It’s hard to believe we are just days away from another AYF football season, set to start on August 3rd. As we begin to prepare for the season, I would like to congratulate the Marlboro Baseball All Stars on their success at all levels.
As many of you have already heard, there have been big changes for the coming season, primarily on the football side. This year, Marlboro and 6 other organizations from Central Mass are switching to the All American format. What is All American? All American is a division of youth football that divides teams into grades that is age protected. This allows all children to play football and also allows them to compete against children their own age. I am personally excited about this format because it no longer allows towns to create teams mostly consisting of “over lighters”, a definite benefit that many towns have taken advantage of the past years.
For the coming season, our teams (as well as the other 6 CM teams participating in the AA format) will be separated in the following manner
Kindergarten/1st grade – Head Coach Paul Doucette
Grade 2/3 – Head Coach Kevin Lynch
4th Grade – Head Coach Paul Dauderis
5th Grade –Head Coach Bill Soto
6th Grade –Head Coach Kevin Murphy
7th Grade –Head Coach Greg Short
Unfortunately, we will not be able to field an 8th grade team due to the extremely low registration numbers.
On the cheerleading side, there are no major changes. All CM teams will be competing against each other come competition season. The following are our cheerleading squads(as of today)
Tiny Mites – Head Coach Elita Gould
Tiny Mite games will be held on Saturdays and these cheerleaders will perform in Exhibition at Fun Comp in Shrewsbury
Mitey Mite – We are still looking for coaches, if you are interested please contact Laurie Chalmers or Larissa LeClerc (their info is available on the AYF website)
Mitey Mites will perform in exhibition at Fun Comp as well as the Central Mass Competition
This year the Wildcats will again have 3 teams that will compete in Competition, these teams are as follows
Division 10/under – Head Coach Melissa Eng – Pascual
Division 11/under – Head Coach Tracy Jakubiak
Division 12/under – Head Coach Heather Gibson
If anyone has any questions about the upcoming season, feel free to reach out to myself or any Board Trustee. See you all on Monday!
Wishing you all a Great Season,
Chris Arnold
Marlborough AYF Chairman