Fallbrook Pop Warner football season begins despite weather forecast

FALLBROOK – All across America, children and coaches took to grassy fields Aug. 1 to start their mandatory conditioning and preparations for the first games of the 2017 Pop Warner Little Scholars football season.

Countless volunteer hours, parents filling out numerous forms and taking children to physicals, team parents setting up Shutterfly accounts, and snack assignments culminated Aug. 1.

For Fallbrook, a thunderstorm threatened to cancel the first day, but the storm broke in the allotted time, allowing the kids to take to Potter Junior High School fields. President Erik Benitez appeared to be happy while walking the fields and checking in on six Fallbrook Pop Warner teams and three cheer squads.

“Now, we are playing ball,” Benitez said with a smile.

Indeed, with two Flag teams, one Mitey Mite team, one junior Pee Wee team, one Pee Wee team, one Junior Varsity team, one Flag cheer squad, one Pee Wee cheer squad and one Junior Varsity cheer squad – totaling over 150 athletes – Fallbrook is playing ball.

The community is invited to come out to watch the first home games of the season, Aug. 26, at Fallbrook High School. Games will run from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

To follow the Pop Warner season or to learn more about Fallbrook Pop Warner, visit http://tshq.bluesombrero.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1479677 or its Facebook page.