NHFFL teams competed in the NY Jets NFL Regional tournament held in New Canaan CT on Oct 16th with the winners moving on to the National Championship held in Orlando, FL at Disneys Wide World of Sports.

Our 9-11 teams had the most success with both the Tornados and Red Storm winning their respective pools and advancing to the single elimination playoff.  The Tornados took the #2 seed and a 1st round bye and the Red Storm took the #5 seed.  The Red Storm would lose a heart breaker in overtime to New Jersey.  The Tornados knocked off CT Big Blue 7-6 in a hard fought defensive battle which advanced them to the Championship Game against last years Regional winner, our friendly foes from North Shore, the NSFFL All Stars.  It was a battle from the get go with NSFFL holding the advantage at the half 7-0.  The Tornados played hard but North Shore was not going to be denied the victory as they head back to Disney for the second year in a row. 

The 12-14 Red Storm won their 1st 2 games in pool play but lost their third game 12-6 and did not qualify for the playoff.

The 12-14 girls also went 2-1 in pool play but also did not qualify for the playoff.

Congrats to all the players and coaches who participated. 

NHFFL sent 5 teams to compete at the NY Jets NFL Regional on Nov 7th with the winner of each age division advancing to the National Championship at Disneys  Wide World Sports. 

Our teams did very well with the 9-11 and 12-14 Red Storm teams going 3-0 in pool play, winning their pools, and advancing to the single elimination round.  The 9-11 Red Storm would knock off perennial powerhouse CT Big Blue before losing a tough game to the NSFFL Allstars in the semi-finals.  The 12-14 Red Storm lost their first round game as they drew a talented NP flag team from Pennsylvania.  Both the NSFFL Allstars and NP Flag would go on to win their age divisions and punch their tickets to the National Championship.

Our 12-14 Girls played great going 2-1 in pool play.  They started the day 2-0 and lost their 3rd game to the eventual tournament winner.

The 9-11 Tornados played great and also went 2-1 in pool play and gained some valuable experience for next years tournament.

The 9-11 Bills played some great football and ended up 1-2 on the day.

It was a great day of football at a beautiful NFL facility and the experience will not be soon forgotten for all involved.

NHFFL sent 6 teams to compete at the 2010 Summer Football Festival on June 19th and 20th.  The two day tournament attracts regional and national competition.  This year pool play was held at the Lynn, MA Manning Bowl on Sat and then the single elimination playoff on Sun inside Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.   

All of our teams played great.  The Hurricanes continued the NHFFL success in the 6-8 Division taking home the championship.  Our 6-8 took home 2nd last year and 1st and 2nd in 2008.  Our 9-11 teams came up 1 game short of an all NHFFL final and the 12-14 Red Storm took home the league's first Summer Football Festival hardware in the 12-14 division.  The Cobras played tough football in the 15-17 division.

There were 12 teams in the 6-8 Division. The Hurricanes and Thunder represented NHFFL.  Both played well in pool play with the Hurricanes going 2-0 and clinching the #1 seed and the Thunder splitting their games and going 1-1.  The games would be postponed due to thunderstorms but rescheduled inside the stadium on July 7th.  The Hurricanes deep ball and defense were too much for the competition as the Hurricanes dominated the playoff and took home the 6-8 Title.  The Thunder again played well winning their first game but losing to the Hurricanes in the semi-final.

There were 20 teams that competed in the 9-11 Division.  We had 2 teams compete in this division.  Both the Red Storm and Tornadoes played great football throughout the tournament.  Both teams went 3-0 in pool play and both teams made it to the final four.  The Tornadoes dropped a hard fought game to the NSFFL All-Stars in the semi-final on one side of the bracket and the Red Storm was trailing 14-0 to Mo Steel from Miami on the other side of the bracket when the skies opened up and the the tournament had to be stopped.  Mo Steel was awarded the victory.

There were 12 teams that competed in the 12-14 Division.   The Red Storm had a great run in the tournament going 3-0 in pool play and getting a first round bye in the playoff.  Wins against Eastwood, NY Bears and the Peabody, MA Patriots put them in the Championship Game against a very talented team from Northen PA.  The kids played great but ended up taking home the runner-up trophies.

There were 8 teams that competed in the 15-17 Division.  The Cobras played some great games losing 3 games that came down to the wire against some very good competition. 

The 9-11 Red Storm ran the table going 5-0 at this years Granite Bowl.  In pool play, they defeated the North Shore All Stars 26-20 in a hard fought game.  They won the next 2 games 26-0 knocking off North Kingston RI Thunderbirds and the Plymouth, MA Patriots.  They earned their way into the finals by knocking off North Kingston RI Thunderbirds 29-6 in the single elimination playoff and would face the North Shore All Stars in the final.  North Shore scored first but it was all Red Storm after that capturing the 9-11 Title 34-7.

The 12-14 Red Storm decided to take a different route.  In the first game of pool play they were beaten handily 30-0 by the Lynn, MA Chargers.  After losing 32-13 to the Peabody, MA Patriots in game 2 they were able to squeak out a victory over the Salem, MA Witches 21-13.  In the single elimination playoff they drew the Lynn, MA Chargers.  They would get a chance to avenge the earlier drubbing and pulled off the upset with a 25-20 victory with a Hail Mary on the final play of the game.  They would meet the Peabody Patriots in the final.  In a very tight game the Red Storm pulled out a 20-18 victory winning the 12-14 Title and knocking off the previously unbeaten Patriots. 

Click on link to view news from 2009 National Championship.   The Mo Steel program from Miami took home the 9-11 and 12-14 boy's titles and the girl's from Hamilton, Ontario took home the 12-14 girl's title. 

Click HERE to view pictures from the 2009 National Championship.

On November 29th, 2009, NHFFL League Champions competed in the New England Championships at the Lynn Manning Bowl in Lynn, MA.  The 9-11 Patriots took home the 9-11 title with the 6-8 Falcons and 12-15 Patriots taking home runner-ups in their divisions.

 6-8 Division

We were allowed to send our Conference Champions in the 6-8 Division.  The stage was set for a very competitive division with 6 of the 8 teams in the tournament going undefeated in their respective leagues.  The Falcons and Seahawks went undefeated in pool play but they would eventually meet in the semi-final for a rematch of this year's NHFFL Superbowl.  The game would go to overtime with the Falcons pulling it out 18-12.  The Falcons battled hard in the Championship but came up short losing to the Lynn Raiders 12-6.

9-11 Division

This division also saw 6 of the 8 teams bringing undefeated records to the tournament.  At the end of the day, not one of the them would remain undefeated.  The NHFFL Patriots took their undefeated record to the tournament and lost their first game convincingly, 27-6, against New Canaan, CT.  They won their next three and found themselves in the Championship Game against an undefeated Salisbury team that had scored the most points in the tournament.  The Pats brought their A game and shutout Salisbury 26-0 taking home the Title.

12-15 Division

The NHFFL 12-15 Patriots started the day strong winning three in a row, putting them in the Championship Game against the Peabody Giants.  It was a battle from the get go but Peabody broke the tie in the closing seconds to win it 13-7

NHFFL Red Storm make it to Finals in Regional 

On August 2nd 2009, the 9-11 Red Storm took the team on the road to Youngstown, Ohio to compete in the Y2K Sports tournament.  The team got the opportunity to play some really good teams from Ohio.  The Red Storm took their game to the next level going 5-0 and taking home the 9-11 title.  Games were longer than the team was used to with each game consisting (2) 24 minute halves.  Regardless, the team played nearly flawless with the defense allowing only 1 touchdown in 240 minutes of football while the offense did its job averaging 28 points a game. 

In addition to the competitive football, it was a great experience for the team with the kids taking in a Cleveland Indians game, visiting the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and getting a private tour of the Youngstown State football stadium and football facilities.

The Red Storm would like to thank Elliot Giles and the YFFA for their hospitality and for making this trip so special.

Click on "ALBUMS" to view pictures from the tournament.

It was a great day of football in Foxboro at the 2009 Summer Football Festival.  All our teams did very well.   

The Bills were the only team that took home some hardware finishing 2nd in the 6-8 Division.  The 6-8 Colts and Patriots also did very well with the Colts finishing 3rd and Patriots finishing 6th.  Our teams ended up playing each other in the playoffs and knocking each other out.

In the 9-11 Division, both the Red Storm and Natural Disasters dominated pool play but faced each other in the quarter finals with the Red Storm coming out on top in one of their usual battles.  The Red Storm moved on to the Semi-finals and lost a shootout to Mo Steel from Miami, FL 37-25 and ended up finishing 4th out of 16 teams. 

In the 12-14 Division, the Vipers went undefeated in pool play but ran into a tough Peabody team in the semi-finals and ended up finishing 3rd.

Our 15-17 team played tough but didn't have any luck on the football field.

Scores:

On June 29th, 2008 6 NHFFL teams competed in three age divisions at the Summer Football Festival held at Gillette Stadium.  It was an amazing experience for the kids and parents alike.  There was some great regional competition and our teams faired extremely well with the 6-8 Colts taking home the championship and the 6-8 Eagles taking home runner-ups.  In Fact, 3 of the final 4 teams in the 6-8 Division were NHFFL teams.

Our teams finished in the Final 4 in both the 9-11 Division and 12-14 Division. 

Here are the scores and results for our teams from the tournament:

The NHFFL Red Storm are from left to right: Scott Razzetti - Joe Zollo - Andrew Duragano - Eric Guinasso - Steven Jackson - Jimmy Tokanel - Joey Porazinski - Michael Marino - Drew Johnson.

The Coaches are: Brian Johnson - Dave Duragano - Steve Jackson

NHFFL 9-11 Red Storm traveled to Buffalo, NY on 10/11 to compete in the Bills NFL Regional Tournament.

There were 11 teams from 5 states and 2 countries that were placed in 3 pools with each of the pool winners advancing to a playoff.  The Football Gods smiled on us early by placing us in the odd pool with 3 teams.  This meant we had to win 2 games opposed to 3 to win our pool and advance.  The kids played nearly flawless beating Orchard Park, NY 28-0 and then the Hamilton, Ontario Jaguars 30-0 to win our pool and advance.  It was an amazing display of execution with the entire team contributing in the wins.  After pool play, the tie breakers for seeding came down to the 3rd tie breaker (point differential which we had 29 and another team that had 28) and we were named the #1 seed which meant we got the bye to the Championship Game.   It also meant we could watch our future opponent in the semi-final game.

It was the NHFFL Red Storm vs the Hamilton Ontario Steelers for the title and a trip to Disney for a shot at a National Title.   We scored late in the first half with a laser beam from Drew Johnson between two defenders to Steven Jackson who made a nice catch jumping in front of the defenders.  We failed on the conversion and the half time score was 6-0.  In the second half, Ontario drove the ball to our 10 yard line but was turned away by an Eric Guinasso interception in the endzone.  Ontario would get one more chance and on the last play of the game they hooked up on a touchdown pass to tie the game and force overtime. 

In Regional Tournament Play, each team gets one possession and tries to score.  If you are unable to score, a mark is made on the field where the drive ended and the opposing team must advance the ball past that mark to win.  Ontario went first and drove the ball to about our 15 yard line before we stopped them.  It was our turn next and with our first two plays gaining minimal yardage we were facing a 3rd and about 15.  Drew Johnson rolled out and checked down and dumped it off to Andrew Duragano who scooted around the corner and picked up the 1st down by about a yard (There were many memorable moments from this tournament but this play will forever be embedded in my memory).  We now had three plays to pick up about 10 yards.  Drew johnson swung it out again to Andrew Duragano who took the corner and advanced the ball past their mark for the overtime win and a trip to Disney.

It was an amazing experience as well as an emotional roller coaster and although I mention a few names it was truly a team working together as one unit that got it done.

Good Luck to our teams competing in the Patriots NFL Regional in Conneticut on 11/2.   How great would it be to have 2 teams from our league in the National Championship !!!!!!

After winning the NFL Buffalo Regional, the NHFFL 9-11 year old Red Storm competed at Disneys Wide World of Sports for the National Championship. 

The football gods smiled on us in Buffalo but placed us in the "Bracket of Death" in the Nationals.  There were 12 teams broken into 3 pools.  Each team played their pool and was then seeded for a single elimination playoff.  We drew Ft Wayne Indianna - last years National Champion   Miami, FL Mo Steel who was last years runner-ups and this years National Champions and Oakland, CA who finished in the final 4. 

We dropped our 1st game to Fort Wayne 28-0.  We came out flat and they were a really good team. 

We played really well in the 2nd game losing to Miami 13-0.  We trailed most of the game 6-0 and just couldn't put it in.  They scored a late touchdown to make it 13 - 0. 

In our 3rd game we faced off against Oakland, CA.  We played well scoring first and taking a 6-0 lead.  Oakland bounced back catching a deflected ball in the back of the endzone and then added another to take a 13-6 lead.  We had our chances but it ended up 20-6 with Oakland adding a late TD.

We actually drew the 10 seed as there were other 0-3 teams and ended up with Miami, Fl again.  They came out flying and ended up knocking us out 20-0. 

Although it didn't work out on the football field, we had a lot of fun.  The kids met a lot of the other players from around the country and got to play some exciting football on the National Stage.  We also had a great time at Disney !

Look for the National Tournament to air on the NFL Network in December.

The NH Sportsplex in Bedford, NH was the site for the 1st Annual Spring Fling Flag Football tournament.  The 1 day tournament featured teams from NH and MA competing in (2) coed age groups; 9-11 and 12-14. 

The NHFFL Red Storm captured the 9-11 title in dramatic fashion scoring on a deflected ball with under 30 seconds remaining in the contest against the NHFFL Panthers. 

In the 12-14 Division, the NHFFL Blaze ran the table in pool play but ended up finishing runner-ups with the Peabody, MA Tanners taking home the title.

It was an exciting day of football played in a beautiful facility and I look for the tournament to grow next year. 

On April 18th, NHFFL teams competed in the 2009 Granite Bowl tournament which was held on the campus of Southern New Hampshire University.  The tournament featured a Fan Zone for the kids as well as live music and a DJ which acted as a soundtrack while the kids played football.  Although it was a very long day, the kids got to play a lot of football on a beautiful field.

All our teams battled hard, but it was the NHFFL Red Storm taking home the Title by beating the NHFFL Patriots with a Drew Johnson to Tom Dimicelli touchdown hookup with :02 seconds remaining on the clock.