Lawrence Hurricane Sam Skwarlo looks to find a hole against the Twisters Sunday at Youth Sports Inc.

At Sunday’s Lawrence Youth Football Toy Bowl, there were no technical glitches, no freezing temperatures and just one delay.

That came when LYF president Bret Toelkes was nowhere to be found for one championship trophy presentation.

Toelkes turned up shortly and all the awards and trophies eventually made it into the hands of their rightful owners, and the day was, as Toelkes put it, “perfect.”

“That’s all I can really say,” Toelkes said. “The weather’s outstanding and the teams have played hard.”

The day may have worked out perfectly, but it didn’t go quite as Toelkes had originally planned.

The Toy Bowl was supposed to have been played at Baker University’s Liston Stadium, but the deal fell through at the last minute.

“Baker was fantastic, but we just couldn’t get it all together on short notice,” Toelkes said. “We may still work something out in the future.”

The comfortable Youth Sports Inc. surroundings were more fan-friendly than the large stadium in Baldwin City might have been, though Toelkes said the artificial turf and public address announcements may have been more player-friendly.

Either way, the event worked out and left spectators and players alike satisfied.

“This was a fantastic event for the kids’ parents,” Wade Walckner, coach of the sixth-grade Gorillas, said. “It’s a great atmosphere.”

That atmosphere lasted more than seven hours Sunday as games were played on two fields at YSI, with pauses for player introductions over a loudspeaker system and trophy presentations before and after each game.

The weather cooperated beautifully, as Lawrence staved off winter for another day. Temperatures were in the 70s as tailgaters and fans ranging from babies to grandparents crowded around the fields for the final games of the LYF season.

The sidelines rippled with chants from Cougar cheerleaders, Bulldog parents and Gorilla players.

Players on the West Falcon sideline pumped themselves up and yelled, “This is what it’s all about! All day!”

The sixth-grade Gorillas cheered, “Let’s show them Gorilla football!”

The D division kids got things started with a hard-fought comeback victory by the Hurricanes over the Twisters, 19-12.

The Twisters were the only losing team to score, though.

In an interesting development, the other four games were shutouts.

The Gorilla football teams were on the winning end of two of those games, while the Bulldogs went 1-1 on the day.

The fifth-grade Chops and the sixth-grade Cougars battled their opponents hard, but neither team managed to score.

The final game of the day had the West Falcons defeating the South Eagles, 45-0, in the seventh-grade championship game.