About The MUYFA Program

PURPOSE

The MUYFA provides a tremendous opportunity for bigger children to learn, develop and play organized tackle football. We focus on 5th, 6th thru 8th graders so that they can have experience playing football prior to going onto the high school level of football.  Most teams in the league has a Varsity Team and a JV Team.

PHILOSOPHY

The MUYFA wants to provide every child to have the opportunity to learn, develop and play football no matter what their weight/size may be. Children should not be discriminated from playing football because of their weight/size.

PARTICIPANTS

All MUYFA players must be between the ages of 10 thru 14. (No 15 year old)

They must be attending middle school grades 5 thru 8. (No 9th graders)

No weight limits to exclude any child from playing. The MUYFA started with 35 players in 1995. This past season (2004) over 600 BIG GUYS playing football.

STRUCTURE

The MUYFA has a 2 tier format known as Varsity and Junior Varsity. The Varsity teams include the more athletic, experienced and mature 7th & 8th grader. When a MUYFA Varsity player goes into the 9th grade, he is able to compete as a starter on most high school JV teams. Many players have made HS varsity teams as freshman. The MUYFA JV player is a young, inexperienced in football and athletics in general, 6th or 7th grader. The JV players compete against other teams of their caliper. They play an 8 to 10 game schedule to help them develop for playing at the Varsity level in seasons to follow.

MEMBERS

The 2005 Season is going to be even more exciting going into the 11th season.

For 2002 the MUYFA fielded teams in Loch Raven, Hamilton, Randallstown, East Baltimore (Chick Webb), Woodlawn, Howard County, Crofton, Easton and 2 teams in Prince Georges Co. (KLM & KCP). For 2003 interest tells us that we may expand to many teams throughout the Mid-Atlantic area.

SEASON OVERVIEW

Practice begins August 1st. A Jamboree (scrimmages) is held 2 weeks later. After 3 weeks the MUYFA Pre-Season Classic Games are played. The end of August we begin a 10 week/game regular season. Beginning of November is playoffs, championships, an All-Star game and finally a Maryland - Virginia Super 33 game. The 2005 game will be in the Central Virginia Area with Maryland traveling to play.

Former GLRRC Ravens Players now playing for the #1 ranked Gilman Greyhounds (USAToday #14 nationally) #65 Nate Hummel, #46 Dave Caperna and #30 Jerry Jones. They are holding in victory the 2002 MIAA Championship Trophy.

Contact:  Bill Casagrande, 410-529-2080, email:  bcmuyfa@comcast.net