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About KYFL


The Kaneland Youth Football League was established in 2007 with the help and support of our great community. KYFL spent 4 years participating in the Northern Illinois Football Conference and really made a name for ourselves by demonstrating teamwork, fairness, and respect with an impressive coaching staff of volunteers.

KYFL was proud to be one of the founding leagues to establish a new youth football and cheer conference in 2011. The Midwest Youth "Big 12" Conference came together with our collaboration and hard work of the Yorkville, Burlington and DeKalb youth football and cheer programs.

In 2019 KYFL joined The Chicagoland Youth Football League (TCYFL), the largest independent youth tackle football league in the United States, fields thousands of players on hundreds of teams from thirty eight Member Communities based throughout Chicagoland and southeastern Wisconsin, including Antioch, Barrington, Batavia/N.Aurora, Berwyn, Buffalo Grove, Cary, Crystal Lake, Des Plaines, East Aurora, Elgin, Elmwood Park, Grant, Grayslake, Hampshire, Huntley, Johnsburg, Kaneland, Kenosha, Lake Forest, Lake in the Hills, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, McHenry, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, North Chicago, North Shore, North Side, Oak Park, Park Ridge, Prairie Ridge, Riverside Brookfield, Round Lake, Schaumburg, South Elgin, Streamwood, Villa Park, Warren, Wauconda, Waukegan, Wildwood, WKCYF, Woodstock, and Zion Benton.

KYFL is looking forward to continuing our strong tradition of being an exceptional youth football and cheer program for our 2024 season!


KYFL Mission

Kaneland Youth Football League is a not-for-profit youth sports organization. Our sole purpose is to provide an environment that will support the advancement of youth tackle football, and cheerleading.

Football is not only a sport, it's also a way of life. At KYFL, it is our hope to teach the love of the game and to instill the life lessons that the game of football uniquely provides. These lessons include respect, sportsmanship, dedication, discipline and fun.

Whether a first-year player, experienced cheerleader, or an 8th grade player who is preparing for high school football, our goal is to teach each player and cheerleader the right way to play while maintaining the passion that comes from playing and participating in the greatest of games.

KYFL has an ongoing commitment to its Football and Cheer Mission in an effort to ensure a positive, safe experience for players, parents and coaches:

  1. Identify, recruit and retain the best volunteer coaches possible to provide a quality experience for both the players and the parents;

  2. Provide players with a quality learning experience, proper instruction for playing the game, and quality equipment to ensure the safest playing environment as possible;

  3. Ensure each player realizes their personal potential with a positive team environment;

  4. Promote positive family involvement in the KYFL experience; and

  5. Create effective processes which provide open communications with players, parents and volunteers.

We are committed to providing a wholesome environment for athletic competition. We strive to achieve this by instilling in our youth the challenge of competition including the joy of victory and the reality of defeat, along with the importance of commitment and the spirit of the community.


Who Can Join KYFL?
 

KYFL Tackle Football is open to those ages 5 -14.

KYFL Cheerleading is open to those ages 5 - 14 years old.


Questions?

For general questions, please contact president@kyfl.com.

For football questions, please contact footballdirector@kyfl.com.

For cheer questions, please contact cheerdirector@kyfl.com.

For sponsorship questions, please contact fundraising@kyfl.com.