The Green Hornets was the original name of South Berwick's first under 15 football team.  Around 1953, a group of boys got together and formed a pick-up team to play against a team from Rollinsford.  A spectator was asked to referee the game - Bud Williams - thus the beginning of South Berwick Football.

I 1954, Bud rounded up all those dedicated football enthusiasts and formed South Berwick's first official football roster.  Evelyn Williams formed a cheerleading squad.

The first team was made up of around 25 kids from Central and St. Michael's schools organized by Bud and sponsored by the Recreation Association, Rotary, American Legion and others.  The team uniform was green and gold.

Bud Continued to coach the team until 1962 when he had taken ill.  Gordon Hillard and Rodney Brown filled in for the rest of the year and the following year the team disbanded.

In 1971, Bud Williams once again returned to reorganize South Berwick's football team with his son, Dick Williams, in a coaching position.  At this time the Green Hornets joined the Dover League and changed their colors to red and white and their name to the South Berwick and Rollinsford Braves.  The Braves continued in this league until 1975 when they decided to play independently and follow the "Big Hawks" cleat steps by changing their colors to purple and white - becoming the Little Hawks.  The Little Hawks started out with one loss for the season and constructed their concession stand under the direction of Stikey Gray.

Dick Williams continued coaching until 1982 with the assistance of Dennis Wormel, Larry Kilbourn, Jim Batchelder, Bob McPherson and others.  Larry Kilbourn coached through 1983 with Mike Schoff and played an important role in the formation of the Pee Wee Team.  The younger division played under the supervision of Glenn Schoff and John Leach.

Jim Schoff joined the Pee Wee coaching staff in 1984.  Nancy Fontaine started the Little Hawks Cheerleaders in 1984.  At that time there were only two squads involving 22 girls.  In 1985, the Pee Wee cheering squad was added with an 8 member team.  1983 also saw the dedication of the Bud Williams Award.  This is an annual award given to the player who the coaches feel best reflects the attitude, desire and spirit of the game.  In 1984, Mike Schoff and Bob McPherson served as Co-Head Coaches.  Mike Schoff took over in 1985 and stayed until 1990.  Bob McPherson resumed Head Coach duties in 1991.

In 1985, the Pee Wee Team joined the Portsmouth Soda Pop League and remained in that league until 1990.  In 1991, the Pee Wees joined the Seacoast Junior Football League.  They had a very successful year going undefeated 8-0 to win the championship.  In 1992, four Portsmouth teams joined the league.

Nancy Fontaine continued coaching all three squads until 1991 when Frankie John took over as head coach and Nancy continued in the role as advisor/coordinator/coach.  In 1992, the cheering squads were expanded to include anyone wishing to participate.  That first year 66 girls were involved and Nancy returned as head coach.

In 1991, the Little Hawks joined the Southern Maine Youth Football League in its first season.  The league was comprised of Little Hawks, Arundel, Nobel, Bonny Eagle, Kennebunk, Kittery, York, Wells and Somersworth.  That year the Little Hawks went 7-1 to win the championship.

1993 saw a great increase in participation in the Little Hawks Organization.  We had more parent participation, both the Pee Wee and Little Hawk football teams grew and that fall we saw 83 girls in the three cheerleading squads. 

The 1994 season saw a decrease in total players but not in heart.  The Pee Wees missed the play-offs for the first time in several years, while the Little Hawks (Varsity and JV) went undefeated in regular season and Championship Play-offs going 9-0 for the year.

1994 was also the year in which the field behind Central School, was renamed and dedicated to Bud Williams.

The 1999 season saw the Little Hawks take over the Rod Wotten Field at the new Junior High School and a major overhaul to the concession stand.  The new facilities were required due to the overwhelming turnout fo the Pee Wee teams.  The Little Hawks had to split the Pee Wees into two teams for the first time in their history.  Scott Bebb took over as head coach for the Little Hawks Varsity/JV teams.

In 2000, Dennis Wormel took over as head coach for the Varsity/JV teams and Rheinhold Holton stepped up to take over for the Pee Wee coach.  Claudette Tetu volunteered to head up the cheerleading squads.

The 2001 season saw a record number of boys and girls participating in the program.  Coaches Wormel and Holton continued to lead the football teams and Claudette Tetu coached the cheerleaders for another season.

2002 saw over 200 participants in both the football and cheerleading programs.  Coaches Wormel and Holton lead their teams to productive seasons while Deanna St. Pierre assumed the head of the cheerleading program.

In 2003, the program's cheerleading numbers stayed strong but saw a decline in the Pee Wee player numbers.  For the first time since the 1998 season, the Pee Wees fielded a single team wearing the purple.  Coach Rheinhold Holton stepped down leaving the way for Albert Gagnon and Derek Ham to assume the co-head coach position for the Pee Wee Program. 

In 2005 Coach Dennis Wormel stepped down after 6 years as the head Varsity/JV Coach for the Little Hawks.  It was a very emotional farewell as Dennis has been involved with the Little Hawks for many, many years.

The 2006 season began with some uncertainty as to who would take over as the Head Varsity/JV Coach. Dennis Wormel offered to come back for one more year and the Little Hawks gladly accepted his offer. Assisting Dennis is Coach Ralph Hyson and Coach John Pappas. The Pee Wee White and Purple Teams have a lot of new coaches this year including, Coaches Howarth, Gagnon, Parmley, Dalecki, McPherson, Gagner, Hughs and Janes. All of our coaches are dedicated to the 98 players this year.

The largest growth this year is in our Flag Football program. A new entity to the Marshwood Little Hawks last year, we continue to offer this program to grades Kindergarten through 3rd grade. We have a record number, 93 players this year. This group is coached by several volunteer parents as well as organized by Coach John Caverly, the High School Vice Principal.

2006 has turned out to be a record breaking year with over 240 kids involved. We have to thank Pam Keefer our President and the new board for their recruiting efforts and the time given to our program.

To be continued...............