Practice

Beginning JULY 20th 2026, practice is scheduled for three/four nights a week from 5:00 - 7:00pm. 99% of our practices are held on UNC campus or the Aims Community College Campus. Practice schedules and details will be issued at the beginning of July by each respective Head Coach and staff availability.

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*Practice time varies as daylight decreases into the Fall.

*Each coach/team is responsible for planning and communicating its practice schedule.

 

GAMES

Games are played on Saturdays, Sundays and occasionally week nights beginning the third weekend in August. Home Games are anything in Greeley, Windsor, Loveland and Fort Collins Away games, are played throughout the Front Range. (Thornton, Boulder, Broomfield, Highlands Ranch, Parker, Castle Rock, Colorado Springs, Monument, Pueblo, Brighton and Denver metro)

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YES WE TRAVEL ALL OVER THE STATE!! 

 

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Bowl Games

Tiny Mite/Rookie Tackle teams typically play for a winner take all Bowl game at the end of the year. This depends on how many teams are fielded by the rest of the league. A League Champion from both leagues will be crowned regardless. If PPPW and RMPW field enough teams, a two round playoff will take place for a State Champion.

 

Playoffs

Our 2026 playoff format will be similiar to the 2024/2025 tourney. We are competing for a TRUE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP versus other Colorado Youth Football Teams. Our Bears will have a chance to play for a League Championship, Conference Championship, State Championship, Regional Championships (Southwest Region Pop Warner SWRPW) and National Championship (USA Pop Warner). All via single elimination playoff format.

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First round playoff games take place during the First or second weekends of October.

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State Championships take place in the first weekend of November at Colorado State University's Canvas Stadium or The University of Colorado's Folsom Field.

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Regional Championships are typically held the second weekend of November in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico Louisiana or Arkansas against teams from each of those states.

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Pop Warner National Championships take place the first week in December at Mecklenberg Sports Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina against the best teams in the Country.

Game Playing Rules

 

POP WARNER and CFL follow the NFHS rule book. This is standard across the country.

The 2026 Pop Warner Rule Book will be issued in June.

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