ERIE COUNTY, PA (WJET)– The 7th annual Stop the Violence flag football skills and youth tournament took place at Erie Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
The camp was created as a way to educate children about decision making and encourage positive choices.
Erie high head football coach Andre Hendson says he has seen firsthand how this camp has changed the community.
“With this being year seven, we had kids even last year come speak that are high school graduates that were a part of our program when they were six and seven so to see the smile on their face six years later and the success of where they were at following a camp like this…the decision making this camp help you understand before. We talked about before pushing somebody back, think about your actions. Think about the consequences.”
Andre Henderson, Erie High Football Coach
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.
