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Bay Area Youth Football & Cheer offers tackle football, cheerleading, and dance under the Bay Area Pop Warner organization. The League consists of 19 member Associations that provide the coaches, facilities, and equipment to run these programs. Bay Area Pop Warner is a volunteer non-profit organization.
• Ages: 6–14 years old
• Schedule: A typical season consists of a 7 to 9 game regular season schedule.
• Price: Registration fees are set by each local program, please contact your local program for details.
Bay Area Youth Football & Cheer is part of Bay Area Pop Warner, which was chartered by Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. in 2021. The League covers the majority of the San Francisco Bay Area, from Marin to Monterey Counties. The mission of Bay Area Pop Warner is to enable local children to benefit from participation in team sports and activities in a structured and safe environment, and through its associations, Pop Warner programs instill the fundamental values of teamwork, dedication and a positive work ethic both on and off the field of play.
Pop Warner is the only National Youth Sports program which requires its participants to maintain a level of academic achievement in order to participate. Pop Warner programs have no tryouts or cutting of rosters, and Pop Warner has a Mandatory Play Rule (MPR) for all teams, so every child plays. Pop Warner places value on safety measures that make a difference, including reducing contact to 25% of practice time, eliminating kickoffs for the youngest divisions, and requiring any player who suffers a suspected head injury to receive medical clearance from a concussion specialist before returning to play. Pop Warner only recognizes the athletic accomplishments of the team, not the individual, and personal statistics such as touchdowns, yards rushing, sacks, or blocked kicks are not tracked.
The leadership team includes Steve Pekarthy (Commissioner), Ray Lockett (Vice Commissioner), Danielle Ramirez-King (Treasurer), Al Ezely (Secretary), Norma Zendejaz (Cheer Director), Ernia Camacho (Rules Director), and Fred Frazier (Safety Director). To participate, families must provide an original birth certificate with raised seal, a Participant Contract/Parental Consent Form with a name that matches the birth certificate exactly, a Physical Form dated after January 1st of the current year and signed and stamped by a physician, and a year-end report card for the current year with 4 quarters, with other requirements determined by the local program.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
• Ages: 6–14 years old
• Schedule: A typical season consists of a 7 to 9 game regular season schedule.
• Price: Registration fees are set by each local program, please contact your local program for details.
Bay Area Youth Football & Cheer is part of Bay Area Pop Warner, which was chartered by Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. in 2021. The League covers the majority of the San Francisco Bay Area, from Marin to Monterey Counties. The mission of Bay Area Pop Warner is to enable local children to benefit from participation in team sports and activities in a structured and safe environment, and through its associations, Pop Warner programs instill the fundamental values of teamwork, dedication and a positive work ethic both on and off the field of play.
Pop Warner is the only National Youth Sports program which requires its participants to maintain a level of academic achievement in order to participate. Pop Warner programs have no tryouts or cutting of rosters, and Pop Warner has a Mandatory Play Rule (MPR) for all teams, so every child plays. Pop Warner places value on safety measures that make a difference, including reducing contact to 25% of practice time, eliminating kickoffs for the youngest divisions, and requiring any player who suffers a suspected head injury to receive medical clearance from a concussion specialist before returning to play. Pop Warner only recognizes the athletic accomplishments of the team, not the individual, and personal statistics such as touchdowns, yards rushing, sacks, or blocked kicks are not tracked.
The leadership team includes Steve Pekarthy (Commissioner), Ray Lockett (Vice Commissioner), Danielle Ramirez-King (Treasurer), Al Ezely (Secretary), Norma Zendejaz (Cheer Director), Ernia Camacho (Rules Director), and Fred Frazier (Safety Director). To participate, families must provide an original birth certificate with raised seal, a Participant Contract/Parental Consent Form with a name that matches the birth certificate exactly, a Physical Form dated after January 1st of the current year and signed and stamped by a physician, and a year-end report card for the current year with 4 quarters, with other requirements determined by the local program.
Last updated March 11, 2026.
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