Southern Marin

Update: The Jr. Midget Broncos (pictured below in Florida) beat the Shabbona Park Saints 16-0 and are now AYF National Champions! Click on the image below for a larger version.

The Jr. Midget Broncos won their first game in Florida, 24-6 against the Twin Cities Wolverines (from Pico Rivera in Southern California), received a 2nd round bye, and will be playing in the AYF National Championship game on Thursday the 10th at noon ET against the Chicago-based Shabbona Park Saints.

GO BRONCOS!!!

The Jr. Midget team won their championship game 36-14, and are headed to Florida. Congratulations to the players and coaches! AYF Championships are held December 5th to the 12th at Austin Tindal Park in Orlando, Florida.

Southern Marin's Mitey Mite, Jr. Peewee, and Peewee teams put on a defensive show and executed just short of winning their games. The Mitey Mites left everything on the field vs. Vacaville; the Jr. Peewees fought back after being down 3 touchdowns at half-time to come up just short vs. Lathrop; and the Bronco Peewees, who started the season 0-3, played tough against Novato. Each of our Bronco teams gave 100% and played to the last whistle.

Broncos teams have had and continue to have another fantastic season. To the Players - "We salute your success". To our parents - "We thank you for the time, effort, commitment and trust you made this 2009 season to Southern Marin Youth Football".

Go Broncos!

The Board of Directors for Southern Marin and its coaches congratulate the 7th and 8th grade athletes from the Peewee, Jr. Midget and Midget teams who maintained a GPA of 3.5 or higher for the 2008 to 2009 school year. The 2009 Academic All-Americans are:

Peewee	Jr. Midget	Midget
Jonah Chernoff	David Ayscue	Niklas Bell
Morgan Lange	Darius Collins	Kenneth Berreman
Trevor LaViale	Ryan Hagfeldt	Samuel Chronert
Kevin Mannix	Joseph Lang	Corey Dunne
Samuel Reinertsen	Maxwell Margulies	James Ernst
Zachary Thomas	Grayson Noyes	Henry Friedricks
Andrew Toizer	Henry Phillips	Felix Le Merle
Grant Wilson	Andrew Quill	Carlton Mesker
	Logan Salcuni	Cyrus Scott
	John Samec	Schuyler Whiting
	Jackson Snyder
	Andrew Sterne

Southern Marin congratulates our Midget team who had a spectacular season and just missed the conference playoffs by a single game. Head Coach Sonny Chayra said it best:

"This particular Midget team stands out on sheer energy and passion for playing football. Yes, we had some goofs, mistakes, and crazy and talented rookies, we took some chances, and yet, not one of these players have let me down and they all gave me what they could when asked."

The 2009 Midget team will always be remembered as a hard hitting, spirited group of young men who played football with honor, integrity, and great sportsmanship. Each player gave 100% of themselves for their team mates.

The Broncos organization wishes all the players and their families well for the rest of the year. For those players leaving the program, we hope you have great success in your school work, sports and your future in high school football.

Last Thursday, Southern Marin honored its graduating athletes with at least 3 years in the program. Click on any thumbnail below for a larger version of the image.

     

The athletes honored were: David Ayscue; Nik Bell; Connor Bowen; Zach Chayra; Sam Chronert; Daniel Green; Carter Hiti; Navid Izadjou; Omid Izadjou; Weston Lazarus; Austin Lovelady; Sam Killpack; John McCormish; Henry Phillips; Charlie Ryder; Jack Starkey; Molefi Thompson; and Sadiki Thompson.

The 2008 Board of Directors unanimously approved the following statement of objectives at its January, 2008 meeting (click on the mission statement for a larger version):