Palisades Pirates Youth Football and Cheerleading




	Scholastic Program The Palisades Youth Football Association is a member of the National Pop Warner Little Scholars Youth Football and Cheerleading Organization. A very basic and important concept that has been maintained in Pop Warner Little Scholars from its origin is that the classroom is just as important as the playing or cheering on the field. All participants must maintain a level of satisfactory progress in school. Pop Warner Little Scholars is the only national youth sports organization in America that rewards its members for their outstanding performance in the classroom. Each year, the most academically accomplished Pop Warner kids compete for Academic All-American status, and are rewarded on different levels (i.e., National, Regional & League). To be eligible for All-American status the child must currently be in 5th grade or higher, have a 96% GPA or higher, a complete report card from prior year, and listed activities and achievements for child listed are scored. The GPA is calculated using a weighted average based on the grading system used. Any child that would meet the criteria would be contacted by the Scholastics Coordinator for the Association. All-American Scholar Athletes Palisades Pirates Youth Football Association has something to celebrate! Nine of our football players were selected as a Pop Warner All-American Scholar. Join us in congratulating our fine young students for their academic accomplishments. The Pop Warner awarding process is solely based on academics (96% GPA or higher) and other extracurricular activities besides athletics. There are over 410,000 youth that participate nationally in Pop Warner Football & Spirit programs and from that number 8,100 are All-American Applicants. The awarded athletes are ranked among the top 2% of the children participating in Pop Warner. AWESOME JOB KIDS! Pop Warner All-American Scholars 2nd Team Tyler Marsh – 5th grade William Sadow – 5th grade Joseph Backowski – 6th grade Brandon Martin – 6th grade Nickolas Sanders – 6th grade Bryce Shortall – 6th grade Honorable Mention Blake Cassalia – 5th grade Devin Ramsden – 6th grade Christopher Karasinski – 7th grade