8th Grade Cheerleaders Capture 2nd Place at NE Championships [VIDEO]

For the first time in the Framingham Youth Football & Cheerleading program's history, five teams (fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade) competed in the New England Championships Sunday.

For the first time in the Framingham Youth Football & Cheerleading program's history five teams (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grade) competed in the New England Championships in Providence Sunday. The A team, comprised of eighth graders, finished second. Teams that place first, second or third in the New England competition qualify for nationals in Florida, but it has been the policy of Framingham Youth Football & Cheerleading to only send first place teams to nationals. The "8th grade cheer team made history by winning 2nd place in the AYFC New England regionals. A first for our program," said Framingham Youth Football & Cheerleading President Ron Vallely. "We are all very proud for a job well done." Members of the A team squad include: Grace…

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6th Grade Football Team Wins Massachusetts Title

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Congrats to the 6th grade Framingham Youth Football "C" Team, who won the Massachusetts State Title Sunday in Leominster. They defeated a team from Marlborough to earn a spot in the New England Championships in Connecticut. The team is undefeated and ranked in the top 20 in the United States in the American Youth Football rankings.

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Cheer on Nationally-Ranked Framingham Youth Football Teams Sunday

Framingham Youth Football & Cheering will host the BayState Superbowl games Sunday at Bowditch Field.

Framingham Youth Football & Cheering will host the Bay State Superbowl games Sunday, Nov. 4 at Bowditch Field. Everyone is invited to attend the games for free to cheer on Framingham's two nationally-ranked youth football teams. The Framingham Youth Football A Team, comprised of eighth graders, finished the regular season undefeated at 9-0. They are ranked third in the county in the American Youth Football All-American rankings. They defeated Needham Tuesday to earth a spot in Sunday's championship game. Last year as a seventh grade team, they won the Bay State League Championship, Massachusetts State Championship and the New England Regional Championship. In doing so, the team qualified for the national American Youth Football playoffs in…

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Susan Petroni

8:49 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Congrats to the 8th grade A team who also won the Bay State Title 18-2 over Norwood. Patch will have more coverage later this week. *** Both the A and the C teams will play for the Massachuetts Title in Leominster this weekend!   more ›

IMAGE GALLERY: Youth Football A Team Ranked #3 in The Country

The Framingham Youth Football A Team wrapped up its regular season Saturday, defeating Weymouth, to remain undefeated.

The Framingham Youth Football A Team wrapped up its regular season Saturday, defeating Weymouth, to remain undefeated. The team is ranked third in the country in the American Youth Football standings for eighth grade teams. Bay State Conference playoffs begin Tuesday, pending Hurricane Sandy. The Massachusetts Championship is Nov. 11. Last year as a seventh grade team, they won the Bay State League Championship, Massachusetts State Championship and the New England Regional Championship. In doing so, the team qualified for the national American Youth Football playoffs in Florida. Members of the team are: Sean Coote, Shaheer Sutton, Edrick Meuse, Alexander Ramos, Orlando Rosario Jr., Luis Mateo-Nieves, Joshua Davis, Daniel Bicalho, Kenneth …

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Cheryl Tully Stoll

11:30 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012

Congratulations to the team members, coaches and families who supported them. You guys make Framingham proud!   more ›

VIDEO: Healthy Bones Presented Heroes Among Us Award

Six Framingham families were honored by Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading for founding Healthy Bones and continuing the program for 109 consecutive months.

A group of Framingham families were honored by Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading in October for founding Healthy Bones. Started nine years ago, the program is now in its 109th consecutive month. Six families in the Cherry Street neighborhood - Stefanini, Brigham, LaBolita, Hall, Penrod and Trischitta - have been going door-to-door the first Saturday of each month collecting food and toiletries for local food pantries, since Sept. 2003. The Heroes Among Us award, presented at home football games of the Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading program, is sponsored by Dick's Sporting Goods. The award began in 2011.

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5 Things You Need To Know Today: Oct. 8

Columbus Day, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and loading the dishwasher featured in today's column.

Our daily column, 5 Things You Need to Know Today, will help you to get your day started and offer you some fodder for water cooler conversation. 1. Today is Columbus Day. Schools are closed. See What's Closed, What's Open, by clicking here. 2.  October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sunday, the Framingham Youth Cheerleading D Squad had pink pom poms on their sneakers, pink ribbons in their hair and cheered with new pink metallic shakers at their game against Wayland. The C squad also had new metallic pink shakers. Attached to this report is a few photos of both Framingham Youth Football Cheerleading teams. Framingham Patch will have reports from the games against Wayland later this week. 3. During a national skills competition…

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VIDEO: Dick's Sporting Goods Gives FYFC Big, Inflatable Home Advantage

Thanks to Dick's Sporting Goods, the Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading program has a new way of starting its home games before kickoff.

Thanks to Dick's Sporting Goods, the Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading program has a new way of starting its games before kickoff. Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading President Ron Vallely said they are grateful for the support of Dick's Sporting Goods for its support of the program, not only in the $5,000 inflatable helmet donation but also for its support of FYFC's Heroes Among Us program. The Flyers travel to Norwood today (Sept. 16) for games. The next home game is against Walpole on Sunday, Sept. 30.   

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Youth Cheerleaders Raise $550 at Weekend Car Wash

The Framingham Youth Football A cheerleading squad is fundraising for cheerleading competition choreography.

To help the Framingham Youth Football A squad cheerleaders compete at the highest level in competition, Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading recently hired a choreographer. The choreographer worked exclusively with the A Team over Labor Day weekend. To pay for the choreography, the cheerleading squad was asked to hold a handful of fundraisers. They held a bake sale and this past weekend a car wash at Herb Connolly Chevrolet Hiring a choreographer is not unusual these days, as many competitive cheerleading programs do. The cost of the choreography also included professional-cut personalized competition music made just for the A Squad. Thanks to Michele Baker, a mom of one of the cheerleaders, for these photos.

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