Chargers Football is on the way!

By Stacy Case

With the end of the school year fast approaching and summer time right around the corner, area youths are already preparing to step out onto that gridiron for yet another season of city football this Fall.

As the Coral Springs Chargers Tackle Football Club and Cheer program has its (online) registration underway until late July, the league’s president has a very encouraging, admirable outlook for the upcoming games.

“Youth football is a sport that teaches kids so much about respect and it gives them something fun to look forward to,” says A. J. Poulin, who enters his third season as the program’s president. “We put a strong emphasis on our players keeping their grades up, and, there’ve been times when, if a player’s grades were dropping, they’d still show up to practice but would sit on the sidelines and do homework.” In fact, the Chargers players have a report card ‘check point’ to confirm their school progress throughout the season.

But even before school starts back up, the Chargers players will undergo Spring Training throughout the month of May, with the plans of best prepping them for games to begin on Opening Day, August 12th.

They’ll need to be ready to play other teams within the (AYFL) American Youth Football League from Tamarac, Coconut Creek, Sunrise, Plantation, Pembroke Pines, West Pines, Miramar and Delray Beach. And when they’re not the visiting team, they host games from Aiello Field at Mullins Park, which can run deep into the Autumn season.

While the Chargers have a pretty high percentage of players returning from one season to the next, A. J. certainly welcomes those whose interest is just starting. “It’s great when a child wants to try a new sport; I see so many kids at the park when our Chargers teams are practicing and wish they’d be spending their time with us instead,” adds “I just want to see kids out there playing and having a good time.”

The Chargers offer play in various age/weight divisions. From as young as 5-years-old and as light as 80-lbs., up to age 14 and 130-lbs. plus, the Chargers welcome both boys and girls to participate in its mid 1970s-established program.

Over the years, the league has attracted many youth football players and this coming season is expected to follow suit. There were nearly 320 players in 2016. “I’d really like to see at least another 75-100 kids out there this year,” says A. J. “Of course we’d like to win a good amount of games and be competitive, but I truly just want these kids to have fun.”

For more info or to register, visit www.cschargers.com.

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