Members of the Erie community are trying to make our area a safer place through flag football.
On June 18, the organization known as “Stop the Violence” held their sixth annual Youth Flag Football Tournament at Veterans Stadium.
Organizers said that this is the biggest turnout they have ever had.
This event also included guest speakers who gave insight to the younger boys to let them know that violence is not always the answer.
“Me and my partner Andre, we have been playing flag football together and then we both went through a hardship a few years back and that’s where we intertwined the ‘Stop the Violence’ with flag football,” said Emmanuel Beason, Event Coordinator.
The free event also featured skills training, a giveaway raffle, and awards.
Travis Burnett
A pioneer in the flag football community, Travis helped co-found the Flag Football World Championship Tour, FlagSpin and USA Flag. Featuring 15+ years of content creation for the sport of flag football, creating and managing the largest flag football tournaments on the planet, coaching experience at the youth and adult level as well as an active player with National and World Championship level experience.
