Cherokee County Youth Football League

06/04/2024

03/23/2024

Football and cheer signups will begin on Monday April 8th.

Signups will be at Centre City Park. You can come on any of the following dates:

April 8th - May 31st every Monday and Wednesday from 5 - 7.

Football:

Ages 5 - 12

Cost is $150 and you will be provided a helmet, pads, and jersey.

Players will also need cleats, football pants, and mouthpiece (not provided)

Cheer:

Ages 5 - 12

Cost is $305 and cheerleaders will be proved a shell top, skirt, bloomers, long sleeve undershirt, shoes, hair bow, poms, cheer bag, camp shorts, and custom camp shirt.

Cost is $200 if you already have a cheer outfit from last season that still fits. You will be provided new shoes, cheer bag, bow, poms, and new camp shorts + shirt.

(Cheer fee also covers the JSU/Victory Cheer camp in the summer)

Deadline for all payments are may 31st unless you set up a payment plan. A $50 non refundable deposit per child is due at signups. You may make payments on your balance until the cut off date.

All new signups that have not played or cheered with us will need to bring a copy of their birth certificate.

There will be no late signups for cheer. May 31st is the cut off date.

Any late signups for football will have an additional $25 late fee added.

05/26/2023

CCYFL will be available for football and cheer signups tonight at Cherokee County High School during the Centre football camp.

Football:

$150 with a $50 deposit due at signup.

Early signups end on June 1st. Any signups after June 1st will be charged an additional $10 processing fee per child. All football signups end on July 1st. There will be no more players accepted after July 1st.

Cheer:

$295 with a $50 deposit due at signup.

All cheer signups will end on June 1st. No more cheerleaders will be accepted after June 1st.

All cheer fees must be paid in full by June 1st before uniforms are ordered.

All football fees must be paid in full by July 1st before jerseys are ordered.

03/28/2023

I‘d like to take a moment to introduce all of our current board members prior to the season beginning this summer. Your CCYFL board are the ones in charge of making all decisions that effect Cherokee County Youth Football. It is important to know who your board members are so that everyone is aware of who votes on matters and decisions that effect your children. The CCYFL board is here to serve the children, the parents, the league, and the county.

President David Akin: David is retired Army and has been involved with CCYFL for 6 years and has been President for 3. He has been head coach of C team and A team. Since David has been President he has worked to rebuild and restructure the league and has been dedicated to moving it forward in the best ways possible.

Vice President Donnie Rogers: Donnie has been with CCYFL for 9 years now. Donnie has coached C, B, and A team. Donnie has had 2 son’s come through CCYFL and has done all he can to push for CCYFL to be the best possible football league it can be for each and every child that participates.

Treasure William Wilson: Will moved to Cherokee County from Oceanside California after a career in the Marine Corps. Originally from Cedartown Georgia, Will has been involved with CCYFL for 10 years and his son played football in the league for 7 years. His daughter is currently entering her 3rd year of cheer.

Safety Officer Jonathan Spears: Johnathan is approaching his 2nd year with CCYFL. He lives in Leesburg and has 2 sons. Johnathan owns and manages a landscaping company, as well as, coaches a 10u travel ball team. Johnathan is dedicated to assisting in the growth and expansion of CCYFL and ensuring that each child has the safest and most enjoyable experience possible while they are involved with Cherokee County Youth Football.

League Representative Jacob Kelly: Coach Kelly is the head football coach for Cherokee County Highschool and has been the highschool’s head coach since 2019. Originally from Cedartown Ga, coach Kelly moved to Cherokee County in 2018 with his family to accept the coaching position for The Warriors. He is entering his first year as board member with CCYFL.

League Representative Kirk Blankenship: Kirk has over 20 years in law enforcement. He has been serving as the police chief for the city of Centre since 2011. This is Kirk’s 1st year as a CCYFL board member and his younger son’s first year of football with Cherokee County Youth Football League. He is excited to assist in the future growth of CCYFL and to stand as a positive role model for all of the boys and girls involved with our football league.

Vice President of Cheer Beverly Slayton: Beverly has been involved with CCYFL for 3 years and has been cheer director for all 3 of those years. Beverly’s own children played for CCYFL where she was a cheer and line-dancing coach for Cherokee County Youth Football. Beverly has worked to rebuild the Cheer Division and under her leadership has steadily grown CCYFL cheer each year. when she joined there were 8 cheerleaders total. Last season, thanks to her hard work and dedication, we had 40.

Head Cheer Coach and Cheer Director Brooklyn Andrews: Brooklyn works for the state’s court system and is entering her 2nd year as cheer coach. Brooklyn is married to B team coach Andy Andrews. They have 2 children; 1 son and 1 daughter, both who are involved in CCYFL. Brooklyn cheered for Sandrock and attended two national cheer competitions in Nashville. Brooklyn is dedicated to teaching and coaching cheer and helping every girl learn and grow their abilities.

We are still in the process of filling board member roles for the upcoming season and as we add more members I’ll be sure to introduce them!

03/28/2023

Update: Due to construction underway at the park all future football and cheer signups beginning March 31st will be held at the Cherokee County Highschool field house.

03/02/2023

This season we are excited to announce that Cherokee County Youth Football and Cheer will be a member of the North Alabama Youth Football league going forward. We believe that this will be a positive change for CCYFL and will foster growth and new competition for our boys and girls!

We will compete against several new teams and have the opportunity to visit new places that our boys and girls have not had the privilege to visit in the past.

Some of the teams we will play include:

Albertville
Gasden City
Fort Payne
Sardis
Etowah
Dade County
Hokes Bluff
Boaz
Scottsboro
Fyffe

Football Practice will begin on July 17th at the ball field across from Centre Park and our first jamboree will be August 12th.

Football signups will begin Saturday April 1st at Centre City Park from 4-6. Cost will be $150.

More information about football signups will come later this month.

Cheer signups will begin today at Centre City Park from 4-6 and then run each Wednesday and Friday from 5-6. The cost for cheer will be $295. A $50 deposit is due at the time of signup. Signups will run until April 28th, after which no more signups will be accepted.

Cheer practice will begin on July 6th at the field across from Centre Park. We will have afternoon practices.

The JSU cheer camp date will be announced later. No travel is necessary for this camp as JSU’s cheerleaders will be coming to Centre to teach the camp!

Cheer competition will be November 12 at Gasden State in Centre. This will be after our regular cheer season has ended and is voluntary. More information about competition will be provided later.

The original plan for cheerleading was to require no signup fee and have everyone complete a fundraiser calendar that would cover the entire cost of their cheer package. However after publishing our first flyer, the majority of people were not interested in that method and instead wanted to opt out of the calendars completely. So we have decided to make the change to signups. However, payment plans will be offered.

Below are the details of the package that we will be ordering for each girl and a breakdown of the cost so that each parent may see exactly what they’ll be paying for.

Uniform (shell, skirt, shoes, bloomers, matching bow) - $106

Long sleeve under shirt - $17

Metallic pom poms - $20

Custom uniform embroidery - $20

Glitter background for uniform lettering - $10

Cheer backpack - $19

NAYF insurance coverage (paid to North Alabama Youth Football) - $30 (per each child signed up)

JSU cheer camp (paid to JSU) - $50

Breast cancer awareness bow (for October) - $5

Jamboree outfit (shorts and custom t-shirt) - $20

Total for package (does not include tax or shipping) - $297

At the end of the season your girl will keep all of her cheer items (with the exception of pink Pom Poms for breast cancer awareness month)!

Once the season begins each cheerleader will be required to participate in at least one fundraiser (t-shirt sales, J&J candles, sponsorships, etc) to cover any additional cost leading up to the cheer competition on November 12th at the Gasden State Cherokee Arena.

Fundraising also will help with homecoming cost (crowns, flowers, decorations) and our end of the year banquet at the Centre Community Center.

If you have any questions or if any of the dates or times for practice do not work please feel free to reach out. We look forward to a great 2023 season and hope to see everyone at signups soon!

05/16/2022

This year we will be selling raffle tickets for a free 15 minute family or couple photo session curtesy of Dessie Lewis. Tickets will be $5 each and can be picked up starting this Wednesday at signups (Centre Park 5-7). Along with tickets will also be the flyer attached below in the comments so you can show people an example of what they can win.

100% of the money raised from ticket sales will be applied to your child or children’s sign up fees! Money and raffle tickets will be due by July 1st.

For those new to our league: Dessie is the owner of Dessie Lewis Photography (https://www.facebook.com/DessieLewisPhotography/) and was our B team cheer coach last season. She was unable to return this season, but is still dedicated to supporting Cherokee County Youth Cheer and Football!

Please let me know if there are questions and also check out Dessie’s page and website (https://dessielewisphotography.mypixieset.com) for an example of her work!

Photographer located in Centre, AL. Specializes in Family, Newborn and Children photography.

07/17/2021

Next weeks signup schedule:

Monday July 19th (5-7)
Tuesday July 20th (5-7)
Thursday July 22nd (5-7)
Friday July 23rd (5-7)
Saturday July 24th (10-12)

All signups are behind Centre City Hall.

Signups end August 2nd.

07/14/2021

Signups for the 2021 season are currently under way. We will have signups every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 5-7 behind Centre City Hall and every Saturday from 10-12 at the same location.

Practice will begin August 2nd.

Fees are $125 for football and $150 for cheer.

07/12/2021

Sign ups for the 2021 season will begin this week on Tuesday July 13th. We will have signups Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 5-7 behind Centre City Hall. Also Saturday July 17th from 10-12.

Cost is $125 for football and $150 for cheerleading.