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Trace Paffrath runs the ball for the 10U Buccaneers during their Nov. 23 championship game.
Tanner Brasol plays quarterback for the 10U Jaguars.
Jaden Dormevil runs the ball for the 10U Seahawks. The Seahawks went on to win the division.
Mari Arnead runs the ball for the 10U Patriots in the first round championship game.
Coach Matt Hathaway gives him team a pep talk before their championship game. Hathaway coaches the Seahawks in both 10U and 12U division. Both teams won their championship games.
Rayshawn Jeffries, of the 10U Patriots, escapes a flag pull against the Buccaneers Nov. 23.
Cooper Jones scores a touchdown for the 10U Patriots.
Jaden Dormevil and Kevin McClain celebrate after their team, the 10U Seahawks, win the championship game.
Coaches, board members and officials pose for a group photo before the Mad Dogs Flag Football championship games Nov. 23.
by Shanna Fortier
Contributing Writer
After seven weeks of play, Mad Dogs Flag Football closed out its season Saturday, Nov. 23, with championship games at Indian Trails Sports Complex in Palm Coast.
The league, which is co-ed and open to players ages 5 to 15, is in its second season and already in open registration for winter ball, which starts in January.
President Jarrod Maxwell said he hopes the league will bring the community together, while teaching the next generation of Flagler County football players in a safer environment.
“Until a kid is 13 years of age, they shouldn't be playing tackle football,” said Michael Schottey, vice president of Mad Dogs. “When a kid gets a brain injury early on in life, it can have a cumulative effect."
Schottey said both he and Maxwell are advocates for tackle football, but they’d like for the next generation of Flagler County to keep as many brain cells as possible.
“It’s not just to be better at the next level of athletics, but to be better business owners, better citizens in this community,” Schottey said.
To emphasize the community aspect of the league, the championship game night also included food trucks, a bounce house and fireworks.
League winners: 12U, Seahawks; 10U, Seahawks; 8U, Patriots; and 6U, Patriots.
