News and Announcements

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The Buckeye Youth Football Association is proud to have earned Gold Status through USA Football’s League Excellence Program for the 2021 season! This is a national recognition very few Youth organizations have received for “a commitment to raise operational standards and provide a great environment for athletes and their families.”

USA Football recently published the article linked below describing all that BYFA does for Youth Football and Cheer in the Buckeye Community and with the LEYFL. This is a great recognition though just a glimpse into the commitment to excellence of our Board Members, Coaches and wonderful Buckeye supporters!

https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/8347/ohio-youth-club-earns-gold-level-status-in-usa-football-program

Please see below for information on equipment return for all 3rd to 6th grade Buckeye Youth Football players. K to 2nd grade players do not have to return jerseys or pants. All equipment must be returned at either of the two dates below.

When: Wednesday 11/3 6-8pm or Saturday 11/6 9-11am

Where: Liverpool Community Center equipment room (6801 School St, Valley City, 44280). Same location as equipment handout.

What to return: Helmet, game jersey, practice jersey, game pants, practice pants, orange belt and knee pads. Keep your padded girdles and game socks.

Thank You!

Congratulations the Buckeye Varsity, 1st/2nd Orange Flag and K/1st Orange Flag teams on their playoff victories this past weekend and advancing to the LEYFL Championship games! The schedule for the 10/30 games is below. Good luck and have a great week of Championship practice!

K/1st Buckeye Orange Flag vs Columbia Kalamasz 1:00pm at Midview HS

1st/2nd Buckeye Orange Flag vs Amherst Gold 10:00am at Amherst

Varsity Buckeye vs North Ridgeville Blue 6:15pm at Midview HS

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Congratulations to our Buckeye teams advancing to the 2nd round of the playoffs. Below is the schedule for this coming Saturday 10/23/2021. Games at Buckeye will be back on the Youth fields. It was a great experience though to play on the High School field yesterday. Thank you to everyone for coming out to support our Young Bucks!

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Congratulations on a great regular season of Buckeye Youth Football and Cheer! The playoffs begin this coming weekend on 10/16 per the team schedules below. All 11 of our teams qualified which is a great accomplishment! Winners move on to semi-final games 10/23.

For the first time all Buckeye site host games will be played on the High School field! Great year end opportunity for our kids.

Also with the dwindling daylight of this time of year, ALL PRACTICES WILL MOVE UP TO 5:30pm-7pm.

10/16/2021 LEYFL Playoff Schedule for Buckeye Teams:
K/1 Flag Buckeye Orange vs Wellington White, 9:00am at Buckeye High School Field
K/1 Flag Buckeye White vs Amherst Green, 9:00am at Amherst
K/1 Flag Buckeye Brown vs Amherst White, 9:00am at Amherst
1/2 Flag Buckeye Orange vs Amherst Black, 10:15am at Amherst
1/2 Flag Buckeye Brown vs Amherst Grey, 10:15 at Buckeye High School Field
Padded Flag Buckeye Orange vs Amherst Green, 10:15 at Buckeye High School Field
Padded Flag Buckeye Brown vs Vermillion, 12:45pm at Buckeye High School Field
Padded Flag Buckeye White vs Wellington Maroon, 11:30am at Buckeye High School Field
Rookie Tackle Buckeye Orange vs Buckeye Brown, 12:45pm at Buckeye High School Field
Rookie Tackle Buckeye Brown (see above vs Orange)
Varsity vs North Ridgeville Navy, 2:00pm at Buckeye High School Field