In honor of September 11th, some of the youth football teams in our league took the time to honor 9-11. One of those teams was the Syracuse Mitey Mite team.

This was a pre game colorguard in honor of 9-11.

Each member of the Syracuse Mighty Mite team wrote an essay about what 9-11 meant to them. Out of those essays, 4 kids were selected for the pre game color guard. Before the game, both teams met at midfield and saluted the flag and said the pledge of allegiance. Very cool experience.

Nick Tweed was the team winner of the essays on 9-11. So, he held the American Flag in the color guard and he was able to take his Grandfather on the field who is a 28 year veteran of the armed forces. Also, Coach Ski got special American Flag decals (for the kids helmets) to commemorate the day.

This is Nick’s winning essay.

We, at WFFL.com want to express the gratitude we have for the coaches/fathers that teach these young boys more than just football! And thanks to Matt Reed for submitting such a wonderful story complete with pictures and essay!

Mitey Mites
Syracuse

Submitted by Matt Reed

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PHOTOS FROM WEEK FOUR
AROUND THE LEAGUE

Our Kaysville Football program has experienced a 50-year tradition of excellence.  Not only influenced by Davis High School, but also by our tremendous volunteer coaching staffs.  Their quality time and unselfish dedication has always been the essence in providing solid training and preparation for our players.This 2009 season we obtained an all-time high of 144 coaches guiding 24 teams.  We attribute the growth and success over the years to their positive attitudes, good sportsmanship and fundamentally sound knowledge of the game.

Our Kaysville Parks & Recreation staff salute and thank our fantastic coaches, players and families.

Sky View Youth Football has experienced much growth and success in the past few years.  In three years we’ve added approximately 100 players and 5 teams to our organization and we expect to keep growing.  Our organization is 100% volunteer and we appreciate all who work hard to make our program a success.  Even though it’s probably the longest drive most teams make in the season, we hope it’s worth the trip to play on our two wonderful game fields.  Smithfield City works hard to keep our grass field at Forrester Acres in top shape all year.  We also are grateful to the Sky View High School administration and football program for allowing us to utilize the brand new varsity turf field for games as well.  For the first time in a decade we’re all excited to welcome two girls to our program this year and hope to have more join us in the future!  Go Cats!

The newest association to join the WFFL, the South Weber Knights, is the association of the week. With dreams of having their own program in the city of South Weber, the community rallied around local organizers to see it to fruition. Naysayers said there would be no way to field teams given the small community, and statistics showed they would have 50-60 players on the high end.

In October of 2008, they set out to prove the naysayers wrong. Through a grassroots effort of fund raising and awareness, the Knights raised over $25,000 with $1900 from city funds. The majority of the fund raising did not come from corporate sponsorships, but through the efforts of future football players, parents, grandparents, and community members by auctions, dinners, and various door-to-door fund raising endeavors.

The South Weber Knights fielded 5 teams: Jr. Mites, Mitey Mites, Jr. Pee Wee, Pee Wee, and Midget in their first year and have 113 active roster players.

We welcome the Knights to the WFFL and wish them the best in building their program.