Come Join Pop Warner for their 81st Season!
What makes Pop Warner the best game in the Nation?!

1. The Nation's Longest Running, Most Established Youth Football Program

2. There are maximum and minimum player weight restrictions, ALL REGISTERED PLAYERS WILL PLAY. We have more divisions and are able to divide the kids by just more than what grade they are in!

3. Our age and weight schematics ensure a safer environment for all players THROUGHOUT THE NATION. The schematic is used by 360,000 Pop  Warner football players! See Mayo Clinic Report where they explain that players in higher grades and heavier in WEIGHT are the most susceptible to injuries.

4. Our mandatory play rules ensure playing time in every game.

5. Teams are assigned by association (school district) boundaries that players will attend. Children will play with their classmates and neighborhood friends to create community pride and help better establish fairness throughout Clark County  for the High Schools that they will attend.

6. Coaches attend the NFL/National Football Foundation Coaches Clinic.

7. All games officiated by the high School Referees. (Evergreen Football Officials Association).

8. A qualified CPR or First Aid Technician must be part of each team and at each game!

9. Most games are played in the top quality stadiums in town: Kiggins, Mackenzie, District Stadium, Doc Harris, and Fishback Stadium, we play night games as well!

10. Associations/teams may fundraise money for Association/team apparel or other Association/team items! If players want to fundraise we feel it is their choice and they should be allowed to do that and benefit from the monies raised.

11. All home games are played in your home associations stadium.  Cheer competitions are held at local area schools.  Your team will also get the chance to play in post season bowl games and regional competition with teams from Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Alaska. We have sent several teams to California for regional playoffs and they have returned victorious!  Some or our local teams have also advanced to the Pop Warner Super Bowl and Championships in Orlando, Florida!

12. ALL playing equipment is provided and you get to keep your jersey.

Why play Pop Warner?

• Pop Warner is the WORLD's leading youth football program!
  See Fact Sheets.

• Pop Warner’s age / weight schematic help keep kids safe. No players with stripes, just regular football.

• Your child may play any position. No restrictions on who can carry the ball or be QB. The restrictions are built into the divisions.

• Pop Warner plays by NFHS (National High Schools) rules. Children learn the rules of regular football.

• Divisions allow for physical growth during the season to ensure they don't exceed the weight allowance for their division.

• Mandatory play rule for ALL players in each game ensures playing time for all players.

• 12% fewer injuries per capita among 5-15 year olds than organized soccer. See safety facts below. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS)

• Academic requirements for ALL players and academic success rewarded on a National level.

• 8 Regular season games, league playoffs/championship, Invitational Bowl Games & Regional Championships.

• Regional post season competition with other leagues in Oregon, California, Alaska and Nevada.

• Games are played at High Schools and Middle Schools with High School referees.

• YOU KEEP YOUR GAME JERSEY.  

• All equipment is provided except shoes, mouthpiece, and athletic supporter. Our gear is one year old or newer.

• Endorsed by NFL players Association and players like  Emmitt Smith, Joe Montana  and Terrel Davis. 70% of the NFL played Pop Warner.

• The National Championships are played in Disney World and broadcast on ESPN

 Age and Weight Schematic - 

 *Number of divisions in Southwest Washington League subject to enrollment numbers. See note No.5 below.

Notes about the age and weight schematic:

A quick local note. The age and weight schematic is not intended to prevent any child from playing, rather to ensure fairness and safety. Players are placed into divisions that allow for their growth. For example a child that is at the upper edge of a division can move to the next highest division to ensure they fall within the specified weight range during the season, and therefore would never be in jeopardy of exceeding their division's weight. Every player of every Pop Warner team in Vancouver played in 2003 and 2004!

1. Age: The age of the player is their age on July 31st of the playing season. For example if a player's birthday is after August 1st and they are 12 turning 13, then their playing age for the season is 12. Depending on their weight and skill level they could play in one of 3 divisions.

2. Weight: All players are allowed an in season growth allowance of 9 pounds. So if they are a Jr. Midget  and they weigh 125lbs at the beginning of the season they are allowed to gain 9 pounds during the season, one pound per week to a final weight of 134 lbs.

3. Weigh In: All weights listed above are without gear, weigh-ins are in gear and a weight allowance is subtracted for gear.

4. O/L Players: Older but Lighter players are allowed. For example, if a player is 13 yrs old on or before July 31st and they are between 80-105 lbs then they would qualify as an older but lighter player in the Jr. midget division.  These players are also allowed an in season weight gain of 9 pounds

5. Southwest Washington Pop Warner League Divisions:  All of the above divisions are open for registration. Participants will be placed in divisions by the Association under the supervision of the league based on their age, weight, and previous tackle football experience.  If a player's  desired division does not fill, they may be moved to the next highest or lowest division, depending on which one fits their age and weight. If a player does not want to move to a different division or can not move because of age/weight, a refund will be granted.  

6. National: The age schematic is used nationally so teams from other regions are always matched against similar sized players.

7. Benefits: Players have no stripes, all players are eligible for any position. Similar weights help keep children safe.    

• 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 1/3 the injury rate in high school football
  • less than 1/5 the injury rate in college football
  • less than 1/9 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% FEWER injuries per capita than organized soccer in the same age range.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 50% FEWER injuries per capita than bicycle riding in the same age range.
• Organized football among 5 – 15 year-olds has 74% 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.

1. “Injuries in Youth Football”, Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma, Lenox Hill Hospital, published in Pediatrics Magazine
2. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS
3. Ibid
4. "Injuries in Youth Football: A Prospective Observational Cohort Analysis Among Players Aged 9 to 13 Years", Mayo Clin Proc. 2002; 77:317-322 (April 2002, Vol 77)
   Mayo Clinic Project shows youth football injuries are uncommon.
   Click here to read the FULL REPORT for YOURSELF.