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Registration for the current season will be from March 1st thru July 26th (dates are subject to change). Please click on the registration tab on the home page or on the left tool bar to register.

You should register for the grade that your player will be in during the FALL of the NEW school year. 

For example, if your player is currently in kindergarten and going to be in 1st grade for the start of the 2025-2026 school year, then you would register your player for 1st grade football.

On the drop down menu choose the option "Didn't play for Raptors last year." A blank box will appear and you can fill in your coaches name.

Birth certificates are required by the AYL to verify your players age for team rosters.

The fee covers many items including but not limited to:

• Registration costs which are league fees, insurance costs, coach background checks, etc.
• Practice costs such as practice field usage and permits, coaching and practice equipment.
• Game costs such as game field usage and permits, including weekly field set up/tear down, official’s costs, website scheduling, score reporting costs, field lights and official’s evaluation costs.
• Raptors Football operating expenses such as equipment, bank fees, ongoing coaching evaluations and education, administration costs, copying, misc, etc.

The AYL has moved away from AFC and NFC divisions. Every team per age group is seeded from 1-however many teams are in that particular age group. Thus, there are no more "NFC Tryouts." Now there are CLUB Tryouts for each age group (depending on if that age group needs to hold a tryout). Some seasons NOT ALL AGE GROUPS WILL HAVE TRYOUTS. These tryouts are for players within each age group wanting to compete with the highest seeded team. Every player participating in Club Tryouts must be registered. To register please go to the registration tab on the main Raptors Football page. You can also find more information under the Club Tryouts tab on the left hand side of the main football page.

Any child age 6 to 14, (grades 1st thru 8th only - excluding high school students). In some limited situations we do allow 5 year olds (K grade) to play up to age 6. This situation requires a discussion with a Raptors Football representative.

We serve the Castle Rock and Castle Pines areas. However, players from outside this territory can still play within the Raptors football program and are subject to additional requirements. Should you wish to play Raptors football or you are unsure as to which Club Territory you live in, please contact one of the Raptors football representatives.

"Rookie Tackle" Football was started in 2019 and is for 1st-3rd grade only. This is a developmental division for the little guys who want to learn how to play football. This is still tackle football, but special teams like kick-offs and punts have been taken out to limit full on collisions. Full offense and defense will be coached and rosters are a little smaller (max 16 per roster) so every player gets a ton of play time. Coaches are allowed on the field during play at all times to help teach while the game is being played. This is 8 vs. 8 football so coaches can manage the players on the field better, and there are no blitzes allowed. Please contact us at football@raptorsathletics.org for any other questions about this new and exciting division within the AYL.

Raptors is dedicated to getting all of its football players ready for high school football. Raptors Football will attempt to have all 8th grade players play in 8th grade. If there is no team that matches the skill level of the player, that player may play down into the 7th grade age group with the approval of the Raptors Football Director. In addition, all AYL rules pertaining to this must be followed (see AYL rules for more info on this). All other grades you may play down as long as it is within the AYL rules and guidelines, which does not need the Raptors Football Directors approval.

You will need a Home/Away Jersey. This is purchased through our vendor and the fee is separate from the registration fee. You will also need a practice jersey, matte black helmet, mouth guard, shoulder pads, black football pants with pads. It is not mandatory that they have cleats however they are highly recommended.

Depending on the equipment purchased, equipment costs can be anywhere from $150.00 to $500.00+ (depending on brand and quality of equipment). It is very important that your child does not play with a helmet that is more than 2 years old or has been refurbished.

We provide the helmet decals. They will be issued to your coach for new players and returning players with new helmet. They will be distributed during August.

Yes you can! All we ask is that if/when you are in the market for a new helmet that you purchase the matte black color with black face mask.

The Arapahoe Youth League has 1 level of play (Started in 2021): THERE IS NO MORE NFC, AFC North and AFC South divisions.

All age groups will be in one large division and then seeded from top to bottom. For example, if there are 20 teams in an age group then that age group will be seeded 1-20. The top top 8 or 9 teams will not play the bottom seeds and so on and so forth. This gives each team an opportunity to play a multitude of different teams throughout the season.

Due to safety concerns we will evaluate all NEW players’ based on players past experience and ability. They will then be placed on a team that is equal to their level of play and then seeded accordingly with the new AYL rules. All new players that have not been recruited by an existing Raptors coach will be placed in "the pool" and evaluated during the evaluation process.

If you are a returning player you will automatically be assigned to your previous seasons team. There are a couple of different ways this does not happen. One, is if you decide you do not want to play for that coach any further. At this time you will AUTOMATICALLY be placed back into "the pool" and you will enter the draft process. With this option you can be picked by any team at your grade level. The second way this happens is if your coach decides that your players skill level doesn't match the division that your player currently plays in. Your coach can place a total of three players back into "the pool." At this time you will AUTOMATICALLY be placed into "the pool" and can be drafted by any coach at your grade level. If this happens your current head coach WILL have a conversation with you and/or the players parents as it pertains to this player remaining on their team.

Evaluation camp (if needed depending on teams per age group) usually happens the last week in July and is the way Raptors Football determines what division new player(s) to the program, and player(s) who have been placed into "the pool" should play at.  The evaluation camp is collectively run by the age group leaders who have been predetermined by the Director of Football. The "evaluation" part of the camp is NOT for kids on an existing team/roster. All teams need to be at the evaluation, but only the new/pool players are being evaluated (see above question). All teams take part, so coaches of each team can evaluate players based on comparable skill level. Raptors Football does NOT "blow up" teams contrary to any rumors, and in fact encourages our teams to stay together throughout their time within our program. For further information on this process, please see our policy and procedures that can be found under our "forms" tab.

The football season generally starts the beginning of August with the regular season ends at the end of October. Play-offs and Super Bowl can take you into the first 2 weeks of November. The first Regular Season game is the last Saturday in August. The teams will be announced and players contacted by Coaches. There will be games and practices during Fall Break, please plan accordingly.

Spring workouts start May 1st. If you are new to Raptors Football and not currently assigned to a team, you will be contacted by your "age group leader" who will advise you when Spring workouts for your age group will start. If you are already assigned to a Raptors Football team, you have the option of doing Spring workouts with your current coach (can depend on coach). These will take place once a week for approximately 2 hours. These workouts are all non-padded and there is no contact. These are done to get all players re-acclimated to doing football movements and for conditioning purposes.