the formation of the CAYFL, we joined both the Tucson, Arizona and San Diego, California areas as sister Leagues now affiliated with American Youth Football.
Our first season of play was the 2005 season, and all three CAYFL Associations had great success and growth within their areas from the previous season!
CAYFL played a full 10 game season, and held their Champiopnship Games at Pecos Park in Phoenix on November 19th.
The CAYFL Tackle Division Champions for the 2005 season were,
Mighty Mite - SEV Jr Devils
Jr. Pee Wee - Chandler Cavaliers
Pee Wee - SEV Bobcats
Jr. Midget - Chandler Pumas
Midget - Chandler Vemon
The AYF National Championships for 2005 were held in Tucson, and the CAYFL was fortunate to send 10 teams to participate in the week long event.
Our four Division Champions (except for Mighty Mite, as AYF does not hold National Championship games for this division)and another six "wild card" teams had a chance to travel to Tucson and participate.
These six CAYFL "wild card" teams were,
Jr. Pee Wee - Chandler Packers, SEV Grizzlies
Pee Wee - Cave Creek Breakers, Chandler Vipers
Jr. Midget - Chandler Bison
Midget - SEV Seagulls
In Tucson, there were approximately 75 Tackle football teams, along with about 200 Cheer Squads, from all over the United States who competed for AYF National Championships.
The Tucson Associations were great hosts, and did a excellent job in runing the National Championships. All our teams had a great time met many new friends from across the U.S., and played some great football !!
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