Posts Tagged ‘Youth Football’
St. Paul children’s football game halted after adults fight
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police say adults fighting on the sidelines of a children’s football game prompted its cancellation after someone fired a gun. The Pioneer Press…
Read MoreOnalaska ending tackle football for 5th and 6th graders
No more tackle football for fifth and sixth graders for the city of Onalaska. The parks and rec. department there has eliminated the program, instead going with something closer to…
Read MoreProposed Illinois ban on youth tackle football dead for now
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A proposal aimed at delaying the effects of helmet-banging head trauma by banning Illinois children younger than 12 from playing tackle football lacks the votes this…
Read MoreUWL FB coach Mike Schmidt has mixed feelings on banning youth football
An Illinois legislator has put forth a proposal that would ban tackle football to those under 12 years old. UW-La Crosse Head Coach Mike Schmidt says it was just a…
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