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REGISTRATION FOR FALL TACKLE FOOTBALL AND CHEER OPENS FEB. 17TH, 2026

Spring 7 on 7 registration is online at: Activity search | Welcome to Howard County Online Services, this is for age groups that played at 10U, 11U, 12U and 13U last year. 

Ready to sign your child up for youth football or cheerleading with the Warhawks? To register online, follow these steps:

1. Go to the following link: 

Welcome to Howard County Online Services

2. This will bring you to the Activity Search page with the various ages for football.  You can also search for code RP5305.

3.  Select the appropriate age for your child and add it to your cart.  

4.  Check out and complete your registration.  

5.  If you are registering for Cheerleading, go to the same link in Step 1, change the code in the Search box to RP5304.  

6.  This will bring you to the Activity Search page with the various ages for cheerleading.

7.  Complete Steps 3 and 4 above.   

NOTE: If this is your first time registering online, to register, you must have an online password/account with Howard County Recreation and Parks. If you don't already have an account, click on the Start button from the menu across the top of the page . Select the "Sign In" button under the "Welcome to Howard County Registration Online".  Select the"Create New Account" button.  There is no cost to set up an account. An approval password will be emailed to you within 24-48 hours. 

Please call 410-313-7275 if you have any issues or would like to register over the phone.  Please watch for the email to come from Howard County Recreation and Parks with the instructions for registering your player/cheerleader and further details about the upcoming Howard County little league football season.  

The Western Howard County Warhawks Youth Football and Cheer is committed to ensuring a positive youth football experience and advancing player safety this fall by providing league-wide coaching education and teaching resources that benefit players, parents and coaches through USA Football’s Heads Up Football program.

USA Football is the official youth development partner of the NFL and its 32 teams.  Western Howard County Warhawks Youth Football and Cheer is comprised of more than 300 players and cheerleaders and over 30 coaches.   Western Howard County Warhawks Youth Football coaches will be trained in Heads Up Football techniques before leading their teams this season. All Warhawk head coaches and assistant coaches will complete USA Football’s accredited Level 1 Coach Certification Course, which includes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concussion recognition and response protocols, proper helmet and shoulder pad fitting, and Heads Up tackling techniques, which aim to take the head out of the line of contact.

Through Heads Up Football, a Player Safety Coach is trained by USA Football to implement, evaluate and monitor all Heads Up Football player safety protocols within the organization. Player Safety Coach works with league commissioners, coaches, parents and players throughout the season to provide on-site clinics and mentoring to ensure that coaching and youth football best practices are used.  

2026 Football Age Group Coordinators 

- Girls Flag - Nicole Mapp
- Flag - Damien Sharp
- 7U - Howard Mapp
- 8U - Anthony Ebgunwie
- 9U - Bryan Rankin
- 10U - Chris Bowen
- 11U - Pat Grace
- 12U - Anthony Devita
- 13U - Will Davis