YOUTH DIVISION TEAMS: The Youth Division is made up of seven (7) combined 5th and 6th grade teams.
Wildcats (Mt. View, Pleasant Glade & South Bay)      Tigers (Horizons, & Lacey)             Hurricanes (Evergreen Forest, Meadows & Seven Oaks)
Raiders  (Mt. View, Pleasant Glade & South Bay)       Bulldogs (Lakes, & Woodland)      Crusaders  (Lydia Hawk & Olympic View)        

Lightning (Yelm Area Schools)

 

ELIGIBILITY:
5th, and 6th Grade Division:
Any player who resides in Thurston County and is entering 5th or 6th grade in either public, private, church, or home schooled.
Age Eligibility
5th grade players have a maximum of four (4) years of eligibility, with the first two (2) years being played on the 5th-6th grade team.
6th grade players shall have a maximum of three (3) years of eligibility, with the first year being played on the 5th-6th grade team.
No player may turn thirteen (13) before the first scheduled league game of each season of play.
Note: Any player who is held back by his or her school, shall lose that year of eligibility i.e. a 6th grader held back shall play the following season on a 7th/8th grade team and shall only have one year of eligibility remaining.

 

PLAYER WEIGHT LIMITS:
5th-6th grade players weighing over 130lbs. shall be limited to playing interior line positions. On offense that is center, guard, and tackle. On defense, that is nose guard or tackle. The last player on each end of the defense line and within the box shall be deemed a defensive end regardless of team terminology and must not weigh more than the maximum running back, receiver weight limit for the player’s respective grade. Offensive tackles over the weight limit may be left uncovered but shall remain ineligible to carry or receive the football. Players over their grade’s respective weight limits as indicated in the preceding paragraph may carry the ball only as the result of a fumble recovery or interception of a pass. Place kickers, holders, and punters are limited to the maximum running back weight for their respective grade level. Players on the kick-off team are not restricted by weight limits. Players on the front line of the kick-off receiving team are not restricted by weight limits, but must stay in the five yard kick return zone. Players weighing under 130lbs. at the official weigh-in, must maintain their weight over the season. Players may strip down, but may not strip to their underwear. A coach, board official, and one witness are required at each weigh-in. Players may request to be reweighed after the third, six, or ninth week of the season.