Flag Football / Cheer
Flag football/cheer will be an intramural program. All games will be played in Lake Placid among our own teams. Our goal is to field at least four flag teams to provide an opportunity for everyone to participate.
Division Age Certification Weight Range
Cub 5-6-7 None
We are currently looking for volunteers to be coaches for the Flag Football and Cheer teams. Please contact us if you are interested in helping with the Flag program. We are anticipating a start date of August 18, 2008 for the Flag programs. We are currently in the process of determining the location and times of the Flag games.
Tackle Football / Cheer
| Age/Weight Division | Age | Certification Weight Range | Coaches |
| TINY-MITE (older/lighter) |
5-6-7 No older/lighter |
35-75 lbs No older/lighter |
Jack Edgemon Bill Brantley Todd Moore Darin Simmons |
| MITEY-MITE (older/lighter) |
7-8-9 N/A |
45-90 lbs N/A |
Jon Million Kevin Bond Milton Crenshaw Reggie Jones Eddie Oxer |
| JUNIOR PEEWEE (older/lighter) |
8-9-10 11* |
60-105 lbs 60-85 lbs |
TBA |
| PEEWEE (older/lighter) |
9-10-11 12* |
75-120 lbs 75-100 lbs |
Fred Griffin Dave Ebersole Frank English Kent Farmer Bill Nielander Ron Peeples |
| JUNIOR MIDGET (older/lighter) |
10-11-12 13* |
85-135 lbs 85-115 lbs |
TBA |
| MIDGET (older/lighter) |
11-12-13-14 15* |
105-160 lbs 105-140 lbs |
Chuck Bunton |
*The asterisked (*) provisions in each division allow the so-called "older but lighter" player to also qualify. The last year of eligibility falls under more stringent weight restrictions, per above.
A child's age on July 31 is his/her age for the season. A player may gain 1 pound per week after the second game, up to a maximum of 9 pounds.
Weights do not apply to
Cheer program. Cheer
program follows the above ages only.
Tentative Tackle Football Schedule:
| Date | Opponent | Town | Location / Directions |
| 8/16/08 | Jamboree | TBA | |
| 8/23/08 | LaBelle Longhorns | LaBelle | LaBelle |
| 8/30/08 | North Port Mustangs | Lake Placid | Roger Scarborough Memorial Field |
| 9/6/08 | North Fort Myers Knights | Lake Placid | Roger Scarborough Memorial Field |
| 9/13/08 | Port Charlotte Bandits | Lake Placid | Roger Scarborough Memorial Field |
| 9/20/08 | Clewiston Tigers | Clewiston | Clewiston Middle School |
| 9/27/08 | Cape Youth Storms | Cape Coral | Cape Storm Field |
| 10/4/08 | Englewood Cats | Englewood | San Casa Sports Complex |
| 10/11/08 | Lehigh Acres Raiders | Lake Placid | Roger Scarborough Memorial Field |
Lake Placid High - Roger Scarborough Memorial Field
In Pop Warner Football, there is “an absence of catastrophic head and neck injuries and disruptive joint injuries found at higher levels.”
The injury rate in Pop
Warner Football is:
• less than one-third the injury rate in high school football
• less than one-fifth the injury rate in college football
• less than one-ninth the injury rate in professional football
• Pop Warner's age-weight schematic protects younger, lighter players, who do not have higher injury rates.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 12 percent fewer injuries per capita than organized soccer in the same age range
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 50 percent fewer injuries per capita than bicycle riding in the same age range.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 74 percent fewer injuries per capita than skateboarding in the same age group.
• Injuries in youth football are normally mild, and older players have a higher injury rate than younger players.