Football Registration
We are so excited to get back to playing youth sports!! Get out of your house and back on the field with South Parkland Football, tackle football registration is now open!
We will be following the CDC, Pennsylvania, and local health department guidelines to keep everyone involved in our program as safe as possible with the current Covid19 environment that we live in.
We have several options available based on your child age/weight/experience. Please refer to the description of each team above the registration links.
We have also offered an option of purchasing your own jersey for our cost of $90. If you would like to offer a donation to help support our football program it will be used for player and team equipment! The registration fees include a $20 SPYA overhead fee to cover ongoing cost such as insurance, building rents, maintenance of property and websites. This fee is non-refundable.
South Parkland Youth Association (SPYA) is a member in the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Football League (EPYFL) www.epyfl.org. This is a tackle football league played with modified Pennsylvania high school rules and has several opportunities for our elementary aged boys and girls. EPYFL is an age and weight-based league with five levels offered. The teams range from flags starting in Kindergarten to Varsity that the player cannot weigh more than 140 pounds or turn 14 in 2019. Our season runs from August until October.
Below are the registration links and league criteria for each level;
Varsity level has a 140 pound weight limit, players cannot be turning 14 in 2019, most players are in 5th or 6th grade and 11 or 12 years old.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235101
Junior Varsity level has two separate league age/weight requirements.
- Player weighs 120 pounds or under and does not turn 11 before August 1.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235099
- Player is older & lighter; weighs 85 pounds or less and does not turn 12 before July 31.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235099
Pee Wee level has a 100-pound weight limit, players can not turn 10 before August 1.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235096
Junior Pee Wee level has an 80-pound weight limit, players can not turn 9 before August 1.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235095
EPYFL flags is different from our NFL flags league; the EPYFL flag teams are played at an instructional level, on a full field with 11 on each team, there is no weight limit, no player can be turning 8 in 2020, this level is designed for the younger players to get ready for tackle football.
Flag team is designed for the more experienced flag players that have played organized flag football.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235091
Registration and walk-ups are currently opened for our summer camps (Attached is an informational flyer)
Speed Camp for 2nd-12th grade
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235085
Youth Football Camp is for aspiring football players in Pre-Kindergarten thru entering 3rd grade.
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/235086
Please do not hesitate to ask any questions,
Tim Smith
SPYA Tackle Football Commissioner