About me: THE EASTWICK REDSKINS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2004. FOUNDED ORIGINALLY BY MIKE SANDERS, DAVE THOMAS, AND DON SMITH, WHO WERE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE NOW DEFUNCT SOUTH PHILLY RAIDERS. THESE THREE MEN ALONG WITH OTHER PLAYERS AND COACHES WHO DID NOT ACCEPT THE WAY THE AFOREMENTIONED RAIDER ORGANIZATION WAS BEING HANDLED DECIDED TO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES AND FUND THEIR OWN TEAM. AFTER A FEW MEETINGS THE HEAD COACH WAS CHOSEN JAMES "WHEELS" LEE A FORMER RAIDER HIMSELF, WITH A MASTERMIND LIKE COACH CRAIG WILSON ON DEFENSE THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR THIS IS WHERE COACH LEE TURNED TO FRIEND AND FELLOW FORMER RAIDER ERIC SMITH FOR HELP. WITH THE COACHING STAFF IN PLACE AND THE CORE PLAYERS THAT STUCK IT OUT THROUGH A WOEFUL 1-9 SEASON THE ONLY THING MISSING NOW WAS A RESPECTABLE NAME MULTIPLE NAMES WERE THROWN IN THE AIR JAGUARS,RAVENS AND YES EVEN THE COWBOYS ONE PARTICULAR NAME STUCK AND THAT WAS THE REDSKINS. NAME IN PLACE STAFF READY AND TEAM ABLE WE STILL NEEDED A HOME. AFTER SEVERAL TALKS WITH DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WE FOUND OUR HOME ON 68TH AND DICK'S AVE IN THE EASTWICK DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA (HENCE THE NAME EASTWICK REDSKINS). THE REDSKINS NOW WITH A HOME NOW NEEDED A LEAGUE TO PLAY IN. ENTERS THE LCFL THE REDSKINS JOINED THIS LEAGUE AND EVEN MADE THE PLAYOFFS THE FIRST YEAR LOSING IN THE FIRST ROUND IN A BITTER COLD GAME AGAINST THE WARMINSTER COLTS. THE REDSKINS WENT INTO YEAR 2 WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE BUT WITH POLITICS INVOLVED ONCE AGAIN ONLY MADE IT TO THE FIRST ROUND. UNHAPPY, NOW G.M., OWNER AND HEAD COACH, COACH LEE MOVED THE ORGANIZATION TO OUR CURRENT HOME OF THE DVIFL(DELAWARE VALLEY INDEPENDENCE FOOTBALL LEAGUE) YEAR THREE STARTED WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO FULL OF EXPECTATIONS REACHED WITHIN ONE GAME OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT THE TROPHY ELUDED THEM ONCE AGAIN. NOW IT'S YEAR 4 AND ONCE AGAIN IT'S OUR YEAR WE HAD SOME ROUGH TIMES BUT OVERCAME THEM WITH PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION. COACH CRAIG WILSON HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO HEAD COACH, CRAIG ELDER, ERIC SMITH AND DAVE SCOTT ARE HIS ASSISTANTS. THE GAME IS A PUZZLE AND WE HAVE ALL THE PIECES. ALL HAIL REDSKINS...............ALL HAIL
