Savage Boyz

  

   Savage /'savij/  adjective (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled. 

Twelve year old 5'6 1/2 Syheem Williams, twin brother to slightly taller 5'6 3/4 Sybree Williams, came up with the nickname "Savage Boyz" of the Northwest Raiders Pee-Wee, Pop Warner football team. The Pop Warner youth football league was conceived in 1929 in the Northeastern part of Philadelphia. Joe Tomlin created a solution to get kids off the streets and stop them from vandalizing the neighborhood. The idea was to create an athletic sports program to keep kids occupied and out of trouble.

Pop Warner football is comprised of children ranging in ages 5-16. The league divides kids by age as well as weight for safety precautions. For example, the Pee-Wee level is made up of players that are 9-11 years old, weighing 75 - 130 lbs. However, a 12 year old can be tagged with a special designation "older but lighter." This allows a 12 year old who weigh less than 110 lbs to play at the Pee Wee level.  The reason being for these requirements is for safety reasons so an older kid can't outweigh a younger kid on the same level and have an advantage. 

The Northwest Raiders, located in the northwestern part of Philadelphia, Pa, joined Pop Warner in 1971 and has been a paragon of Philadelphia youth football for more than 46 year. Still sickened by disappointing loss in the fall of 2016,  on a hot summer Philly day, a 12 year old, approximately 5'7", ripped toned Khalil Leach #2, and bothers Syheem #6 and Sybree #1 Williams decided to leave the teams they had played for in the 2016 season, and play for the Northwest Raiders Pee-Wee team, this coming 2017 season. They decided that they were going to do what it takes to compete for a national championship at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.Wide World of sports. These by far were the best/ biggest players in Pop Warner pound for pound. The 3 began recruiting the best Pee Wee football players in the city. There efforts would be comparable to efforts someone like Nick Saban, famous head coach of the nationally number one ranked, University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team. It all started off with a friendly rival just literally "Around the corner" the West Oak Lane Wildcats. "This is a big deal! this will put the league on notice"! says local sports commentator Fah Trice.

Amir Palmer #4 , Tysheed Watson #11 , Kamar Wilson #28 were 3 of the 7 West Oak Lane Wildcats that joined the team. In addition  Sidney "Sid" Bean #22 who has a light skin tone , skinny body about 5' 3" in height was a BIG addition to the team . As coach Horace Baker the defensive coordinator would say " He runs like an Horse". Just when the league thought it couldn't get any better than this look who pops up. Jayden "Jay5" styles came along to join the movement and I mean this kid is huge for a twelve year old. Jayden "jay5" is about 5'8" ripped like a professional boxer and is by the way the strongest and fastest player on the football team. This all couldn't be done and finalized without the recruiting and communication skills of 25 Year old Tyriek D Jorden.

Tyriek D. Jorden is about 5foot 4inches tall but has the Napoleon Complex and is a well respected coach around the league. " What made you start coaching?  You know I wanted to give back to "da" community I mean after playing football for this organization and this helping keeping me from running the streets as a little kid I thought it was just Gods Gift to let me help this kids and do the same thing. "All our coaches are out here for the love of the game we don't get a is single dime out of this we have to balance our regular jobs with coaches these kids throughout the week."What is your job on the staff"? " Co-Defensive coordinator with Horace baker. "The is the third game of the season we haven't been scored on yet"! "What does a normal practice day consists of?" "From 6-6:15 we do stretching and Wind sprints this is where you get all the junk food the kids been eating all day our their system and make sure they stay in good shape. From 6:15-6:30 Thats where we get our name "Savage Boyz" from during practices Tues,Weds,Fri we do a tackling called "thudding" where the kids just make contact with each other but doesn't complete the full tackle to avoid injury to each other. "This way during game time the kids are hungry and ready to eat"! (being because they can hit the other opponent as hard as they want. From 6:33-55 we do our focus of the day drill, 6:55-7 the kids break get water, bathroom etc. 7:20-7:55 "We go Live baby" offense vs defense 11 on 11 everyone is in full contact except the quarterback. 7:55-8 Team Huddles coaches talk evaluate how practice went and then at 8 the team breaks on Candace. " Savage Boyz on 3 , family on 6" 1..2..3 SavageBoys!!!!! 4....5.....6... family!!! because thats what we are a family"

No matter what, home or away raiders as an organization always have huge fan base! In the stands the colors blue , gold and white are worn proudly and with pride by alumni, friends and family. On the sidelines with the team there stand the cheerleaders roaring their chants “Let’s Go Raiders” followed by loud claps. As the the savage boys gain momentum the stands and sideline all join in unison and do their thunderous chants. Support is always needed during games it helps the players focus and it’s nice knowing the Savage Boyz has people always by their side sending motivation.