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Crofton Youth Football

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Irene Washed Out First Weekend of Football

Games to be rescheduled for final week of the Anne Arundel County season

The problems from Tropical Storm Irene wiped out almost all of the scheduled games from the first weekend of play in the Anne Arundel County youth football league. Only three games did get played, according to Recreation and Parks officials on Monday morning, and two of them did involve Crofton teams. But the scores hadn’t been reported as yet on Monday. Rec and Parks officials confirmed Monday that the postponed games will be moved back to the final week of the season. Football league officials were still working on the actual schedule late last week and then again into early this week, and this event makes things even tougher. Therefore, whatever was finished last week would need to be modified once more, and league officials will be …

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Crofton Youth Football Practice Starts Soon

Team practices to start in July; regular season begins in late August

It’s the middle of the summer, and the weather is perfect for baseball, but children in Crofton are definitely getting ready for football. The reason is that Anne Arundel County’s youth football leagues will soon begin summer practices for this fall’s season. Teams who play in the Anne Arundel Youth Football Association can start practice on July 18 for the season that starts in late August. County teams can begin practice on that date. Most Crofton teams appear as if they won’t start workouts until a few days after that. The county lets summer football practices take place Monday through Friday nights from 6-8. They’ll often do this right up until when school begins, and that’s when workouts drop to three nights per week. The Crofton …

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