The largest 1 day Youth Flag Football Tournament in the United States was held on Saturday, June 1st and McAuliffe Middle School. The tournament known as the Friday Night Lights (FNL) Flag Football “Tournament of Champions” features the top teams from each of the 22 FNL leagues across the state of California…..from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. 114 teams and over 900 kids competed for the coveted “Best of the Best” FNL TOC trophy. At the end of 12 hours of play……..4 teams were crowned FNL TOC Champions:
1st/2nd Grade = Murrieta New Orleans Saints
3rd/4th Grade = Murrieta Hawaii Rainbows
5th/6th Grade = Murrieta Iowa Hawkeyes
7th/8th Grade = North County Coast (Carlsbad) Washington Huskies
It was a great day of competitive Flag Football with an estimated 4,000 people watching the action. Courtesy photos
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.