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Friday Night Lights

SPRING 2021

KICKOFF

4.30.21

Warning registration is only open for 1 week

Now through April 14th

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Greetings from Friday Night Lights...

**YOUTH SPORTS IS BACK**

Spring Registration is now open!

Season runs April 30- June 19th

Tell your Friends- Limited spots.. "1st come 1st served"

**Spring 2020 credit information**

If you selected the credit option from the canceled spring 2020 season, you were sent an email with a discount code. When you register for Spring '21 be sure to enter that code to receive your discount

OPENING NIGHT ON 4/30/21!!

Key Dates-

Practices start 4/20

Opening night 4/30

Playoffs 6/17, 6/18 and 6/19

6-8 games based on city and county capacity guidelines

Best Youth Sports League in the Valley-

• Play with Friends and classmates
• 5 divisions- K, 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, 7th/8th
• No contact = fewer injuries
• Skill positions -QB, WR, RB, DB
• Only 1 practice per week
• Everyone plays 3 out of 4 quarters
• Most games on Friday nights
• Professional paid Referees
• Trophies, pictures, Food trucks and more...

Rams 1st/2nd

3rd-4th Grade Packers

RAMS 5TH/6th

7th-8th Grade Vikings

Fall and Spring Season Tips- 

• Arrive early, Invite your Friends and Family members.  We expect larger than average crowds
• Please respect parking guidelines
• No Pets :( school rules
• Plan on dinner- support our Vendors Mexican, Pizza, Burgers and Plenty of Candy 
• Check schedules!  They do change so get in the habit to check every Friday.
• All players MUST be officially registered and have mouth pieces ($5 available at FNL Snack Shack). 
• Remember the regular season is about Team development, “EVERYONE makes the PLAYOFFS”; so Keep it FUN!!
• Talk t your Players- The impact you can make on this Community and this new generation can be life changing and will be much more enduring than your record.
• Whether you like it or not we are all 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.
• 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.

Welcome to the

2021 Fall FNL Flag Football Season!

ALL GAMES ARE PLAYED AT:

COLONEL MITCHELL PAIGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

43495 PALM ROYALE DR. LA QUINTA, 92253

HAVE QUESTIONS?

Contact COMMISSIONER - JOHN MALDONADO

Call: 760-636-8266

Email: DESERTSANDSFNL@AOL.COM

Upload your photos 

Every Teams has there own web page!

Desert Sands Friday Night Lights-DSFNL

Fall Season 2021 

PLAY WITH FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, CLASSMATES

6V6* - 8-9 PLAYERS/ROSTER 

5 DIVISIONS (K, 1ST/2ND, 3RD/4TH, 5TH/6TH, 7TH/8TH) 

 NON CONTACT = FEWER INJURIES

SKILL POSITIONS - QB, WR, RB, DB 

ONLY 1 PRACTICE PER WEEK

EVERYONE PLAYS 3 OUT OF 4 QUARTERS 

GAMES ON FRIDAY Nights 

*PROFESSIONAL - PAID GAME OFFICIALS* 

Pictures and TROPHIES

 FNL Vendors

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.

Welcome Back, DSFNL Families!

Together we use the FUN game of Flag Football to develop the character of our Kids.. "Winners are not defined by records but rather character- I am so proud of our effort to positively shape the kids in our Community". 

Fall 2019 season was simply the best Season so Far! The Best Ref Crew, Most Balanced Divisions, and Most FUN yet!

Let's do it all over again!

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Season Highlights include:

• Opening Night- Live National Anthem starts with dreams of a Perfect Season
• Rescue Mission-Donations filled the local Coachella Valley Truck
• Picture Night- Captured the moment and delayed but Mom's loved the Buttons 
• Playoffs-Upsets and Favorites survive but everyone experienced the thrill of victory and agony of defeat
• TOC representatives- Lets root on our DSFL Playoff Champion Teams  

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN FNL REFEREE - CONTACT ALBERT GALVAN - 760 399-7498

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CONTACT US

FNL

P.O. Box 11034

Palm Desert, CA 92255-1034

Have any practice or game photos that you want to share with us?

Please send them to Nayyan Chandler, our Web and Social Media Director at nayyan.chandler@gmail.com

Thank you!

Mother’s Day Pictures!

Spring 2018 Photos

Fall 2019 Pictures

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