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Cornwall Wildcats’ Fall Flag Football Season

By Victoria Klassen up for the fall program. They were
split into four age groups, and each
group practiced on a different night
he Cornwall Wildcats’ fall
Tfootball season looked a little of the week. The 10-week program
started at the end of August and ran
different than it has in the past. Instead
of regular tackle football, a flag until the championship games on
Nov. 1.
football season was implemented.
“Normally we are a tackle football “Over the course of the season it
organization. We would be playing was great watching kids improve
tackle football in the spring, summer, and get better. In the first couple of
and fall,” said Kirby Camplin, weeks, especially at the younger
President of the Cornwall Wildcats. age groups, probably 20 per cent of
“But flag football was so successful all balls thrown were caught. By the
that I wouldn’t rule out the possibility end of the season kids were catching
of continuing with some sort of a flag 70-80 per cent of balls thrown their
program when this is all over. The way,” Camplin expressed.
unintended consequence was that we In practice, there was a focus on
attracted new athletes – athletes who throwing, catching, and learning
were maybe afraid to try or weren’t
to pull the flag. While the structure
interested in playing tackle football. of the season was different than in
Now they have a taste for the game,
previous years, it allowed for athletes Photo credit Erica Quibell-Nelson
they like football, and they want to improve fundamental skills in
more of it.” football. football programs are now underway. February. To learn more about the
There were 150 youth between the They will be holding an eight-week Cornwall Wildcats program, visit their
ages of 9 and 17 years old who signed The Cornwall Wildcats winter winter skills camp in January and website at www.cornwallwildcats.com

Photo credit Erica Quibell-Nelson Photo credit Erica Quibell-Nelson