WANTED: CFL OUTLAWS

Creeks Football League Announces New Association Name

St. Johns, Florida (November 16, 2011) - The Outlaws are coming to town! Creeks Football League (CFL) has adopted the “Outlaws” as their new association name. Having merged early in 2011, St. Johns Sports Association and Creeks Football League are moving forward under one united name. Angelo Vespi, CFL Board president, noted, “The sole purpose of Creeks Football League has always been – and continues to be – to benefit the children of our community. I am pleased that we have come together as a board and as a community to serve young people who are developing football and cheer abilities, as well as leadership and teamwork skills.”

Serving nearly 600 players in St. Johns, CFL met some impressive milestones during the 2011 season. Four out of seven football teams advanced to the city playoffs. Head Coach Don Abbey led the Pee Wee Knights to win the Greater Jacksonville Pop Warner City Championship and to compete through two rounds of regional competition, playing the state’s top teams in Lake City and Tallahassee. This is a first for CFL and great honor for the dedicated coaches and players.

Each of the League’s five cheer teams advanced to regional competition as well. Cheer director Shanna Bragg shared, “We are so proud of the 160 young women who are dedicated to the sport of cheerleading. We hope to create well-rounded athletes through hard work, dedication, respect and team commitment.”

Beyond athletic accomplishment, CFL promotes academic excellence for young athletes. Creeks Football League players and cheerleaders are consistently recognized with top honors and scholarships at the Annual Greater Jacksonville Pop Warner Scholarship Banquet.

Dedicated to teaching good sportsmanship, teamwork and responsibility, CFL also encourages good citizenship. Attending the County Commissioners meeting in August this year were over 150 players, cheerleaders and coaches who supported the Parks & Recreation budget request. The budget was approved, but perhaps more importantly, young citizens learned how their voices can make a difference in local government.

The Outlaws association name is new but the League’s mission remains unchanged: Creeks Football League directors, coaches and volunteers will play a key role in positively shaping the lives of promising athletes and future community leaders in St. Johns County. For more on the CFL Outlaws, visit http://cfl.caaleague.org.

CFL AND SJSA HAVE UNITED TO BECOME ONE ASSOCIATION

We would like to take this opportunity to inform our community and our Pop Warner members of an exciting new development for the upcoming 2011 Pop Warner football and cheer season. As you are reading this, members from the Knights and Bears are working together to have one united, football and cheer family from this point on.

Officially, the Knights and Bears are one organization, joining together to provide a united team to promote the growth of football and cheer in St Johns County. We are combining all of our resources into one organization to build a team that will provide one of the best environments in Northeast Florida for youth football.

With this, we are sure to have many of you with questions about how this is going to work. We want to be able to answer all of those questions that you may have. So we are scheduling a Town Hall meeting in the near future. While we are there, we hope to discuss our plan for the upcoming season and answer any and all questions that you may have.

We all understand that this will be a change for all our members, Knights and Bears, however, we believe this will give all of us the best opportunity for a bright future for youth football and cheer in our area. Working together will allow all of us to cheer for each other, on and off the field. Both organizations have celebrated many successes in the past three years. We believe by combining these two leagues, we will build on those and create many more that all can enjoy.

Please join us in kicking off this new endeavor at the Town Hall meeting TBA.

Sincerely,

Creeks Football League Board of Directors
SJSA Board of Directors

EXCITING NEWS

Dick's Sporting Goods is hosting a team shopping event on July 16th from 10am - 4pm. During this time using the attached coupon in this flyer you can save 15% off your entire purchase. That is a great deal and we would like to thank Dick's Sporting Goods for sponsoring SJSA this year.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS

CAA Bears, Knights & Jags 3rd Annual Fundraising Golf Event. July 29th, 2011. Click Here for more information and here for the signup form.