Boys Club rink varsity football players do the crab-walk while drilling at practice on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in York, Pa. The "rinkies" are 7-8-year olds who had practiced every weekday from August through the beginning of November on a field just off Parkway Boulevard in York. This team of rinkies has played together for three years so far and, despite three consecutive undefeated seasons, has yet to claim a league championship title.
Marlyn Dellinger ties the shoe of his son’s Boys Club rink varsity football teammate, Jonathan Orr, 8, before practice on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Many of the rinkie players' parents stand along the sidelines to watch practices. If Dellinger's son, Jaxiel Ascencio, 8, cuts his pace during the two-lap warm-ups, Dellinger is there to tell him to run an extra half-lap to make up for it.
Boys Club rink varsity football coach Shanoy Moody knocks helmets while trying to pump up the boys near the end of practice on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. The rinkies had enjoyed an undefeated regular season, but Moody, who has coached the team through two other undefeated seasons, knew the players could let their confidence and egos get in the way of winning in the postseason.
Zamir Weedon-Parker, 8, stands with his co-captains in the endzone before the semifinal game against the Eastern York County Blackhawks on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, at Central York High School.
Boys Club's Jonathan Orr stiff-arms Yorktowne's Imeire Manigualt on his way to a touchdown in the final regular-season game on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at Central York High School. For the first time this season, the Red Raiders allowed first downs and touchdowns, but defeated the Yorktowne Patriots 32-18.
Andrew Miller, 11, encourages his nephew Zamir Weedon-Parker, 8, as Zamir stretches out after a long rush for a touchdown to bring the Red Raiders up 12-6 after the half against the Eastern York County Blackhawks on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2012, at Central York High School.
Zamir Weedon-Parker, 8, is carried off the field by teammate Mehki Workman, 7, and uncle Andrew Miller, 11, after the Boys Club won its semifinal game against Eastern York County on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, at Central York High School.
Nani Nieves, 8, listens to the Boys Club coaches' post-game talk during a huddle after the Red Raiders defeated the Eastern York County Blackhawks on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, to advance to the York County Youth Football Association championship game. Nieves' mother Neesha said she likes to wear makeup at home -- and, evidently, while playing football.
Neesha Nieves helps her daughter Nani, 8, get geared up for practice on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2013. The youngest of four children, Nani -- short for Hermani -- was a cheerleader last year but decided she wanted to play football this season. "She is a girl at home and a boy on the field," Neesha Nieves said.
Jonathan Orr, 8, carries the ball as the Boys Club rink varsity team practices for its postseason on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. The field where the Boys Club football players practice is unlit, which limits how long coaches can keep players on the field once the days start getting shorter.
Boys Club rink varsity football players march down the track before playing the York County Youth Football Association championship game against West York on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Northeastern High School.
West York's Connor Michael breaks past the Boys Club defense in the York County Youth Football Association championship game on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Northeastern High School. After an undefeated regular season -- and not allowing first downs or touchdowns in all but the last game -- the Boys Club of York Red Raiders' rink varsity football team lost the championship game 12-0 to West York.
Boys Club rink varsity quarterback Kerry Glover, 8, leaves the field, tears streaming, after the Red Raiders lost the York County Youth Football Association championship game to West York on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Northeastern High School. "The hardest part for me was seeing the look on their faces," said his father, also Kerry Glover, who is head coach.