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Sanford Sting Pop Warner offers flag football for ages 5-7 and tackle football for ages 5-15, depending on weight. The age is the participant's age on July 31 of this calendar year. There are no tryouts. Participants are placed on teams on a first-come, first-served basis as space permits.
Sanford Sting Pop Warner is not part of Lee County Parks and Recreation, and participation is not limited to Sanford residents.

Tackle football players are placed in divisions based on the Pop Warner Little Scholars age and weight requirements. Following are the 2010 age and weight requirements for Sanford Sting Pop Warner:

 

Division Ages Weight Older/Lighter
Tiny Mite 5-6-7 yrs. 35-75 lbs. None
Mitey Mite 7-8-9 yrs. 45-90 lbs. None
Junior Pee Wee 8-9-10 yrs. 60-105 lbs. 11 yrs.: 60-85 lbs.
Pee Wee 9-10-11 yrs. 75-120 lbs. 12 yrs.: 75-100 lbs.
Junior Midget 10-11-12 yrs. 85-135 lbs. 13 yrs.: 85-115 lbs.
Midget 11-12-13-14 yrs. 105-160 lbs. 15 yrs.:105-140 lbs.

There is no weight limit for flag football participants.

The Flag, Tiny Mite and Mitey Mite divisions are considered noncompetitive. However, the Flag, Tiny Mite and Mitey Mite teams conclude their season with "Bowl" games against other Consolidated Football Federation (CFF) associations.

Weigh-Ins for Tackle Football Participants

Each tackle football player will be weighed at check-in sessions and again at the beginning of the season to determine and confirm division assignment.

Players must maintain the weight requirements throughout the season for their division. Players will be weighed prior to each game. The first week of the regular season, players must weigh within the published weight range. Each subsequent week, the allowed weight will be increased by one pound. Players are weighed in their uniforms, minus their helmet. The following amounts are added to the maximum weight each week for equipment weight allowances: Tiny Mite and Mitey Mite: 7 lbs, Junior Pee and Pee Wee: 8 lbs, Junior Midget and Midget: 9 lbs.

 

What to Wear

Flag football participants should wear shorts, t-shirts and athletic shoes or cleats.

Tackle football participants should wear shorts, t-shirts and cleats. Do not wear football equipment until told to by your coach. After completing 10 hours of conditioning, players will begin wearing practice uniforms and full pads.

Games

All regular-season games are scheduled to be played on Saturdays. We typically do not receive the game schedule until a couple of days before the first scheduled game, and there are frequently changes made to the schedule immediately after that. We do not have any control over the schedule or when it is disseminated. We realize that this can be frustrating, but creating the schedule is very complex. We will let you know what the schedule is as soon as we get it from the Consolidated Football Federation (CFF). We do play games on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, so plan on being here. The regular season generally runs through October. The Flag, Tiny Mite and Mitey Mite divisions usually concludes its their season with an inter-league "bowl" game at the end of the season.

Teams in the Junior Pee Wee division and older are eligible to compete in post-season competition based on their win/loss record. Post-season competition may include regional and national championships and/or invitational bowls which can run through Thanksgiving or into December, if a team goes on to nationals. Each year, Sanford Sting Pop Warner has teams eligible to participate in post-season play.

Before the first regular-season game, there will be jamborees for flag and tackle football teams. The jamborees are usually held the weekend before the first regular-season game.