When the fog settled in Clayton over Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium on November 16^th the last few trophies were being handed out to the NGYFA's oldest age group. What started out as a cold, wet day ended as a cold, wet day and, frankly, neither the cold nor the wet did very much to dampen the excitement or competition that took place on the NGYFA's Super Bowl Saturday.

"It was a great day," said host and Rabun County Parks & Recreation Director, Roy Quilliams. "We thoroughly enjoyed being allowed to host the league's premier event." -and a premier event it was. With more than a dozen vendors and first class facilities the Rabun County Wildcats provided a quality experience for all 14 participating teams and every last fan.

"We knew following last year's host (North Hall Junior Trojans) wouldn't be an easy task but Roy and Adam did a fantastic job with this event," said NGYFA Commissioner Colton Green. "They left no stone unturned and really made everyone feel at home."

• On the field the action was hard hitting and fierce as the 6u division started the day with #1 Rabun County knocking off #2 Flowery Branch Longley 26-8.
• The 7u division saw another new champion as well with Flowery Branch Thompson going nearly wire to wire as the #1 and knocking off the much-improved and upstart #6 Lumpkin County Indians 22-8 in a game that was much, much closer than the score indicates.
• The 8u division was perhaps the most exciting of the day as the Coach Bryan Hammond's #1Chestatee War Eagles needed overtime and a spectacular 4^th and goal play to knock off #3 Rabun County 18-12.
• The 9u division saw the familiar #1 Jefferson Dragons push their unbeaten and unscored on streak to 22 games with a 12-0 win over #2 Flowery Branch O'Brien. Although short of the all-time consecutive wins mark the Dragons have extended their own previous record of consecutive shutouts.
• The 10u division provided a new opponent for perhaps the greatest "team" in NGYFA history- Coach Rob Stockton's Rabun County Wildcats. Rabun County, coming in as the #2 seed due to a tie breaker, knocked off the #1 Dawson County Wildcats 28-0 with an all-out aerial assault that rivals anything a middle school program can produce.
• The 11u Super Bowl made the 515 and Northwest Conference proud as it produced a Week 9 rematch between Fannin County and Gilmer County. After knocking off preseason favorite Gilmer County in the regular season, #2 Fannin County fell 21-13 to the #5 Gilmer County Bobcats. The game featured huge in-game adjustments and quite possibly two of the 5 best players in the NGYFA.
• The nightcap provided a date for two familiar foes and league titans- the Jefferson Dragons and the Flowery Branch Falcons. Avenging a 2012 regular season defeat the Falcons used speed, athleticism and big plays to defeat the Dragons 31-16. While this group of Falcons finished their two year in the NGYFA 21-1 the Dragons finished a 5 year run 47-6 with four of the six losses coming in the Super Bowl (the Dragons split in 2011).

Super Bowl IX is sure to be just as exciting. The NGYFA looks forward to more compelling story lines and more young boys playing the great game of football in 2014.