As we enter week 7, our regular season is almost complete. We hope that your son or daughter had a wonderful experience with us! As a note for all football k-8, the community center parking lot is being paved this week and will be closed, please park along the driveway or circle of Varnum elm school (for those that do not know, it is the school's drive way that runs along the softball field and skate park at town field.
The regular season football games wrap up October 15th.
The weekend of October 21/22
Locals cheer comp for all cheer (10/21)*
Mitey Mite Bowl for all Flex teams (10/22, we will see where it is located to determine if we will attend)
Tackle Playoff games* for those that advance to the post season (seeds 1 & (maybe 2) have a bye week)
*teams that do not place, this comp/game is the end of their season.
For those registered Directly with North Middlesex, If you have not signed your child up for canning we added locations for October 14th. We will send buy out invoices to anyone not signed up by that date, each location only requires 1 adult,.so if you are unable to bring your child, you may want to team up with a teammate to send them with their parent. If it fills up check again in a few days, we are still waiting to hear back from a few places. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20231
We pulled the first week of calendar raffle winners during Sunday's games via facebook live, if you have not turned in your 5 tickets you paid for during the registration process, there are still 3 weeks of winnings left, turn them in this week.
Congratulations to Camden Fancy, 4th grade, he sold 54 tickets, selling the most in the league! He won $50 off $50 at Dicks Sporting Goods!
Other amazing sellers are
30+
Kenny L., 7th
Delaney M., D12
Jacob D., 7th
Declan T., K/1
Aleesa T., D12
Laci W., D12
20+
Annie A., D10
Madeline C., D10
Kaitlyn D., D14
Elliana N., D12
William W., 4th
Robert W., 6th
Lastly, I posted in the team chats, but if your football player would like to try out for the CMass All-Star team to compete in Naples, Florida, December 2-8, at the 10, 11, 12 or 13u level please pre-register at the link below. This is a traveling event and at the parent's expense if your child does make the team.
CMYFCC is happy to announce the return of the Fall All-Star Program, the Commonwealth Chaos!!
We will hold open tryouts (no coaching nomination needed) for our national travel 10U, 11U, 12U, and 13U teams on Monday, October 9, 2023, at 4:00PM. Please see the flyer (attached) for specific information regarding locations, check in times, and tryout times. These are NON-CONTACT tryouts. Players selected to the national teams will travel to Naples, FL, December 2 to December 8 to compete at the AYF National Tournament.
Players who would like to tryout need to pre-register using the link below or by scanning the QR Code on the flyer. There will be no in-person registration at the fields.
https://forms.gle/zf8PBaqnED2WGY8B9
We will also have a local all-star game for 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U, & 13U teams for players that are not selected to the national all-star teams. The local all-star game participants will be chosen through the tryout process as well as coach nominations later in the season. There will not be tryouts for 9U, and those teams will be created through coach nominations.
Hello Everyone! I hope that you are all doing well as we are officially done the first half of our regular season! A common concern that we have heard among coaches is attendance, if you are not able to make a practice or a game, you need to notify the head coach as well as mark it in the sportsengine app. It is very important you are attending practices. Coaches need to be able to properly prepare their practices/ games/ competitions knowing who will be in attendance.
I have attached the finished version of the flex schedule, please still keep in mind, game times can change up until the Wednesday prior each week.
Allstars
NM was very lucky again this year! 5 of our young ladies from D14 have been selected to represent Central Mass' Elite team at Nationals in Florida this December. That is pretty impressive to have such a large representation. Congratulations to those girls, we are very proud of them. For Football, they will be having a open tryout for the national teams at the 10, 11, 12 and 13 age levels on October 8th. Please keep a lookout for more information that I will send to you. If I didn't send it out, I do not have it yet. I promise I will send the information as soon as I have it. Athletes interested in trying out will need to pre-register to attend the tryout. As a reminder, your league age is the age your child was on July 31st.
As a reminder picture day is coming up, order forms will be available onsite each day with exact cash or check payments, but you may also prepay ahead of time as well at the links below. We do understand that we are spreading these out and it may be a pain to some families, but doing it this way will allow us to not have kids getting picture after their game, or making other kids sit around for 2-3 hours prior to their game. We do ask that if you are not planning to pay for pictures, you still have your child come early to be in the team photo. Plan to arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your time slot, so your team is ready to go at their scheduled time.
Saturday, September 23 - North Middlesex Regional High School
4:30 p.m. 7th grade tackle
5:00 p.m. D12 Cheer
5:30 p.m. 8th grade tackle
6:00 p.m. D14 Cheer
Prepay https://photogroup.onlinephotocart.com/prepay/38183793
for ONLINE ORDERS ONLY, You now can CREATE YOU OWN PHOTO PACKAGE, Pick the prints & products you would like to order
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Sunday, September 24 - Tyngsboro High School
12:15 p.m. 6th grade tackle
PRE-ORDER: Browse products and pay ahead of time by clicking the link below. You will receive a Picture Day Ticket via email attachment with all your information and child’s unique barcode that you must print and bring with your child to photo day. After checking in with the photographer's table person, your child (with ticket in hand) can go right to the photographer and hand them their ticket for their individual image.
More Info From Photographer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HKTdzBtC8x-bUaG5TXJcnBS8UbELiRlg/view
Pre-Order Link: USE CODE F2381
https://newenglandsportsphoto.simplephoto.com
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Sunday, October 1 - North Middlesex Regional High School
7:30 a.m. 2/3 Flex
8:00 a.m. K/1 Flex
8:30 a.m. D8 Cheer
9:00 a.m. 4th grade tackle
9:30 a.m. D10 Cheer
10:00 a.m. 5th grade tackle
Prepay https://photogroup.onlinephotocart.com/prepay/38183793
ONLINE ORDERS ONLY You now can CREATE YOU OWN PHOTO PACKAGE, Pick the prints & products you would like to order
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The calendar raffle was updated (attached), we have added a new updated prize on our final day! The child that sells the most tickets, will win $50 off $50 or more at Dick's sporting goods! Tickets are due by the end of the month, we will be collecting them the final week at practices, or until the 8th grade game on Oct 1.
Canning, please keep this link handy we will continue to add dates and locations until the end of the season. (NH locations should be available in the next day or two) If you did not pay the $100 buy out and would like to pay it, please reach out. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20231
Snack Shack donations we are still taking donations, if you would like to donate anything
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20232
Volunteering please check in with your team mom or coaches on how you can volunteer many teams have sign ups available for you to sign up. We do realize it can be hard to find time, but please keep in mind all AYF teams are run completely by volunteers from our coaches, to our board up to the central Mass board members.
Games/Completions As a reminder, we realize there are a lot of emotions when it comes to these events. As parents we all signed code of conduct. We can not yell at refs / coaches / judges or the volunteers working at the different booths/ entrances. If you encounter any issues, please talk to your head coach, cheer/football director or and board members.
Birth Certificates we still have a good amount left! We no longer have the paperwork / merch table set up at town field, but please reach out to Kristi, to arrange to get yours if you did not pick it up while it was at the field.
Hello everyone!
CALENDAR RAFFLE
Attached you will find our final league fundraiser for the year, our calendar raffle in PDF and JPEG (for social media sharing) as well as another copy of the tickets. As a reminder as long as your account has been paid in full, you have already pre-paid $25 for your first 5 tickets. If you have a balance on your account, you will need to turn in the full payment for your tickets. If you log into your sports engine account you will be able to see if you have a balance, please also note, all balances should be paid in full ASAP. We welcome any Tyngsboro 4th-6th grade co-op kids to participate in this fundraiser as well, but you are not required.
CANNING
There are still spots available for canning this weekend, if you are available and did not pay the buyout or sign up yet, sign up now and get it in! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20231 We will have the buckets available at Town Field on Thursday.
PICTURE DAY
Has been set up, a email will be sent with additional information next week. We do ask even if you do not plan to buy pictures yourself, that you come at the scheduled time to be apart of the team photo
Saturday, September 23 - North Middlesex Regional High School
4:30 p.m. 7th grade tackle
5:00 p.m. D12 Cheer
5:30 p.m. 8th grade tackle
6:00 p.m. D14 Cheer
Sunday, September 24 - Tyngsboro High School
12:15 p.m. 6th grade tackle
Sunday, October 1 - North Middlesex Regional High School
7:30 a.m. 2/3 Flex
8:00 a.m. K/1 Flex
8:30 a.m. D8 Cheer
9:00 a.m. 4th grade tackle
9:30 a.m. D10 Cheer
10:00 a.m. 5th grade tackle
Hello Everyone,
The long awaited schedule is attached. Please note every week is subject to change, until the Wednesday prior to the game. For 2/3 Flex we are waiting on one final day and time for week 5. Each week hosting associations send out a welcome email to their visiting teams by Wednesday with final confirmation and any field rules, once I received that email, I forward that to your head coaches to send to their teams. Please review them, Many towns do not allow dogs and every home game we unfortunately have to turn families away with a dog. Below is the game day guidelines for NM and Tyngsboro. If anyone would like to donate to our snack shack, please sign up to do so here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4EABAB2BA1FD0-20232
North Middlesex
Small concessions stand (cash only) with muffins, donuts, taco in a bag, cup of noodles, drinks and snacks
Stadium/Artificial Turf Rules
· No spectators allowed on field at any time, only rostered coaches and players
· No outside tables or chairs allowed on turf
· No metal spikes at all.
· No stakes or poles can be stuck in the turf.
· No food or drink on the field – only water.
· No gum or sunflower seeds on the field.
· No pets allowed on the turf or in the stadium.
· Only 1 team bag is allowed on the field.
· Teams must pick up all garbage on turf and in bleachers after
Tyngsboro
SEATING: We have stands on both sides of the field. The stands on the home side are handicapped/carriage accessible. The stands on the visitor side are clean and stable but are sitting up on a hill -- they are not as nice as the stands on the home side so feel free to sit on either side.
CONCESSIONS: Concessions will be available at our snack shack – cash only.
RESTROOMS: Are located in the concession stand building.
FIELD CONTROL: We ask that kids do not bring Gatorade onto the field as we have a turf field - we're told that it breaks down the turf if spilled. We also ask that ONLY rostered coaches, players, cheerleaders, and game-day volunteers be on the track/field area. All other spectators will need to stay outside of the fenced area -- no one is allowed to sit on the track or field. Teams should clean up after themselves following their game.
This is still in the draft stage, we have only received the flex schedule through week two so far. My email in a few days will hopefully be a final schedule. (always subject to change) Presidents from all associations are currently securing their field space including myself, as the high school has not yet approved my request. As we receive confirmations, I will add the games to the sportengine calendar on the app.
Week 1, all games August 27th
All teams @ Westford except 4th Grade who is @ Lunenburg
Week 2, all games September 2nd
Flex @ West Boylston/Boylston
Tackle @ Tewksbury
Week 3, home
Flex vs. TBA @ North Middlesex 9/9
Tackle 4-6 vs. Marlborough (Auburn 5th) @ Tyngsboro 9/10
Tackle 7-8 vs. Marlborough @ North Middlesex 9/9
Week 4, Away
Flex @ TBA
Tackle @ Lynn 9/17
Week 5, home
Flex vs. TBA @ North Middlesex
Tackle 4-6 vs. Millbury Sutton @ Tyngsboro 9/24
Tackle 7-8 vs. Merrimack Valley @ North Middlesex TBA
Week 6, home 10/1
Flex vs. TBA @ North Middlesex
All Tackle vs. Worcester Cowboys @ North Middlesex
Week 7. Away
Flex @ TBA
All Tackle @ Nashoba/Maynard 10/8
Week 8, home 10/15
Flex vs. TBA @ North Middlesex
All Tackle vs. Oxford Webster @ North Middlesex
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Please review the welcome letter emailed to our families in early August.
We are still looking for sponsors and calendar raffle prizes