Flag and tackle programs are offered during the year with KCFC.
Flag programs are offered in the spring and fall, with either individual or team registrations! Don't have a team? Sign up as an individual and we'll place your child on a team either in his or her high school area, or as close as possible. Are you a coach that has a team already? Have each child register individually and list you as their coach. Your part in signing up is to complete a volunteer application, which will include a place for you to list the kids for your roster. For the flag program, we try to keep teams by grade, but will, if numbers require it, form combined grades -- such as K and 1, 2nd and 3rd, 4th and 5th, 5th and 6th, and 7th-8th. We will not place children on teams with 2 grades apart (such as a 3rd grader on a 5th grade team),
Our tackle program currently starts at 3rd grade and goes through 8th grade. Teams are formed by high school areas. The 8th grade teams are primarily from Shawnee Mission and St. Joseph as those are the only districts that don't offer 8th grade in the middle/junior high school. Blue Valley teams go through 7th grade, as well as teams from Liberty, Savannah and St. Joseph. Teams from Smithville, Platte County, Paola, Louisburg, Spring Hill, Gardner, Desoto/Mill Valley and Olathe play through 6th grade as their schools begin "school ball" in 7th grade.
KCFC owns helmets and shoulder pads and rents to participants who do not wish to purchase their own equipment. If you own your equipment, we require that the equipment be checked by our Equipment Manager or designee prior to the start of the season to ensure safety. KCFC reconditions helmets every three years and require that owned equipment be reconditioned as required by the manufacturer as well.
KCFC had 84 tackle teams participate in 2021 and few teams played the same team more than once. Games are played at Heritage Park Football Complex as well as Liberty, Platte County, Smithville, St. Joseph and Savannah.
Camps throughout the year -- spring break, winter break, summer -- allow football players to work on their skills throughout the year.