Youth flag football season fast approaching

SANDPOINT — Football is in the air around Sandpoint, from high school on down to flag football.

The 2009 youth flag football registration forms are now available at Sandpoint Parks and Rec, or by visiting “www.cityofsandpoint.com.”

The fun league is open to boys and girls in grades 3-6, with play split into 3rd-4th grade teams, which use a nerf football, and 5th-6th grade teams, which will use the junior rubber balls. Practices will be held once a week with games played on Saturday morningas at Travers Park.

Adults interested in coaching the philosophies of fun, fundamentals and sportsmanship are needed.

Games will begin on Saturday, Sept. 26 and run through the finals games on Oct. 31.

Registration must be tuned into Parks and Rec by Friday, Sept. 11, by 5 p.m. Fees for one player are $35 county/ $30 city; two players are $60 county/ $50 city; and three players are $80 county/ $70 city. Jerseys are $12 and can be purchased at Parks and Rec, located at City Hall, 1123 Lake St.

Scholarships are available on a need basis. 

Call 263-3613 for more information about this fun league.