New Competitive ‘Lyons Football Club’ to Launch in 2012
The new feeder program for Lyons Township High School hopes to fill a void in competitive youth football in the LT area.
A new youth football club launching in Western Springs next year will aim to provide a new, previously-missing opportunity for elementary and middle-school kids in the Lyons Township region to play intense, competitive football. The Lyons Football Club, ostensibly a feeder program for the Lyons Township High School football squad, will play in the Bill George League, which currently fields teams from west-suburban towns like Hinsdale, Elmhurst and Wheaton. The LFC will be the first team in the league east of I-294, and will be the only competitive program to target youth from Lyons Township. The club is the combined brainchild of LTHS coaches and four local dads: Dave Onion and Mike Rohan, of La Grange, Marty Kearney, of Western Springs …
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Mike Sandrolini
9:12 am on Friday, December 16, 2011
Kudos to Dave, Mike, Marty, Tim and Kurt. Everything is well thought out. Sounds like an exciting opportunity for youth football players. more ›