| WE CAN NOT BUILD THE FUTURE FOR OUR YOUTH, BUT WE CAN BUILD OUR YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE" -FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT |
| "PRAISE YOUTH AND IT WILL PROSPER" -IRISH PROVERB |
| *OUR MISSION AND OBJECTIVE* THE PURPOSE OF THE KNIGHTS SHALL BE TO PROMOTE AND ADMINISTER THE YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAMS AND CHEER SQUADS ACTIVITIES FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF THE TEAMS' PLAYERS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO INSPIRE YOUTH, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, TO PRACTICE THE IDEALS OF SPORTSMANSHIP, SCHOLASTIC IMPROVEMENT, AND PHYSICAL FITNESS, WHILE FAMILIARIZING ALL YOUTH WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FOOTBALL and CHEER. ADDITIONALLY, WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO YOUTH TO ENJOY THE GAME OF FOOTBALL UNDER A SUPERVISED, ORGANIZED, AND IN A SAFETY-ORIENTED MANNER, WHILE KEEPING THE WELFARE OF THE PARTICIPANTS FREE FROM ANY ADULT AMBITION AND PERSONAL GLORY. |
| GO KNIGHTS!!! |
"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization — an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win — to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is. competitive games draw the most competitive young men. That's why they are there — to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules — but to win. "And in truth, I've never known a young man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good young men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat. "I don't say these things because I believe in the "brute" nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle — victorious." -Vince Lombardi |
RIPON KNIGHTS: What We are About
| 2009 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE MODESTO RAMS MODESTO PATRIOTS CENTRAL SAINTS MODESTO CHRISTIAN KINGSMAN ESCALON OUTLAWS RIPON CHIEFS PATTERSON REDSKINS BIG VALLEY SABRES MANTECA JR. BUFFALOS NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE *RIPON KNIGHTS* WESTSIDE NINERS MARIPOSA BEARS DELHI RAIDERS WINTON COWBOYS DENAIR LIONS TRI CITY BULLDOGS BIG VALLEY SABRES HUGHSON HUSKIES 3 NEW TEAMS BEING ASSIGNED: RAVENS YOUTH FOOTBALL, SALIDA STEELERS, AND THE GUSTINE REDSKINS. WELCOME! |
| Mariposa Bears, & Winton Cowboys Do Not Have Websites as of yet! |
| Nonprofit Organization and contributions are tax deductible!! |
| Established July, 2005 |
Junior Novice (7 & 8)
*must turn 7 by
11/29/2009
Novice (9, & 10)
JV (10, 11, & 12)
Varsity (12 ,13, & 14)
*max 8th grade
*must turn 7 by
11/29/2009
Novice (9, & 10)
JV (10, 11, & 12)
Varsity (12 ,13, & 14)
*max 8th grade
| PO Box 531 Ripon, CA Home Field: Ripon Christian Schools 435 Nth. Maple Ave. Ripon, CA 95366 *do not send mail to the home field, as we will not get it! MAP to our FIELDS |
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