Youth Sports

Benefits:

Positive Competition

We believe competition is a positive process when the pursuit of victory is kept in the right perspective. The right perspective is when adults make decisions that put the best interests of the children above winning the contest. Learning to compete is important for children, and learning to cooperate in a competitive world is an essential lesson of life. Through YMCA Sports, we want to help children learn these lessons.

Fair Play

Fair play is about playing by the rules and more. It’s about you and your players showing respect for all who are involved in YMCA Sports. It’s about being a role model of good sportsmanship and guiding players to do the same. Remember, we’re more interested in developing children’s character through sport than in developing a few highly skilled players.

Family Involvement

YMCA Sports encourages parents to be involved appropriately along with their child’s participation in our sport programs. In addition to parent being helpful as volunteer coaches, officials, and time keepers, we encourage them to be at practices and games to support their child’s participation.

Youth Sports:
Soccer
Flag Football
Basketball
Indoor Golf

Soccer

Spring Mini Soccer (Ages 3-8)

Registration:
Begins: Saturday, Feb.1, 2025
Ends: Saturday, Mar. 8, 2025
Fees: $30.00 for Y members $40.00 for non-members
(A $10.00 late fee will be added to
registrations received March 9th – 16th) No registration forms accepted after March 16th

Practices: Begin the week of March 24th
Games: Played on Saturdays. Held in the Warren YMCA Gymnasium
Volunteer Coaches needed!!

Please contact Andrew Papalia with any questions or for additional information:

Andrew Papalia
YMCA Youth Sports Coordinator
Email: andrew@warrenymca.org

2025 Fall Outdoor Soccer:

Youth Girls and Boys (Ages 3 – 14)

Any child that is age 3 - 14 as of August 31, 2025, is eligible to sign up for our YMCA Fall Soccer League. Games and practices are held at Warren State Hospital grounds from August through October.

Registration

Opens:
Saturday, April 26, 2025. Save $5.00 this day only. (Sibling discount does not apply this day.)
Online Registration: Opens Saturday, April 26th (To receive any discounts, must register in-house.)
Sibling Discount: $5.00 off per sibling after 1st child registers. (In-house registration only. Does not apply on registration Kick-off day on April 26th.)
Registration Ends: Monday, June 30, 2025
Fees: $30.00 YMCA Members / $40.00 Non-members
Late Registration:
July 1st through July 12, 2025 with a $10.00 late fee added.
(NOTE: An additional $50 fee will be added to registrations received after July 12th due to processing fees for Soccer Shirt.)

Age Divisions:
U-4 (3 year olds) * boys & girls combined
U-6 (4 & 5 year olds) * boys & girls combined
U-8 (6 & 7 year olds) * boys & girls combined
U-10 (8 & 9 year olds)
U-12 (10 & 11 year olds)
U-15 (12, 13 and 14 year olds)
*Depending on number of sign-ups, divisions may combine genders

Information

Dates: The YMCA Fall Soccer League runs mid-August through mid-October.

Games/Practices: All upper age division (U8, U10, U12, U15) games will be played on Saturdays, ranging from 9:00 am thru approximately 1:00 pm. Lower age division (U4, U6) games will be held weeknights. Practices are weekday evenings beginning the 1st full week in August and will not exceed two practices per week up to the first game. After the first game, all teams will reduce practice to one day per week.
Location: Warren State Hospital (US Rt. 62 and PA 69)
Equipment: Shin guards are required. Soccer cleats are recommended, but optional. Black shorts are required for the U15 age group.
Co-Ed: If there are not enough registrants in a separated age division, that division will be combined into a single co-ed division.
Coaches: If you are a good parent, you will be a good coach. This is a recreational league with equal playing time and emphasis on fun and exercise.

Request to Play Up a Division:
*Request is not automatic & player MUST be within 1 year in age of requested age division**
***Must complete waiver form - at the YMCA front desk***

**NO SPECIAL REQUESTS FOR TEAM PLACEMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED**

Flag Football

Flag Football League

Youth Girls and Boys (Grades 3/4 and 5/6 in Fall of 2025)

The Warren YMCA is proud to have been awarded an NFL Flag Football License!
The YMCA's non-contact Flag Football League is a program where emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of football, teamwork, and having fun. Players in this league will be divided by grade levels 3rd/4th and 5th/6th. Teams will include 5-10 players and will be co-ed. Players will receive an NFL branded jersey and a flag belt. Complete details below.

Registration

Opens: Saturday, April 26th. Online or at the Y Front Desk.
Online Registration: Coming soon
Ends: Monday, June 30, 2025 *NO late registration. Must register by this date.
Fees: $50.00 YMCA Members / $65.00 Non-members

League Information

Grades: 3rd/4th and 5th/6th
Practices: Mondays & Wednesdays. Begins the week of July 28, 2025. Practices will NOT be held after games begin.
Games: Begin the week of August 11th and run for 5 weeks.
Location: Warren State Hospital (Field past the Warren-Forest Higher Ed building on Hospital Drive.)
Equipment: Mouth guards are required. Cleats are recommended, but optional. Players will receive a NFL branded jersey and a flag belt.
Co-Ed: Teams will be co-ed
Coaches Meeting:TBA'd
Contact: Dylan Johnson, Flag Football Coordinator. Email: johnsod05@sunyjcc.edu

Basketball

Girls Basketball League Youth (Grades 1 – 6)

Registration: September 2025

Begins: TBA'd
Ends: TBA'd
Fees: $35.00 for Y members / $50.00 for non-members

Registration available at the YMCA Front Welcome Desk. Online: Click here
(A $10.00 late fee will be added to registrations received Saturday, October 12th - 18th)

No registration forms accepted after Friday, October 17, 2025

League Information:

Teams: Players will be assigned to teams. NO special requests please.
Practices: Practices will begin the week of October 27, 2025 and will be held on weekday evenings at the coaches’ discretion. Practice will not exceed two per week prior to the first game and will not exceed one practice per week, after the first game.
Games: Games will be played on Sundays beginning Sunday, November 9, 2025.
Location: Games and Practices will be held at the Warren County Y.
Coaches Meeting: MANDATORY - TBA'd
Parent Meeting: TBA'd

*VOLUNTEERS NEEDED*

Position: Girls Basketball Coaches and REFEREEs. Share your love and knowledge of basketball with the local youth of our community. The YMCA’s training and tools make it easy for you to spend 2 hours per week for 10 weeks teaching local youth the joys of the game you know and love.

Requirements: Uphold the values of respect, and responsibility by encouraging physical activity, fair play, and social connections through structured practices and you will feel better about yourself and the impact you provide.

Contact: Contact Andrew Papalia, Warren County YMCA Youth Sports Coordinator to discuss this opportunity further. Email: andrew@warrenymca.org IMPORTANT: Act 33 and Act 34 Clearance is required of all adult volunteers.

Boys Basketball League Youth Boys (Grades 1 – 6)

Registration:

Begins: Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
Ends: Fri., Jan. 9, 2026
Fees: $40.00 for Y members / $55.00 for non-members

Registration available at the YMCA Front Welcome Desk
(A $10.00 late fee will be added to registrations received January 10th thru Friday, January 16, 2026)

No registration forms accepted after January 16th, 2026

League Information:

Teams: Players will be assigned to teams. NO special requests please.
Practices: Practices will begin the week of January 26, 2026 and will be held on weekday evenings at the coaches’ discretion. Practice will not exceed two per week prior to the first game and will not exceed one practice per week, after the first game.
Games: Games will be played on Sundays beginning Sunday, February 15, 2026 thru March 16, 2026.
Location: Games and Practices will be held at the Warren County Y.
Coaches: MANDATORY coaches meeting: TBA'd
Parent Meeting: TBA'd

*VOLUNTEERS NEEDED*

Position: Boys Basketball Coaches and REFEREEs Share your love and knowledge of basketball with the local youth of our community. The YMCA’s training and tools make it easy for you to spend 2 hours per week for 10 weeks teaching local youth the joys of the game you know and love.

Golf

Indoor Jr. Golf Program (Held Late Fall/Winter/Spring)

Our Junior Golf Program is aimed at building knowledge, skills and a love for the game of golf. Participants will be divided into 3 ages groups: ages 5-7, 8-10, 11-17.
Younger golfers will meet for 30 minutes and ages 11+ for 45 minutes. Class will meet 1x per week and will be held in the gymnasium. All equipment will be provided.
Instructor: Andrew Papalia, Youth Sports Coordinator. Andrew brings golf experience as a former assistant golf pro at the CC of Halifax, MA, a junior golf camp instructor, and as a high school golf coach at Seton LaSalle High School.

Classes:
Mondays (5-week session format.)

Registration: Click to register online.

Ages/Time/Fees:

Ages: 5-7
Monday: 4:00-4:30 pm
$15.00 Y members / $30.00 non-members

Ages: 8-10
Monday: 4:30-5:00 pm
$15.00 Y members / $30.00 non-members

Ages 11+
Monday: 5:00-5:45 pm
$20.00 Y members / $40.00 non-members