Please join us for the Shakopee Youth Football Annual Meeting at Turtles December 12th from 6:30pm-9:00pm
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2018 Annual Meeting…
Wednesday December 12th, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Please join us at Turtles Bar and Grill December 12th for the SYFA Annul Meeting.
There is a number of Board Positions to be filled this year. Please email zach@globalspecialty.net, or any current Board Member, if you are interested in being a nominee.
Open Positions:
Treasure
Fundraising
Communications
Coaches/Parents
Gear Assistant
Travel Director
Feel free to come and learn more about Shakopee Youth Football, or to add to the discussion. Everyone is welcome.
*Pizza will be served with a cash bar
BINGO Night Fundraiser - Wednesday, September, 26
BINGO at Shakopee BrewHall this Wednesday at 6:30 at the Shakopee BrewHall in downtown Shakopee. We have some great prizes!! Each BINGO card is a donation of $1 so grab your friends, family and neighbors and come down to the BrewHall!
September 14, Varsity Vs Eastview is Tackle Cancer Night !
Please join us for Shakopee Football Tackle Cancer Night at Vaughan Field, Friday September 14 @ 7PM. The Shakopee Sabers Vs. Eastview Lightening. Together as a team and community we will “Tackle Cancer!”
Beef Jerky Fundraiser winners announced!
These are the following winners for the beef jerky sales.
Top sellers -
Gannon Rydberg 8th grade - 73 packages
Custom Nike shoes ($200 value)
Trey Tanner 7th grade - 68 packages
Apple Airpods
Vikings ticket drawing winners -
-Winners receive 2 tickets to the Buffalo Bills game on Sunday September 23rd at noon.
Quinn O'Fallon - 4th grade
Natan Gonzalez - 8th grade
We also had 15 players sell 40 or more packages which earned each of them a $50 gift card.
Congratulations to our winners and thank you all for another successful fundraiser. We as an association sold 4179 packages of beef jerky.
Hats and socks will be handed out at beef jerky pickup.
Winners --- please contact Pete Kriegl at petedevenkriegl@yahoo.com or (952) 270-5583 to collect you prize.
Pete Kriegl
SYFA Fundraising Chair
September 14, 2018
July 24 Saber Break Down
All tackle common practices night 1
July 23rd
Sabers Varsity O-Line Coach Jason Trelstad at the youth coaches clinic on May 24
Sabers Varsity Offensive Coach Andrew Weiers at the youth coaching clinic on May 24.
2018 Coaches
If you are coaching this season, you must complete the application process. Please contact us with questions.
The Registration "Home" is not currently available.
Shakopee Varsity Footballers visiting elementary schools to encourage playing youth football
Varsity players visited Shakopee youth at schools to encourage joining the Saber Football Nation, Registration for youth football is open!
2018 Youth Football Registration
Registration is Closed and Teams have been formed. If you would still like to play football this year please contact the board about being placed on a team. Good luck this year!
2018 Dollars for Scholars Scholarship Recipients
Shakopee Youth Football President Mark Grommesch with this year's recipiants
Shakopee Youth Football Association and the Football Boosters Club are proud to congratulate the 2018 recipients of Shakopee Dollars for Scholars scholarships. All are top students in the their class as well, and our two contributing organizations are very proud of these recipients.
- Eric Sedlacek
- Hunter Friesen
- Sovahn Young
Congratulations and best of luck to them in their college careers!
All recipients participated in Shakopee Youth Football. The Dollars for Scholars program is an opportunity to award SYFA kids for their hard work at school and in the community.
2018 SYFA Sponsorship Campaign
Join a level of sponsorship this season, and expose your company to thousands in the Saber Nation. The attached letter has all the information you need to become a Shakopee Youth Football Booster today. Please contact the fundraising coordinator, or SYFA President with any questions. Pete Kriegl (Coordinator) 952-270-5583 or Mark Grommesch (SYFA President) 952-913-1970.
"You can love the brain and football, too" by Dr. Francis Shen
As a researcher, I know the risks are real. But they may be overestimated by the public. And the game has important benefits.
Click link to continue reading: http://www.startribune.com/youth-football-and-concussions-i-love-the-brain-but-think-you-can-like-football-too/472033803/
KARE11 Story on Shakopee's Heads Up Tackling Program
Shakopee Football was featured in a KARE11 story on August 10th about our efforts to make our sport as safe as possible through USA Football's Heads Up coach education and certification program, and by following this program to teach our players the proper tackling techniques designed to keep them safe.
Here is a link to that story on their website.
Saber Rewards
We are excited to introduce you to our new savings site for Shakopee Football: sabersrewards.com. On our rewards site you have the opportunity to save money, get cash back and support our program. There are two support levels: The basic membership Is FREE. The Gold membership is $30 and you get a $25 gift. The rewards program is growing and will be adding value daily and weekly to our site, so we encourage you to take a look.
Parents and Athletes
Article on the insight of how athletes feel about the roles of parents.
