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Junior Football of Arizona
J. Scott Brown
480.221.4526
5346 E. Gloria Lane
Cave Creek, Arizona 85331
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Sunday, January 2
New name, Same Commitment to the KIDS !
A new name for CAYFL, as we are making many new changes to our League.
Now known as "JUNIOR FOOTBALL of ARIZONA" will be several of the same great associations and volunteers , and several new groups doing great things for our kids.
Programs in Flag Football ( ages 5 - 7 with no weight limits )
Cheerelading ( ages 5 - 15 for all boys and girls )
and Tackle Football in six divisions ( ages 7 - 14 , click "handouts" to see new weight chart )
Currently with over 1300 children in our program, and growing weekly !
Please click over to our "new" web site to see what JFA is all about !
www.juniorfootballaz.com
Practice for the 2011 Fall season will begin on Monday August 8, 2011,
with our first weekend of Tackle games on September 10th.,
and Flag games starting on September 17th.
Tuesday, January 12
2010 Under Armor All-Star Game
CAYFL Players and Coaches participated in the
2010 UNDER ARMOR YOUTH ALL STAR GAME
The East All-Stars defeated the West 37 - 26, in what was the best game played in the history of the UA Youth All Star Games.
Congrats to all the CAYFL players and coaches !
at a Media Event on December 29th. hosted by
Dick's Sporting Goods at Arrowhead Mall, and presented by www.PlanetGridiron.com
11 CAYFL Players and 6 Coaches were announced as representing Arizona
in the 2010 UNDER ARMOR YOUTH ALL-STAR game, that was played on
Saturday, January 2nd at 3:00 pm, at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay Florida.
the players were:
Sammy Sasso, Chandler Youth Football
Cutter Hart, Buckeye Youth Football
Eric Castillo, Desert West Youth Football
P.J. Alvillar , Desert West Youth Football
Quinton Pierce , Desert West Youth Football
Corey White, Desert West Youth Football
Brad Nordstrom, Scottsdale Youth Football
Joe Nauet, Scottsdale Youth Football
Nick Carovillano, Scottsdale Youth Football
Trey Lauer, South East Valley Youth Football
Bobby Delgado, South East Valley Youth Football
the coaches were:
Tyler Bruggman, Scottsdale, Offensive Youth Assistant
D'Amani Grayer, Chandler, Defensive Youth Assistant
Bob Delgardo, South East Valley, Defensive Backs Coach
Eric Lauer, South East Valley, Running Backs Coach
Curt Bruggman, Scottsdale, Offensive Coordinator
Our 11 players combined with players from Calfiornia and Chicago area
to form the "West All Stars",
playing against the "East", with players from New England,
Washington D.C., the Carolinas, and Florida.
Friday, October 1
2009 CAYFL National Championship Teams & Cheer Squads
AYF NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
were played in the Orlando, Florida on December 5th to 12th. 2009
Representing CAYFL this year were the following teams ....
CADET Division -
Chandler Wolves were the winner of the SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
as CHAMPION of the Cadet consolation bracket !!
Jr. PEE WEE Division -
Scottsdale Firebirds-Red were the winner of SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
as CHAMPION of the Jr. Pee Wee consolation bracket !!
PEE WEE Division -
Scottsdale Firebirds-Red ARE THE 2009 NATIONAL
PEE WEE 3rd. PLACE WINNER
Jr. MIDGET Division -
Scottsdale Firebirds ARE THE 2009 NATIONAL
JR. MIDGET 3rd. PLACE WINNER
MIDGET Division -
Scottsdale Firebirds are the 2009 NATIONAL
MIDGET DIVISION RUNNER-UP TEAM !
8th Grade and Under Division ALL-STARS -
PXOENIX ALL-STARS are the 2009 NATIONAL
8th GRADE DIVISION RUNNER-UP TEAM !
the CAYFL Unlimited Division Champion, the Desert Highlands Wolfpack
( participated in a Thanksgiving Tournament in Las Vegas, where they went 1 - 1 ) AYF 2009 NATIONAL CHEER CHAMPIONSHIP
was also held in Orlando
at the Amway Arena
December 10th. - 12th.
Representing CAYFL this year were the following squads ...
age 12 and Under - Gila River Elite Cheer Squad
finished in 4th PLACE , in their division !
age 13 and Under - North Phoenix Gladiators Cheer Squad
finished in 6th PLACE , in their division !
Wednesday, December 17
2008 CAYFL teams to National Championships
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TEAMS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE
2008 UNDER ARMOR / AYF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ....
in the National D1 Jr. Miget Division -
NATIONAL CHAMPION = Chandler BLITZ
in the National D1 Pee Wee Division -
National Runner-Up = Chandler RATTLERS
in the National D2 Midget Division -
National Runner-Up = Scottsdale FIREBIRDS
in the National 8th Grade All-Star Division -
National Runner-Up = Phoenix AlLL-STARS
in the National CHEER Championships -
NATIONAL CHAMPION "11 and Under Open" -
Gila River Elite Cheer Squad
Great Job to all the kids, and parents, we are so PROUD OF YOU !!
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 !
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.
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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