Catholic Football League - CFL: Welcome
Team Champions, 2011
Flag Division - ACC Green
3rd/4th Division - Notre Dame
5th/6th Division - ACC Gold
Semi-Final Playoff Results:
The Bengal Bite Bowl II - FLAG ACC Gold 21 ND Gold 14
Chestnut Hill Landscaping Bowl - FLAG ACC Green 28 Pius 14
The Spirk Brothers Bowl - 3rd/4th Notre Dame 13 Pius 7
The Green Pond Nursery Bowl - 3rd/4th ACC Gold 12 ACC Green 0
The Grace Industries Bowl II - 5th/6th ACC Gold 6 BECA Brown 0
The Dante DeFranco Screenprinting Bowl II - 5th/6th Pius 30 ACC Green 12
Championship Game Results
The Trauma Bowl II - Flag Championship - ACC Green 28 ACC Gold 14
The Kurtz Bowl II - 3rd/4th Championship - Notre Dame 13 ACC Gold 7 (OT)
The Bangor Podiatry Bowl - 5th/6th Championship - ACC Gold 16 Pius 0
Diocese of Allentown, PA
Youth Flag and Tackle Football for Grades K through 6Sponsored by:
Allentown Central Catholic High School Bethlehem Catholic High School Notre Dame High School Pius X High SchoolCatholic Football League (CFL) - Founded 2010
The Catholic Football League was founded in February, 2010 as representatives from Allentown Central Catholic (ACC), Bethlehem Catholic (Beca), Notre Dame (ND), and Pius X (Pius) high schools met and formulated a plan for a unique high school sponsored youth tackle football league for 3rd grade through 6th grade boys. Consisting of two divisions - 3rd/4th Grade Tackle & 5th/6th Grade Tackle, the premise of the league is that each of the four Catholic High Schools in Greater Lehigh Valley area sponsors as many teams at each division as it can each year, maximizing the playing time of every player. Typically, a high school sponsors two or more teams at each division, differentiated by color (e.g., ND Blue and ND Gold). The league was founded as a bridge between Division 1 (Kindergarten through 2nd Grade) CYO Flag Football and each high school's Middle School program. There are no weight limits in the CFL - boys of every size are permitted to play. However, boys who exceed a weight cutoff are restricted to certain positions, for the safety of others.
The (former) CYO Flag Football League (CFFL)
The CYO Flag Football League became an official CYO sport in 2005. The league consisted of parish CYO flag football teams at the Div. 1 (Kindergarten through 2nd Grade), Div. 2 (3rd & 4th Grade), and Div. 3 (5th & 6th Grade) levels. For the 2010 season, both the CFFL and the CFL leagues, with the CFFL fielding Div. 1 (Kindergarten through 2nd Grade) flag, while the CFL fielded 3rd/4th and 5th/6th grade tackle divisions. However, for the 2011 season, the CFFL has been entirely replaced by the CFL, as the CFL now has 3 divisions: Flag, 3rd/4th Tackle, and 5th/6th Tackle.
CFL Improvements for 2011
- Flag football is now under the CFL. Whereas the old CYO Flag league consisted of parish-based teams, the CFL consists of high school sponsored teams. Moving Flag football to the CFL is a substantial advantage because it enables players from smaller parishes to play flag football. In the past, smaller parishes lacked the sufficient number of players for their own teams. Now, all parishes and schools, whether big or small, have the opportunity to play.
- More games. The number of regular season league games has been increased in 2011 to 7 games.
- More teams. The CFL has grown substantially after its first year.
- Playoffs. The top 4 teams in each division will qualify for playoffs. There will be a semi-final week at the end of October and championship games during the first weekend of November.
2010 Champions
Thomas More Red - CYO Flag Football Champions
Defeated St. Jane in the Championship Game.
ACC Green - CFL 3rd/4th Grade Tackle Division Champions
Defeated Pius in the Championship Game.
ACC Green - CFL 5th/6th Grade Tackle Division Champions
Defeated ACC Gold in the Championship Game.
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