1st /2nd – Boise St defeated Buffalos White
3rd /4th – UNC Baby Blue defeated Buffalos White (Gold)
3rd /4th – Army defeated Michigan (Silver)
3rd /4th Girls – USC Red defeated Buffalos
5th/6th Girls- UNC Tarheels
5th/6th Boys LSU (Gold)
5th/6th Boys Missouri Tigers (Silver)
7th/8th Boys Utah
Great opportunity to elevate you game and build confidence
Congratulations to all our Regular season Spring 2025 Winners!!
Action requested-Please swing by the FNL snack shack to receive your 1st and 2nd Place metals prior to the Thursday Playoff games.
Winners by age group and division-
1st & 2nd -
Red – 1st Purdue (Phil Tanner) 2nd Boise St. Blue (Troy Roberts)
Blue – 1st Iowa (Anthony Thomas) 2nd Oregon White (Arvan Willis)
3rd& 4th-
Red – 1st UNC Baby Blue (Albert Houge) 2nd Buffaloes White (Anthony Aguirre)
Blue – 1st Buffaloes Gold (Josh Willis) 2nd USC Black (Richard Romo)
3rd & 4th Girls-
1st – ASU (Erin Ferrell) 2nd USC White (Jerry Mayo)
5th 6th All Girls-
1st UNC white Coach Abel Tijerina, 2nd Miami Coach Jacob Jaurequi
5th 6th Yellow-
1st Clemson Coach Marcus Aleman, 2nd LSU (Lakers) Coach Ishmeal Sanchez
5th/6th Red-
1st UCLA Blue Coach Jesse Ruiz, 2nd Miam( nonwhite) Coach Bob Taffolla
5th/6th Blue-
1st Michigan Coach Saul Moralez, 2nd Hawaii Coach Brent Rausch
7th/8th Red-
1st Utah Coach Ryan Quigley, 2nd Michigan Blue Coach Rob Tanner
7th/8th Blue-
1st Ole Miss Coach TJ Silva , 2nd Cal Navy Coach Alfred Franco
9th 10th -
1st Colorado Black Coach Erik Cullen
Thanks for a fantastic season and good luck in the single elimination Playoffs starting Thursday May 15th and ending with semifinals and Final games being played on Friday May 16th.
DO NOT Forget to go online this week to take advantage of our Early Bird discount for the upcoming FALL Season.
Below are the Fall 2025 registration links:
The Boys FALL division is:
Click here for Fall 2025 Boys Division
The All-Girls FALL division is:
Click here to register for Fall 2025 "All Girls" division
Get'er done NOW because Practices start late August and games end of September.
Keep it FUN!!!!
Tom Roche & John A. Maldonado
Commissioner Friday Night Lights
Ph. 760 636-8266
DESERT SANDS Friday Night Lights
#1 Flag Football LEAGUE in the Coachella Valley
24 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS AND GROWING!
EXPERIENCE OUR EXCLUSIVE "CATCHING KIDS DOING THINGS RIGHT" REGOGNITION PROGRAM
#1 "CHARACTER DEVELPOPMENT" LEAGUE IN THE VALLEY
Desert Sands Families-
Practice Good Sportsmanship during single elimination playoffs!!!
Coaches remind your Parents and sidelines the overall purpose of our league is to develop the youth in our community. It's fun to win; however, the lessons we teach are far more important than “wins and losses”.
Every Friday half the Teams win, and half the teams lose, but everyone can learn the life lessons generated from the :50 minutes of competition. Participants learn how to compete, how to deal with adversity, hard work, and Team commitment. No scholarships just the joy of playing flag football.
Keep the focus on personal and Team development, good sportsmanship, and having Fun! CMP will be rocking on Friday nights and we can’t wait to get things rolling.
We will see you at the Playoffs beginning Thurs May 15 and crowning our Champions on Friday May 16th.
Reminders from your Kids-
* I'm a Kid
* It is just a Game
* My Coach is a Volunteer
* The Referees are Human
* I will not remember any plays Only how you Reacted
Keep it FUN!!
Tom Roche and John Maldonado
DSFNL Commissioners
Disclaimer- Desert Sands Friday Night Lights Flag Football League is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by the school district.
Competition has made us better! You can expect the best youth sports experience in the Valley.
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS - ONE GOAL…. KEEP IT FUN! THANKS FOR YOLUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT!
Tom Roche and John Maldonado
DSFNL Commissioner’s Friday Night Lights
John - 760 636-8266 Younger Grade Kinder through 4th Grade
Tom - 949 836-4753 Older Grades 5th - 10th Grade
GAMES PLAYED AT Col Mitchell Paige
FUN - FUN - FUN - FUN - FUN - FUN - FUN
BEST YOUTH SPORTS EXPERIENCE PLAY WITH FRIENDS, AND MEET NEW PEOPLE
YOU WILL EVER HAVE !!
JOIN THE 30,000 KIDS WHO PLAY FNL FOOTBALL EACH YEAR!
**TONS OF FUN**
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS-
ONE GOAL Keep it FUN!!!
7/8th Grade Bears-Coach Rob Tanner
5/6th grade Eagles Black Gold-Coach Mario Cadena
5/6th grade Cardinals Red- Coach Ryan Moscrop
3/4th grade 49ers Black Coach Albert Houge
1/2nd grade Cowboys white-Coach Troy Roberts
1) Chick-FIL-A meal award focuses on community service & academic excellence "off the field".
Here is how it works- Our DSFNL Parents and/or players inform their Coaches of any worthy community service and/or academic excellence. The Coach can select up to 1 player per week, per Team, to receive a “Free” Chic-A-Fil meal ticket. The honoree and their Coach need to stop by the FNL snack shack after their game to pick up the award.
2) HANDLES - award recognizes athletic excellence "on the field" of play
Here is how it works- Our Coaches will select up to 1 player per week, per Team, to receive a free Handles Ice Cream certificate for their standout performance and making players around them better. Stop by the FNL snack shack with your Coach to pick up your certificate, redeemable at all three locations.
Thanks for all your support in making FNL the best youth sports league in in the Coachella Valley! Let’s keep it rolling and continue to assess what’s working and what’s not and provide us feedback so we can continuously improve and become even better!
Moving forward-
Coaches coach, Players play, Referees Ref, and Parent cheer! Control your sidelines!
Thank and keep it FUN!!!
John A. Maldonado and Tom Roche
Commissioner's Friday Night Lights
Flag football is a ton of Fun and is one of the fastest growing sports in the USA. This season we have several NEW All Girls Teams will play on the same Friday Nights, and same fields in our CoEd league. The female participation has dramatically increased especially now that "Girls Flag Football is NOW an official CIF Sport".
DesertSands Friday Night Lights goal is to become the primary feeder program for the Coachella Valley High Schools. The perfect target athlete is already participating in other girls sports ie: Soccer, track and field, Volleyball, and Basketball. Please let them know about our New All Girls Division.
Arrive hungry and support our growing Vendor partners!!!
Share the spotlight-
Parents, If you want your kids to share the spotlight, please upload and share your action photos photos with our Social Media Director on Instagram as @fridaynightlights_dsusd or Facebook as @Desert Sands FNL
Plus... if your children have been recognized for academic or community excellence let us know and we will catch our Players doing things right!
Other important information:
COACHING TIPS
Remember the regular season is about Team development, “EVERYONE makes the PLAYOFFS”; so Keep it FUN!!
The impact you can make on this Community and this new generation can be life altering. The Life lessons you teach will be much more enduring than your record.
Whether you like it or not you are role models. Control your sidelines. You set the tone for the Players, Parents, and ultimately the league; so win or lose, do it with Class. Demonstrate Good Sportsmanship, shake hands after every game, and genuinely thank the opponent for the opportunity to compete.
“New Spotlight Player award- Coaches please be active nominating your players for Community, Academic or Athletic excellence! Every week we will select an individual that best embodies the ideals we prize as a League.
Lastly, Control you Sidelines Remind your Families: “Coaches Coach, Refs Ref, Players Play and Parents Cheer. If we all stick to our roles we will have another Banner Season.
Disclaimer- Desert Sands Friday Night Lights Flag Football League is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by the school district.
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FNL
P.O. Box 11034
Palm Desert, CA 92255-1034
COMMISSIONER K, /1st & 2nd / 3rd & 4th Grade Divisons
Phone: 760-636-8266
COMMISSIONER 5th & 6th / 7th & 8th Grade Divisions
Phone: 949-836-4753
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