Opening Day is Here!
We look forward to a great opening day and a great season! About 560 kids and 57 teams (1 team has a week 1 bye) will step out on the field tomorrow. Enjoy it!
A few quick notes as we start the season:
1.) The game is about the kids...not the parents, the coaches, the refs, or anyone else.
Our (the adults), behavior, how we react to a tough call, how we tell them postgame how much fun we had watching them, how we talk to the kids on the drive home, etc all are part of what create the memories that the kids will keep and their enjoyment of the game. They will also model our behaviors and the behaviors of other adults that they observe. Please keep this in mind.
Verbal abuse of any ref will not be tolerated (note - we have some 1st time refs this season...they will get better over the season just like the players)
2.) The coaches are volunteers and we couldn't have a league without them...thank you coaches!
3.) We have a few teams / players that do not yet have jerseys and some that do not have shorts. They will be in before week 2. Sorry!
4.) SPONSORS - every single team has a dedicated sponsor this year. Your child's sponsor is printed on their shorts and sponsor signs will go up on our sponsor wall fence over the next few weeks. We couldn't be the best value in local youth sports without our sponsors. Let them know you appreciate them! Email them, stop by their business, say thanks on their FB page...taking 30 seconds to do so means a lot.
5.) Mouthguards! Like a sock in a dryer, mouthguards tend to disappear. No player can play without one. They are for sale at the snack shack if anyone forgets theirs.
6.) Rulebook - if you are interested you can find it under Resources on our website
7.) Last but not least...thank you PYFFL families, we appreciate our returning families for being back with us and our new families for deciding to have their kids play PYFFL!
Throughout the season, if you have any suggestions for how we can improve the league, just reach out.
Thank You,
Jeff McFarland, PYFFL President
Anthony Spakoski, PYFFL VP and Director of Ops
Christina Ripley, Division 1/2 Coordinator
Rich Nicholson, Division 3/4 Coordinator
Jeff McFarland, Division 5/6 Coordinator
Chris Furtado, Division 7/8/9 Coordinator