History - Santa Cruz Stingrays - DBA Santa Cruz Pop Warner
FOOTBALL & CHEER IN SANTA CRUZ
Recently unearthed - a few documents which reach back to almost the first days of the Santa Cruz Stingrays, and include the announcement of the formation of Santa Cruz Pop Warner - an expansion from two older teams to a four team league.
Read the announcement "Pop Warner comes to Santa Cruz" (PDF)
Read the Surf Bowl Press Release (PDF)
Read the league expansion announcement (PDF)
Check out this PROGRAM from 1967! (PDF)
Thanks to Bob Camacho for sharing these historical documents!
Since 1967, Santa Cruz Pop Warner has been and will continue to be an outstanding educational & athletic organization that provides a high quality experience to every athlete. A high-quality experience is one in which every athlete
- Has fun
- Feels like and important part of the team regardless of performance
- Learns life lessons that have value beyond the playing field
- Learns the skills, tactics, and strategies of the game and improves as a player
- Is coached using the principles of positive coaching
- Stimulates their academic achievements through participation in our athletic program
Santa Cruz Pop Warner is a 100% volunteer organization that develops positive values in our youth. We are committed to creating a positive culture in which coaches, parents, fans, officials, volunteers and athletes work together.
PAST PRESIDENTS OF SANTA CRUZ STINGRAYS - DBA SANTA CRUZ POP WARNER YOUTH FOOTBALL & CHEER
- Bob Rudolph 1967 - 1969
- Jim Coulter 1970
- Dick Gilbert 1971
- Stan Espinosa 1972
- Barney Higgins 1973
- Larry Moise 1974
- Rudy Ecalante 1975
- Claude Sharp 1976
- Don Gotcher 1977 - 1980
- Bob Davis 1981 - 1982
- Hugh Dealey 1983 - 1984
- Don Hout 1985 - 1986
- Jerry Webber 1987 - 1988
- Bob Camacho 1988 - 1998
- Peggy Easter 1999
- Bob Camacho 2000 - 2002
- Cory Baker 2003
- Bob Camacho 2003
- Wayne Morgan 2004 - 2009
- Bob Camacho 2010
NATIONAL POP WARNER
The mission of Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. is to enable children to benefit from participation in team sports and activities in a safe and structured environment. Through this active participation, Pop Warner programs teach fundamental values, skills and knowledge that children will use throughout their lives.
Objectives:
To encourage and increase youth participation in football, cheerleading and dance.
To ensure a safe and positive playing environment for all participants.
To instill life-long values of teamwork, dedication and a superior work ethic in the classroom and on the playing field.
Positive Experiences:
Pop Warner programs have no tryouts or cutting of rosters.
Everyone participates under mandatory rules of play.
On-field coaching is allowed for younger age levels.
Individual awards are given only for academic excellence, not for on-field activities.
Safe Playing Environment:
Players are matched by age and weight levels.
There are strict mandatory equipment requirements.
Pop Warner provides Coaching Clinics and Risk Management Training.
An enforced national rule book incorporates time-tested rules.
A full-time executive staff supports all local associations and assists in sound policy creation.
ABOUT POP WARNER
Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. (PWLS) is a non-profit organization that provides youth football and cheer & dance programs for participants in 41 states and several countries around the world. Consisting of approximately 360,000 young people ranging from ages 5 to 16 years old, PWLS is the largest youth football, cheer and dance program in the United States.
Pop Warner was founded in 1929, continues to grow and serves as the only youth football, cheerleading & dance organization that requires its participants to maintain academic standards in order to participate. Pop Warner’s commitment to academics is what separates the program from other youth sports around the world.
As the only national youth sports organization that requires scholastic aptitude to participate, Pop Warner is committed to developing America's young people on the field and off. Each year Pop Warner continues to expand its efforts in team and activity participation, as well as visibility and outreach in the community.
