Barrington Pop Warner is organizing a flag football league this spring.
For the first time ever, the local football and cheer organization will hold spring flag football. The league is open to …
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Barrington Pop Warner is organizing a flag football league this spring.
For the first time ever, the local football and cheer organization will hold spring flag football. The league is open to boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 14, and games will begin in May.
Barrington Pop Warner officials organized a flag football league last fall and more than 150 boys and girls participated.
The popular flag football league offered local kids a chance to keep playing football after the regional Pop Warner board decided it would not allow Barrington to join in full contact football competition with only one tackle team.
The flag football league fielded 16 teams — four age-based divisions with four teams in each division.
Barrington officials opened registration for the spring league a few weeks ago and signups have already exceeded 50 players. Again, league officials will divide the players based on their ages — all games will be played in town on Sunday mornings starting in May.
Tackle signups also open
Barrington Pop Warner officials are also accepting signups for the fall tackle football, flag football and cheer.
The regional Pop Warner association recently changed its tackle football format from weight-based to age-based, and Barrington officials are hoping the switch may aid in an Eagles' resurgence. League officials are also hoping that the local flag football program will improve participation in youth tackle football. There is even talk about incorporating a hybrid football program called "Flex," which is a combination of flag football and tackle.
Meanwhile, Barrington Pop Warner Cheer officials are hoping to build the program off last year's success at Cheer Nationals. The Barrington Pop Warner varsity cheer team finished second at the National Pop Warner cheer competition in Orlando, Fla. in Dec. 2018, capping a stellar season that also included a state championship and a regional title.
Barrington Pop Warner Cheer coordinator Susan Moran said she was extremely proud of the local girls.
"I am so pleased with the results of the National Pop Warner competition," she said. "The team competed so well under the pressure of a national competition; finishing second at a competition of this caliber is amazing."
Want to register?
Anyone hoping to register for any of the Barrington Pop Warner programs — spring flag football, fall tackle football and fall flag, and cheer — should visit http://bit.do/bpweagles