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Cornwall Flag Football League’s Father-Son Duos
By Casey Leger he was younger.” Kevin has been
playing flag football in Cornwall
lag Football is one of those for twenty-five years, and his son,
Ffew sports that affords fathers now 25 years old, will be starting
and sons the chance to play a his sixth season with the league
competitive and demanding this year, and the Larin boys
physical sport together. According have won a league championship
to President Steve Primeau, together.
the Cornwall League features Tommy and Austin MacKay
no fewer than four father-son have also been championship
pairings: Kevin Larin and his son teammates. In fact, they played
Mathieu, Tommy MacKay and for the most recent regular season
his son Austin, Alex and Cam champs, Team Budweiser. The
Gearey, and Jaimie and Kaelan MacKays have been hitting the
Trudell. flag gridiron together for about

Primeau is a big proponent of eight years. “It’s amazing. It’s just
family interest in flag football. awesome,” says the elder MacKay
“I think as far as the league goes about playing football with his Kevin and His son Mathieu Photo Submitted
it helps with keeping the league son. Like Kevin, Tommy coached
alive with new young blood. I his own son with the Wildcats
also like that it promotes family,” organization. “It’s like we’ve
he says. “It’s not unusual to come full circle. I wanted to win
have parents and grandparents a championship with Austin, and
out watching the games. As for we have,” Tommy says.
the teams, I believe it helps with Austin MacKay echoes his
chemistry, and it brings out the father’s sentiments. “The only
best competitive spirit: Dad trying thing that topped stepping on to the
to show his son that he’s still got field with my dad,” says Austin,
it.” “is winning a championship with

Both the Larins and the MacKays him. It seems like the MacKays
have won league championships are building a family tradition:
as father and son pairs. “It’s Two-and-a-half-year-old Henry,
different, being on the field with Austin’s son, and Tommy’s
your son,” says Kevin Larin. “It’s grandson, is getting ready to hit
something I enjoy. I coached the gridiron, too. All in good time,
Mathieu with the Wildcats when of course.
Tommy and his son Austin after last years championship Photo Submitted