Capital City Ravens
A SC Midlands Pop Warner Youth Football & Cheer Organization
For questions about the Capital City Ravens football program during the Fall 2023 season, contact Football Director Hiram Brown.
The Season
Practice starts the week of August 1, 2023. Regular season games begin on Saturday, with the dates and times TBA and run through the end of October. Travel will be involved during regular season and playoffs season games, If your tackle team qualifies for the playoffs, playoff games will run until the second or third week of November.
Practice & Games in August, practice is tentatively three nights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) from 6:00-8:00pm and Saturday mornings from 8:30-10:30am.
After school starts, practice is three nights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday) from 6:00-8:00pm. Practices are held at Longtown Church of Christ 720 Longtown Rd Columbia SC 29229. Practice schedules and details will be issued by the beginning of August.
Practice Uniform For practice, all players should wear a helmet, chin strap, mouthpiece (not clear), Team practice jersey, shoulder pads, practice pants, girdle to place pads into, hip pads, thigh pads, knee pads and tail pad (or practice pants with built-in pads). Please bring a water bottle labeled with your child's name.
Game Uniform All players will wear a helmet, chin strap, colored mouthpiece (not clear), game uniform, shoulder pads.
The Capital City Ravens will provide your child with a helmet and game uniforms. Equipment will need to be returned clean after the last scheduled game.
You will need to provide cleats (molded rubber), shoulder pads, chin strap, colored mouthpiece (not clear), Team practice jersey and flat black football pants with built-in pads.
Physical Exam
Each football player is required to have a physical exam completed by a physician before practicing with the team. This is done at the expense of the parent/ guardian. Physicals must be returned no later than August 1, 2023, to start practice.
Registration
Tackle Football registration fee $350
To make the Capital City Ravens even more affordable for larger families, we offer $20 OFF registration for each additional child you register. (For example, first child is $300, second child is $280 and third child is $260.)