Flag Football (Coed & Girl's)

Coed Flag Football (Ages 5-8)

The Prairie Ridge Jr. Wolves Flag Football Program offers a fantastic opportunity for young athletes to develop their football skills in a supportive and structured environment. This program focuses on teaching basic skills, terminology, and position play to prepare athletes for a smooth transition to the Jr. Wolves Tackle Program.

Program Highlights

• Age Divisions
• 5/6 years old
• 7/8 years old
• Age cutoff date: September 1st
• Season Dates
• Games: Every Saturday from late August to late October. (Possibility of Sunday games)
• Practices: Start late July and take place and Prairie Grove Elementary.(3223 Illinois Route 176, Prairie Grove, IL 60014)
• Practice Frequency: 5/6 level 1-2 days per week for 1-1.5 hours. 7/8 level 2-3 days per week for 1.0-1.5 hours.
• Home Games: Played at Jr. Wolves game field at Prairie Ridge High School
• Participating Teams
• Cary-Grove
• Marian Central (Woodstock)
• Algonquin
• Wauconda
• Uniforms and Equipment
• Included: Game jersey and flags.
• Required: Mouth guards for all practices and games. (Not included in registration
• Recommended: Molded cleats (Not included in registration)
• IMPORTANT: We practice in the rain and cold weather, so please dress your athlete accordingly. If there is lightening or excessive heat, practice will be cancelled.

Player Development Focus:

• Learning offensive and defensive techniques and positions.
• Learning the rules and basic strategies of football.
• Start the foundation of doing things the “Wolf Way”.  Becoming a good team member, learning good sportsmanship, being coachable and putting forth good effort.  

Girl's Flag Football (Ages 9-13)

Exciting News!  The PR Jr. Wolves are teaming up with the Cary Jr. Trojans for their inaugural all girls flag football season.  This league will be for girls ages 9-13, those who are younger are welcome and strongly encouraged to join our existing coed league for ages 5/6 & 7/8.  Age divisions for the girl’s league are pending depending on registration numbers.  The target is to have 9/10 & 11/12/13 levels.  Our goal is to get 4 teams at each level. You DO NOT need to live within Prairie Ridge High School boundaries to play in our flag football leagues.  PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!    

Program Highlights

• Age Divisions
• 9/10 years old
• 11/12/13 years old
• Age cutoff date: September 1^st
• Age groups are subject to change depending on registration numbers.
• Season Dates
• Games: Targeted for Saturday’s but will need to be flexible to work around cheer competitions etc.
• Season:  Practices will start in August.  Season games will take place in September- October.  

Practices: Practice locations TBD

• Practice Frequency: Target of 2 days per week for 1-1.5 hours.
• Games: Played at Jr. Wolves game field at Prairie Ridge High School & at Cary Jr. High
• Uniforms and Equipment
• Included: Game jersey and flags.
• Required: Mouth guards for all practices and games. (Not included in registration
• Recommended: Molded cleats (Not included in registration)
• IMPORTANT: We practice in the rain and cold weather, so please dress your athlete accordingly. If there is lightening or excessive heat, practice will be cancelled.

Player Development Focus:

• Learning offensive and defensive techniques and positions.
• Learning the rules and basic strategies of football.
• Start the foundation of doing things the “Wolf Way”.  Becoming a good team member, learning good sportsmanship, being coachable and putting forth good effort.