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 !

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.

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!!!