Last Chance: Register Your Kids for Youth Football, Cheerleading

As spring gets into full swing, it may seem early to be talking about football — but it's time for parents to register their young players and cheerleaders.

Romeoville Youth Football & Cheerleading will host from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the , 900 W. Romeo Rd.

Registration forms and waivers are available on the RYFC website. 

Tackle football players will be placed on the roster via a lottery system. All names will be placed in a lottery-style drawing at the end of registration. 

Cheerleaders will be placed on rosters on a first come, first served basis.

Registration fees are as follows:

• Tackle football - $175 plus $50 in mandatory fundraising
• Cheerleading - $135 plus $50 in mandatory fundraising
• Flag football - $125 (no mandatory fundraising)

Families with more than one player must pay full registration for one child; each sibling of that child will receive a $25 discount on registration fees for cheer and tackle football or $10 off flag football.

New participants must bring a copy of their official birth certificate and an RYFC registration form, RYFC waiver and River Valley waiver, all available on the organization's website.

Parents who have questions can click the links to email the following coaches:

• Tackle football - Ken Chenoweth 
• Cheerleading - Deb Blum
• Flag football - Rick Spoerl

This year, parents can take advantage of a new opportunity for their kids to play for free in exchange for fundraising. For every extra $55 players sell in raffle tickets, they receive $50 off their registration fee. In other words, to finance $100 in fees, a player would need to sell $110 in tickets (a total of 22 tickets). 

The offer is open to all cheerleaders, tackle players and flag players. Ticket stubs are due in August, giving parents and players plenty of time to sell. 

For more information on waiving registration fees, contact RYFC treasurer Craig Brooker.