Welcome to the
Home of your
Newport Pop Warner Vikings
Carteret
County's
only Pop Warner Organization, Est. in 1985
The mission of Pop Warner Little
Scholars, Inc. is to enable children to benefit from participation in
team sports and activities in a safe and structured environment. Through
this active participation, Pop Warner programs teach fundamental values,
skills and knowledge that children will use throughout their lives.
Pop Warner Little
Scholars, Inc. (PWLS) is a non-profit organization that provides youth
football
and
cheer & dance
programs for participants in 41 states and several countries around the
world. Consisting of approximately 400,000 young people ranging from ages
5 to 16 years old, PWLS is the largest youth football, cheer and dance
program in the United States.
Newport Pop Warner offers
Tackle football and cheer for children ages (ages 5-13).
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NEWS:
**** Next board meeting is
TBA.**********
SAFETY
FIRST:
Kids compete
with kids of similar age and size. Pop Warner is the ONLY youth
football program (local, regional and national) that sets and enforces a
strict
AGE & WEIGHT MATRIX
that reduces the risk and reality of injuries.
Did you know
that Pop Warner football is safer than soccer? Pop Warner football has 12%
fewer injuries per capita among 5-15 year olds than organized soccer in
the same age range! (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS)
WHY
THERE ARE NO PERSONAL STATISTICS:
Pop Warner
exists to use football, cheerleading, dance and a respect for education to
develop strong, smart, responsible, healthy young men and women. We give
them experiences that build their appreciation for and understanding of
leadership, teamwork, and discipline.
While
individual statistics may be more common, particularly among older
football players, Pop Warner only recognizes the athletic accomplishments
of the team, not the individual. We don't track personal tallies of
touchdowns or yards rushing per game. We don't count sacks or blocked
kicks. We applaud the athletic efforts of the team to reinforce the
importance of teamwork, with each member.
We don't try
to build stars. We don't want to over-inflate a young ego, nor do we want
to risk injuring the self-esteem of a young person. Whether our kids have
good days or bad, they are still an integral part of our team…and always
will be.