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Boys Flag Football
Welcome to the 2026 season
Flag football is a great way to get a jump start on the fundamentals of football.
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Registration Cost for our 2026 season is set at $250.00
Payment plans are available. If the payment plan listed in the registration will not work for your family, please email Samantha Evans at samantha@oytf.org for assistance.
Registration cost includes:
• Reversible Game day jersey, game pants, and game
day socks
• Rental of helmet ("hockey style" helmet)
• Personalized yard sign with your athlete's picture
• Also aids in covering costs of league and ref fees,
storage rental, school rentals, field lights, end of season
tournament, and more.
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Other items you will need to supply will include:
• Mouth guard with tether
• Cleats (no metal)
• Practice clothes (play clothes)
• Athletic supporter and protective cup
We will require a postdated check at time of equipment fitting, which is required on the day of fittings in order to obtain equipment. This is to ensure that what is lent out at the start of the season will be returned back. Once you turn in your equipment, your uncashed check will be handed back to you.
In addition, before the season starts, we will also need a copy of your child's birth certificate (new participants only) brought the day of fittings, and a current sports physical (needed on file prior to first day of practice), that will need to be kept current throughout the season.
Note: Equipment will not be handed out without having all items at equipment fittings.
Practices & Team Notes
Practice will potentially begin at the end of July/beginning of August.
Practice will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Practice time will change once school starts to 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m
Practices are held at Grande Park by the water tower at 26933 W Grande Park Blvd, Plainfield, IL 60585.
Our home game location will be at Go For It Sports in Yorkville
Flag football plays in the Bill George Youth Football League (BGYFL). According to the BGYFL rules, players must be 5 and no more than 7 on July 31 of the calendar year. There are also weight restrictions for flag football. A player is designated a "striper" and only eligible to play the offensive and defensive line when they weigh more than 70 pounds as a 6 year old and more than 64 pounds as a 7 year old. Players have a half pound growth per week allowance. Once a player is designated a "striper" he/she will be a "striper" for the season. Players weighing more than 74 pounds at the start of the season are not eligible to play flag football. These weights are for the beginning of the season.
Flag football will participate in an end of season tournament, those details will be given closer to the end of the season.
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For flag football specific questions (not including payment plan inquiries), please contact our BGYFL Rep,
Jeff Ziemnik (jeff@oytf.org).
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*Please note refund requests will NOT be honored after 6/1/2026.
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