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			<h3 style="text-align: left;">Team Formation</h3>
				
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		<p>For information regarding your team, you may click first on the appropriate grade level tab on the left, then on your team name.</p>
<p><strong><em>Mounds View Youth Football fields teams at each grade level 3rd through 8th.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>3rd grade</strong> teams are formed by <b>MVYFA</b>, with every <i>attempt</i> made to balance teams by player size, and to group teams by school and&nbsp;neighborhood.&nbsp; Teams will play in the <b>North Metro Junior Football League</b> against teams from St. Anthony and Irondale.&nbsp; Teams are made up of approximately 15 players, with the format being nine-man football on 60-yard fields. Most games will be played on Saturday afternoons and Monday nights.&nbsp; Each team will play eight regular season games and the season will culminate in a single elimination playoff tournament ending near the first of November. Players who weigh more than 95 pounds&nbsp;at registration weigh-in will NOT be allowed to carry the ball throughout the entire season.</p>
<p><strong>4th grade</strong> teams are formed by draft.&nbsp; Teams will participate in the <b>NMJFL</b> against teams from Irondale and St. Anthony.&nbsp;&nbsp;Teams are made up of a minimum of approximately 15 players, with the format being nine-man football on 60-yard fields. Most games will be played on Saturday afternoons and Monday nights.&nbsp; Each team will play eight regular season games and the season will culminate in a single elimination playoff tournament ending near the first of November.&nbsp;Players who weigh more than 105 pounds&nbsp;at the registration weigh-in will NOT be allowed to carry the ball throughout the entire season.</p>
<p>Mounds View's <strong>5th and 6th grade</strong> teams&nbsp;play in the <b>TCNYFL</b>.&nbsp; This league is made up of teams from ten different communities, stretching from Mounds View to St. Francis.&nbsp; There were 25 5th and 23 &nbsp;6th grade teams&nbsp;participationg in&nbsp;the 2009 season.</p>
<p>Games are played on 100-yard fields, and teams play eleven-man football with no coaches allowed on the field.&nbsp; Games are timed, and are basically played by high school rules.</p>
<p>Each team will play a nine-game regular season, followed by a multiple-tiered, single elimination playoff tournament.&nbsp; The championship games will be held around the end of October, and will likely be held at either Mounds View High School or Irondale High School.</p>
<p>Teams are formed by draft, and each of our teams will have a minimum of approximately 18 - 20&nbsp;players.</p>
<p>Players who weigh more than 125 pounds in 5th and 135 pounds in 6th&nbsp;at registration will NOT be allowed to carry the ball throughout the entire season.</p>
<p>Mounds View's <strong>7th and 8th Grade(and 7th/8th combined&nbsp;Limited) </strong>&nbsp;teams will participate in the <b>North Suburban Football League</b>.&nbsp; This league features teams from fourteen communities all across the northern suburbs.&nbsp; In 2009, there were&nbsp;28 teams in 7th grade,&nbsp; 27 in 8th grade and 14 Limited Weight teams.</p>
<p>Games are played by high school rules with the exception being the clock.&nbsp; 10-minute, stop time quarters are used.&nbsp; There are no defensive restricitons or weight limits of any kind in these leagues.</p>
<p>The North Suburban Football League&nbsp;also plays what is&nbsp;called a &quot;mixed weight&quot; league.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no longer a minimum or a maximum weight in their open league.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The league offers an option of a &quot;<b>limited weight</b>&quot; league (no players over 130 pounds <b>at the start of the </b>season).&nbsp;&nbsp; Each year, assuming that the league offers this as an option, Mounds View football will offer this at sign up.&nbsp; If an adequate number of players express the desire to play in this type of a league, and this can be accomodated without sacrificing the ability to form teams in the open league, Mounds View Youth Football will try to form a team for a limited weight league.&nbsp; In 2009, Mounds View&nbsp;entered&nbsp;one&nbsp;team in&nbsp;7th and 8th grades&nbsp;and one 7th and 8th combined in the weight limit league&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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			<h3 style="text-align: left;">PLAYOFFS - How do they work?</h3>
				
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		<p><b><i>The following information was current as of the 2009 season...</i></b></p>
<p>All teams from the 3-4th grades participate and are seeded according to their records.</p>
<p>All the 5-6th grade teams are broken down into pools (usually 2 or 3) and all will participate on some level of playoff football.</p>
<p>For the Weight Limit division, only the top two teams from each conference qualify.</p>
<p>For 7th Grade Unlimited, the top two teams from the Northern and Central divisions, and the top two teams from each half of the Eastern division qualify.</p>
<p>For 8th Grade Unlimited, the top two teams from each of the three divisions (Northern, Central, and Eastern) qualify.</p>
<p>Playoff Eligibility- Only games within each division or conference count towards standings. Non-conference or &quot;cross-over&quot; games do not count. In the event of a tie, the first tiebreaker is head to head competition, and the second tiebreaker is overall record, including non-conference games.</p>
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