Welcome to Aledo Youth Football and Cheer

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Registration for Aledo Youth Football & Cheer is open from 4/1 thru 4/30 each year.

Please make note of this on your calendar.  

We offer sideline Cheer as well as Flag football for kids 4 & 5 years old and Tackle football for kids 6 years old thru 6th Grade (detailed divisions below).

 

Please make a reminder note on your calendar each year for April 1st thru 30th! We keep have registration open for the full month of April and send out multiple reminders to prior participants during open enrollment as well as post here and on our Facebook Page at Aledo Youth Football.  Please review our FAQ menu above for answers to all your questions!  PLEASE NOTE: @hotmail.com is flagging all system group emails as spam.  If you have a hotmail or yahoo email in your account profile you will need to make sure you are checking our website calendar and/or Facebook page for updates, change your email or add a secondary email to your account profile. 

Our program is for players that either live in the AISD community or attend AISD schools only. Aledo Youth Football plays in the NCT (North Central Texas) League with Azle, Brock, Eagle Mountain, and White Settlement. Games will be both in Aledo and at those school locations. 

All Tackle Football players registration will include the following 4 required documents or image uploads so please have documents/images ready before you register your football player/s: 

1. Birth Certificate (unless registering from same account as last year)

2. Proof of Enrollment/Grade; report card preferred (see below) or minimally screenshot of schedule from school portal (image needs to include both player name and current grade i.e., for 6th Grade; ELAR 5 = 5th grade this year on schedule)

  • To get report card from AISD Parent portal - go to "report card" and you can screenshot to upload that will show students name, phone number and address (redacted below) as well as grade and date you ran it
  • Please DO NOT ask the school for anything special - you should have access to fulfill the requirement for registration. 

3. Address Verification/Proof of residency; current utility bill showing parent name and address

4. Headshot of player; this is the player only of head/shoulders only - similar to passport photo, not your dog or any other random photo.  This will be printed for tackle weigh-ins and must match the player.

 Available football (and cheer) offerings will now be set as follows for all NCT league teams for 2024 based on 9/1/2024 player age (football offerings will have age range prevention configured):

5U Flag

6U Flag

 7U-Tackle (weight limit to carry ball 80 lbs)

8U-Tackle (weight limit to carry ball 90 lbs)

9U-Tackle (weight limit to carry ball 100 lbs)

10U/11U-Tackle (weight limit to carry ball 115 lbs)

6th Grade-Tackle NOTE: Athletes in 6th grade must play 6th grade division regardless of age (weight limit to carry ball 125 lbs)

 All Flag Football player (5U and 6U) registrations will include the following 3 required document or image uploads so please have documents/images ready before you register your football player/s:

1. Birth Certificate (unless registering from same account as last year)

 2. Address Verification/Proof of residency; current utility bill showing parent name and address

3. Headshot of player; this is the player only head/shoulders similar to passport photo

Head Coach Volunteers must be registered as well - interviews will be scheduled with the Volunteer Board prior to selection.  If you are interested in being a head coach please register by the same deadline as players.  AYFCA is a 501c3 Organization and we cannot do this without our parent coach volunteers! Assistant Coaches are selected by the Head Coach at/after drafts and all badged assistant coaches will also have to complete registration and background checks. 

 All Cheer registrations should be done in the appropriate age division the participant will be in as of 9/1/24 with sibling request fields to be completed during registration for any division re-alignments.  There are NO document requirements for cheer registration.  For more cheer updates please see our new Cheer Info menu above! 

All Cheer uniforms were new in 2023 and will be used again for 2024 - All cheer participants needing any new uniform item will need to attend one of the three fitting dates.  Megaphones/Poms are same from last year but can be purchased at fittings or by a link that will be emailed out at later date if you only need those.  

Flag Football - Fall 2024

Flag Football is set up for 5U and 6U divisions for 2024, players should be minimum of 4 to play in 5U flag.  If your player will be 7 by 9/1/24 they will need to enroll in 7U tackle offering.

For Flag please have your  players photo/headshot, birth certificate and a current utility bill to show proof of residency in AISD or proof of enrollment in AISD if not residing in AISD boundary.  Note: If you have a participant in cheer and you want them to be together, you will input that request in the cheer registration form (See Cheer Info menu for details/exclusions). Participant regular enrollment will close on April 30th at 11:59 pm. Late registration for additional $75 fee may be open thru 5/15 if space is available. 

Coaches: You may enroll for this season while also enrolling your player(s). Coaches who do not have players to enroll, click the button to register as a volunteer for your desired position.  All coaches will be interviewed and voted on by the volunteer AYFCA board, those selected must also complete a background check that will be sent at a later date. If you do not register to coach we don't know you want to.  

Registration Status:
Open
Regular Registration:
Monday, April 1, 2024 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Late Registration:
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Program Duration:
Monday, August 12, 2024 - Saturday, November 23, 2024
Regular Registration Cost:
$125.00
Late Registration Cost:
$200.00

Tackle Football - Fall 2024

Tackle football divisions are age pure up until 6th Grade and your player will play based on age restrictions as of 9/1/24 date. 

All incoming 6th graders (currently in 5th grade and will be in 6th grade when school starts in August 2024) will play in the 6th Grade Tackle offering.  All other tackle divisions for 2024 are: 7U, 8U, 9U, 10/11U Combined 

Note: If you have a participant in cheer and you want them to be together, you will input that request in the cheer registration form (See Cheer Info menu for details/exclusions). Participant regular enrollment will close on April 30th at 11:59 pm. Late registration for additional $75 fee may be open thru 5/15 if space is available. 

Coaches: You may enroll for this season while also enrolling your player(s). Coaches who do not have players to enroll, click the button to register as a volunteer for your desired position.  All coaches will be interviewed and voted on by the volunteer AYFCA board, those selected must also complete a background check that will be sent at a later date. If you do not register to coach we don't know you want to.  

Registration Status:
Open
Regular Registration:
Monday, April 1, 2024 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Late Registration:
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Program Duration:
Monday, August 12, 2024 - Saturday, November 16, 2024
Regular Registration Cost:
$225.00
Late Registration Cost:
$300.00

Cheer - Fall 2024

AYFCA offers sideline cheer for participants in PreK thru 6th Grade. Register in the age offering your cheer participant will align to based on their age as of 9/1/2024 - sibling alignment requests that are entered during registration will be done separately. 

Flag Cheer is 5U or 6U (4-6 years old by 9/1/24) and can only cheer with sibling up to 8U.

Tackle Cheer is 7U, 8U, 9U, 10/11U combined or 6th Grade only - 7U thru 6th Grade only can cheer up for/with sibling in any offering and will be input into the cheer registration enrollment field to align to siblings (football and/or cheer siblings) during your registration.  

Cheer teams will be drafted and we cannot take coach, rideshare or friend requests.  We encourage you to register to coach as we are always needing more parents than we have initially volunteer.  You can add your own volunteer registration when you register your player by simply adding another transaction and choosing your own profile for the enrollment. 

Registration Status:
Open
Regular Registration:
Monday, April 1, 2024 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Late Registration:
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Program Duration:
Monday, August 12, 2024 - Saturday, November 23, 2024
Regular Registration Cost:
$110.00
Late Registration Cost:
$185.00
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