Youth Sport Athletic Council

The Youth Sport Athletic Council includes the several athletic groups from the community.

Here is information and contact persons for the Scotia-Glenville area community athletics programs:

Little League Baseball
Little League Baseball is a national organization designed to help boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 12 develop both baseball and social skills. There are five divisions: T-Ball, Instructional, AA, AAA and Majors. Our fees for AA, AAA and Majors are $40 for the first child and $20 for each additional child. The fee for T-Ball and Instructional is $30. Our baseball season runs from April 1 through June 20 with All-Star Play continuing through August.
Contact Person: Paul Bailey 374-6563

Softball League A.S.A.
The Scotia-Glenville A.S.A. softball program is structured for girls ages 5 to 18. A.S.A. is the nation's recognized sanctioning body for amateur softball. We offer regular season schedules at Beukendaal Park, travel teams that play a 16-game schedule around the Capital District with tournaments. The recreational season runs from April through June and travel from mid-June through July.
Fees are as follows: instructional, $35.00; recreational, $60.00; travel about $75.00 depending on tournaments.
Contact Person: Jim Kehoe, 395-9805

Babe Ruth Baseball
Scotia-Glenville Babe Ruth provides safe and structured baseball programs to the youth of the Scotia-Glenville school district and community. Our program continues to teach the game of baseball and instills the importance of family values and assistance within the community. Our program and league serves as a recreation alternative to students 13 through 18 years of age. Our season runs from May through August.
Contact Persons: Randy Risley, 393-6295, or Joe Gatta, 370-8797

Tartan Youth LaCrosse
Season: Mid-April to the end of June
Cost: $75 per player; $50 each additional family player; $25 sticks only six week program
K-2: Sticks only. This is a non-contact beginning program which teaches fundamental stick skills and basics of the game. No games and no travel.
3-4: Beginning full equipment LaCrosse. At this level, stick checking is permitted but no body contact. Players will learn basic skills of the game as well as offense and defense. 7 on 7 games on a reduced field.
5-6: Continuation of skills instruction at this level. Full equipment, full field, 10 on 10 games with limited contact.
7-8: Limited body contact on regulation teams and fields.
Tartan Youth LaCrosse is a member of the Capital District Youth LaCrosse League and U.S. LaCrosse. Teams will play home and away games at various sites around the area. A 10 game schedule with an end of the year tournament (3 games) is included.
http://www.sgtartans.nycap.rr.com/lax.htm
Contact Persons: Pete Rings, 346-7307 or Greg Restina

Tartan Basketball Club
The Tartan Basketball Club provides a variety of opportunities for students enrolled in Scotia-Glenville schools to play basketball. The primary season for Tartan Basketball is winter. The In-House Recreational League runs from November to February and is open to boys and girls in grades 1-6. The Winter Travel Teams compete in the Capital District Youth Basketball League which runs from November to March. There are six travel teams: boys, grades 4/5, 6, 7 and 8; girls-combined grades 4, 5 and 6 and combined grades 7 and 8; The Spring Travel Season runs through April and May. The Tartan Basketball Club presently sponsors three Spring Travel Teams: boys Junior High; boys JV; and boys varsity.
Contact person: Dave Coppola, 346-2555

Highland Soccer Club
The Highland Soccer Club offers a variety of competitive and developmental soccer experiences for boys and girls ages 5-19 living in Scotia and Glenville.
Recreation Soccer: More than 600 boys and girls, from kindergarten through 8th grade, participate in the fall program, which has a seven game season beginning in late September and ending in early November. More than 300 boys and girls participate in a similar program in the spring. The players are grouped by age and play other teams in their age division.
TOP Soccer: Every spring and fall, Highland Soccer Club participate in T.O.P. Soccer, a soccer program for children with developmental disabilities or physical challenges. Registration for this program is open to children who reside anywhere in the Capital District.
Travel Soccer: Highland Soccer Club is a member of the Capital District Youth Soccer League (CDYSL), which sponsors competitive soccer for youth throughout the greater Capital District. Travel Soccer teams range in age from under 8 to under 19. Highland Soccer Club usually fields one or two teams at each age level. The playing season for travel is late April to late June. Travel teams practice, and often play competitively, at indoor venues during the winter. Because there are a limited number of places on each team, tryouts for travel teams are held each fall.
Highland Soccer Club also sponsors a tournament for travel teams in the spring. The club runs a one-week summer camp, evenings, usually in July. The club also sponsors clinics and licensing courses for its coaches.
The Highland Soccer Club's website is http://www.highlandsoccerclub.org/.

Contacts: Tim Frament, 399-0352, Recreation Soccer, and Paul Gordon, 384-6434, President

Pop Warner Football
Season: Fall – August 1 to Mid-November
Cost: Player/Cheerleader, $75; Each additional child, $30; Flag, $35
Flag Program: open to all children between the ages of 5 and 7. This program is designed to teach the fundamentals of football without contact and to prepare the child for the tackle program.
Tackle Program: open to all children between the ages of 7 and 13. Children are placed according to age and weight. This is a full contact football league where safety always comes first.
Cheerleading: open to all children between the ages of 5 and 12. The fundamentals of cheerleading are taught.
Contact Person (football): Gary Stuart, 346-3781
(cheerleading) Regina Gallagher, 377-1946
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