WHO'S READY FOR A NEW SEASON? 
2024: STRIVE FOR MORE! 



OPEN REGISTRATION IS SET TO BEGIN AT THE START OF OUR FOOTBALL ACADEMY, TUESDAY-MARCH 19, 2024 at HOLLYDALE REGIONAL PARK-SOUTH GATE, 6pm-7:30pm.

THE SOUTH GATE AZTECS WILL JOIN A NEW CONFERENCE THIS NEW YEAR, AND WE WILL NOW BE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EAST YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE OF AAU. This will give us the best opportunity to remain a community-based program and with better competition opportunities for both football and cheer going into 2025! 

PLEASE SEE THE REGISTRATION WINDOW AND HANDOUTS BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION...

DEAR PARENT: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND HOW REGISTRATION IS HANDLED IN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE DO NOT OFFER ONLINE REGISTRATION; ROSTERS ARE LIMITED & ALL REGISTRATIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY OUR HEAD COACHES. REGISTRATION MUST BE "IN-PERSON ONLY" WHILE AT OUR YOUTH FOOTBALL & CHEER TRAINING ACADEMIES.  

Dear Parent: Please be sure to consider the "committment" it will take to ensure your child remains an active, participant in good standing throughout our entire season. FOOTBALL and COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING ISN'T FOR EVERYONE. Our Pre-Season is available as an option where we provide the oppportunity for potential new and returning players/cheerleaders in our programs to participate in a well coordinated conditioning & training academy to prepare our student-athletes for the rigors of practice and game day elements. Official "in-season" practice will bergin Monday-July 22; 6pm-8pm, 2-hour practices in the evening M-F during the first 5-weeks. Thereafter our practice sessions will be reduced to 3-nights per week: Tues-Wed-Thurs, same time frame 6:30pm-8:30pm. Games will start Saturday, Sept. 7th and continue every Saturday through Nov-26th and then playoffs begin through Dec 7th. Cheer Competition season is extended through February 2025. Winning football teams may also enter West Coast and National competition which will also extend through January 2025. Our program is dedicated to the family environment and is one of the premier team sport activities your child will ever participate in. We are proud to say we have been an active, well-run and organized youth football & cheer organization seving the South Gate community for 35 years this New Year. So please take the time at our academy, talk to our coaches, talk with our returning parents, talk to our staff about the Aztec Youth Football & Cheer program before decided to register your child. 

COMMITTMENT & DEDICATION required in making all practices & games, here is a breakdown of the dates, days and times we will be together as a team: 

1. PRE-SEASON YOUTH FOOTBALL & CHEER ACADEMIES. Our academies are scheduled to begin MAR-19th for Football and APR-16th for Cheer. IN ORDER FOR YOUR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ACADEMY, A PARENT MUST SIGN A RELEASE OF LIABILITY AGREEMENT (form is available as a "fillable" PDF, type into it, see Registration Handouts below). The location of the academies will be at Hollydale Regional Park off of Garfield at the end of Monroe Avenue. PLEASE SEE THIS WEBPAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION. FOOTBALL ACADEMY ATTENDEES: It's important to wear a white t-shirt with your last name on the back and the age group on the front left chest (as requested in the "What To Wear, What To Bring" flyer), since our academy is divided into age groups. Remember, your age group will be your age as of July 31, 2024...and must be marked in the appropriate age group:
   6U (ages: 5-6)
   8U (ages: 7-8)
   10U (ages: 9-10)
   12U (ages: 11-12)
   13U (age 13 only)
   
2. OUR MOVE TO A NEW CONFERENCE ALSO AFFECTS OUR REGISTRATION FEE in 2024...Our fees increased to include new League Fees, Insurance, Paperwork and Individual Player/Cheerleader AAU Membership. An increase of $75 was included to ensure we could meet the financial challenge of AAU membership. Please refer to the 2024 PARTICIPATION FEE SUMMARY SHEET in the Registration Handouts below. Please understand, payment of the registration fee provides you the "privileage and the opportunity" to participate in our program and a lot of it does pay for the items listed in our 2024 Participation Fee Summary Sheet, however, it is also supplmented by the additional organization fundraiser you are required to participate in (or provide the $100-buy out). 
3. NEW REQUIREMENT OF "AGE VERIFICATION" DOCUMENT. With this change of joining a new Football Conference (AAU) every player and cheerleader, new or retruning, shall be required to provide a CALIFORNIA ID CARD. See the Registration Handouts below for new requirements. The Birth Certificate is no longer acceptable. So, please parents, be sure to apply for your child's California ID Card as soon as possible. All documents will be required by Physical Day-July 07, 2024! No excuses...if we do not receive a valid California ID, your child will not be eligible for participation. 
4. PARENT HANDBOOK 2024: REGISTRATION AGREEMENT, RULES & CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION. This will be provided to you upon completion of your child's registration. Inside this handbook are all the rules pertaining to your responsibilities as a parent; the financials and the volunteer service to the organization. Please know there is NO REFUNDS should your child quit for any reason following registration. Also, you will forfeit any and all benefits listed in our registration materials which also include any pre-payments for cheer uniforms or other payments. You will be expected to review this handbook and will be required to sign an acknowledgement agreement sheet upon receipt of this handbook. For our returners this has been the same registration agreement and conditions of participation for a very long time. 
5. PARENT CALENDAR. Posted below in the REGISTRATION HANDOUTS is a Parent Calendar (March 2024 through February 2025). Most of these dates are solid, however, some will be pending verification of permits. The schedule of organization dates may change due to unforseen circumstance, or in most instances last year while at South East HS, the Principal pulled permits based upon the needs of the school over our program. In such instances, we try and inform our staff and parents as soon as a cancellation or change has been affected. WE WILL POST UPDATES TO THIS CALENDAR AS NEEDED. 
6. WE CAN HELP SAVE YOU OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS! We offer two (2) opportunities to help you raise funds to pay your way: (a) THE AZTEC SPONSORSHIP FORM. Use this form to solicit local businesses, your employer, your doctor, dentist, or family members...it's a notice to donors that we are a non-profit organization registered with the state and federal government whereby donations are eligible to receive credit on tax returns. Donors will receive a computerized receipt with our legal state and federal identification numbers. And (b) THE AZTEC CHOCOLATE BAR PROGRAM. We offer a case of 60-chocolate bars from World's Finest Chocolate Company, a "best seller" when it comes to chocolate bars! Buy a case of chocolates for $36 and you can sell each bar for $2-$3 donation and receive between $120-$180 per case of chocolates. Reimburse yourself for the initial $36 and the rest can go towards your fees. This has been a successful way for our parents to raise their own funds to pay their fees for registration and/or cheer uniforms. See the forms and flyer in the REGISTRATION HANDOUTS section below.