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Press Room
August 17, 2009
HRYF and CLYFL donate football equipment to Boys & Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula
Hampton, VA -- The Hampton Roads Youth Foundation (HRYF) in partnership with the Central Loudoun Youth Football League, Inc (CLYFL) donated approximately $50,000 worth of youth football equipment (e.g., helmets, shoulder pads, etc.) to the Boys & Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula. Kevin Knight, CLYFL Board member, who grew up in Hampton and now resides in Loudoun County, VA kindly agreed to donate helmets and shoulder pads less than 2 years old from his youth football league. Kevin has been a volunteer at the Peninsula All-Star Football Camp since its inception in 1996 and is a former HRYF Board Member. More...
July 13 2009
Pro-Bowl safety works Peninsula camp
VirginiaPreps.com
Antoine Bethea, a Pro Bowl safety from the Indianapolis Colts, was in the Tidewater area this past weekend to work the 2009 Peninsula All-Star Camp hosted by the Hampton Roads Youth Foundation. More...
AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH ANTOINE BETHEA: http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/914/810093.wma
July 12 2009
Hampton native Francis gives back to the community through football
Daily Press
Carl Francis' first love planted the seed for an idea. More...
VIDEO ON THE CAMP: http://www.dailypress.com/videobeta/watch/
July 12 2009
2009 Peninsula camp addresses issues
VirginiaPreps.com
The 13th Annual Peninsula All-Star Camp came back to the Hampton Roads area this weekend with the intended goal of not only helping football players of any age advance their skill level, but also, and more importantly, to help young people understand that decisions made now can have a lifelong impact. More...
July 12 2009
Tomlin, others warn of gang involvement
Daily Press
When an HBO special profiled a series of shootings and murders in the Hampton Roads area — with some of the victims high school athletes — it brought shock and disappointment to some of the Peninsula's highest profile sports figures. More...
July 10 2009
Mike Tomlin helps his hometown
Daily Press
Mike Tomlin couldn't hope to acknowledge every text. His Pittsburgh Steelers had just won the most dramatic Super Bowl ever, and his phone was buzzing non-stop. More...
To view the highlights of the 2007 Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Event weekend July 12-14, 2007 please click on the below link. The video includes highlights of the 2nd Annual Gridiron Legends Golf Classic, Hampton Roads Gridiron Legends Gala with keynote speaker Coach Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2 Day Youth Football Camp, and the NFL Players Bowling Party."
http://www.gearshiftvideo.com/hamptonroads/
July 15, 2007
Francis’ camp like a family
Carl Francis began with a local sports camp, of which there are dozens. Longevity, vision and connections have set it apart. Francis' Peninsula All-Star Football Camp -- the 11th edition concluded last weekend -- includes the standard and joyous frenzy of kids turned loose on a perfect summer's day. There's football instruction, life lessons and free grub to boot. More...
July 15, 2007
Hampton Roads Youth Foundation camp wraps up
There is not a pro football franchise within the state lines of Virginia and the two in-state Division I colleges are both over two and a half hours away by car meaning that football junkies in the Tidewater area latch on to the Friday night heroes as the players to talk about. More...
July 13, 2007
Mike Tomlin speaks at Hampton Roads Dinner
Who is Mike Tomlin?
If you google his name, you will find that he is the first year Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is a kid who graduated from Denbigh High School then attended William & Mary where he played wide receiver for the school. More...
Tomlin is favorite son, fortunate one
Mike Tomlin is proud to be from the Peninsula. And we're proud of him.
He began by telling the crowd of family, friends and gawkerazzi that he is no different than they are -- an accurate, if incomplete, assessment.
Mike Tomlin is indeed a Peninsula guy. He can navigate Mercury Boulevard and can get to Patrick Henry Mall and Darling Stadium and Paul's Deli. His deep roots here mean that he is never more than three minutes from someone he knows or someone who knows him and his family. More...
July 8, 2007, 11:53 PM EDT
Tomlin to speak at Gala
Daily Press
Peninsula native and first-year Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is scheduled to be the keynote speaker Thursday at the second Legends of the Gridiron Gala at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Tickets to the event, which benefits the Hampton Roads Youth Foundation, cost $40. Before the gala, there will be a benefit golf tournament. For information, call 886-3079. More...
June 20, 2007
Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Football Camp
Just over a month ago, I wrote about the 11th Annual Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Football Camp scheduled for July 12-14, 2007 as the group will bring former Peninsula high school players, current college players and NFL stars back to the Hampton / Newport News area to give youngsters football and life lessons. More...
PHOTO SPREAD ON THE CAMP: http://virginiapreps.rivals.com/photofeature.asp?SID=914&fid=17854
May 21, 2007
11th Annual Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Weekend
Anyone around the high school football scene knows that, in the Hampton Roads area, football is a year-round activity. Most teams hit the weight rooms in January and February to prepare for the combine / camp circuit in March, April and May before participating in the June and July passing leagues / tournaments which takes them into August practice and the regular season. Many of the camp and combine events can blend into a blur as players run, lift and test their way through the offseason, but one event in the area stands out every year -- the Hampton Roads Youth Foundation Celebration Weekend. More...
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