A team of Wilton fourth, fifth and sixth graders from Wilton’s Youth Flag Football program went further in a tournament than any Wilton team has before, reaching the finals within their 10U Girls division at Saturday’s (Nov. 13) NFL Flag Regional Tournament hosted by the Patriots in Taunton, MA.
A win in the finals would have secured a spot for the team in the NFL’s National Flag Championships at the Pro Bowl Games this coming February.
Wilton was well represented at the regionals, also sending co-ed 12U and 14U teams to compete.
The Girls 10U team included five players from Wilton’s Girls Flag Football league, one from its co-ed Flag league, and one who plays in both the town’s co-ed Flag and Tackle leagues, demonstrating Wilton’s uniquely wide array of opportunities for young female athletes to learn and play the sport in town.
Pictured above (L-R) are players Zoe Sigmond, Amelia Christianson, Julia Faro, Lilah Anastasia, Eden Solomon, Courtney Rumilly and Hailey Harlacher. Behind them are coaches Owen Anastasia and Matt Rumilly.
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.
