Welcome to Middletown/Newport Youth Football and Cheerleading!

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Current attendance is at 554 people!  Ticket sales are now closed.  We are at our maximum for seating.  TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD OR GIVEN AT THE DOOR. A ticket is required for attendance for every person.

Banquet and Award Ceremony is at 11 a.m., Sunday, February 5th.  Awards for every child with additional special awards!  Jackets, sweatshirts, shirts for our champion/playoff teams, scholastic awards, raffles and great door prizes.  

Year round cheer practices have started.  Teams are just about full!  51 girls on two teams!  Contact Renee or Tracy for more information - Renee:  nee4me@aol.com or Tracy:  traykon1@aol.com.

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Click on the logo below. Middletown Pop Warner

Congratulations to our Jr PeeWee football team for winning the RISMA Championship!  All our football teams have had a terrific season! Our Jr Peewee, Jr Midget and Midget teams all ended their regular season 7-0-1. Congratulations to these teams winning their first round of playoffs! 

Congratulations to all our cheer teams who performed at the RISMA cheer competiton on October 22!  Our Tiny Mite and Mitey Mite teams were awesome in their exhibition.  

And congratulations to our Midget cheer team who won 1st place RISMA champion!  Our Jr Peewee, Jr Midget and Midget cheer teams did an awesome job at the qualifiers in Springfield on November 6th.  Congratulations to the Jr Midget team that performed at the New England regional competition in Worcester on November 19th and placed 4th! 

To see the entire RISMA league standings: Click on each team below.  West Division is Portsmouth, Edgewood, Barrington, Middletown, East Bay and Dighton Rehoboth.  East Division is Dartmouth, New Bedford, Fall River, Old Rochester, Fairhaven and Sakonnet.  For Jr PeeWee, PeeWee and Midget the top East and top West division and the next top 2 will go to Playoffs. Jr Midget top 4 go to playoffs.

Click on History at the top menu above to see our record for the past few years. 

Middletown is hosting the first round of RISMA playoffs on October 30 and the 2nd round of New England regional playoffs on November 20.  Volunteers are needed for these games!

Jr PeeWee Standings

PeeWee Standings

Midget Standings

Gate proceeds from one of our games was donated to Colin Davis.  Thanks to all the volunteers and generous donations!  We collected a little over $3,000!!!  Great job!  Click on his picture to read the articles.

Thanks to Chili's who donated portions of their proceeds for anybody eating there on Wednesdays.

Thanks to the Portsmouth Patriots for passing a helmet at one of their home games forr donations!

Thanks to the East Bay Warriors who donated $250!

Thanks to Danielle Gilman who did a 50/50 raffle at the RISMA cheer competition and donated proceeds to his fund. 

Everybody had a great time at the last 2 dances!  Admission to the first dance was a non-perishable item that was donated to the local food bank.  Admission to the 2nd dance was a donation to our banquet basket raffles.  Contact Michele Luther if you still have not donated toward your team's basket. 

Have you bought Islander merchandise to show your blue pride? Check out our merchandise tent on the field. Sweatshirts, headbands, beanie hats, seat cushions, blankets, poms and more! 

Gayle Sircello, our Merchandise Coordinator, will have Islander items for sale during practices and at all home games.  Volunteers needed.

Thanks to all the children, parents and volunteers for participating in this successfull fundraiser!  Record amount raised, even without Dunkin Donuts, WalMart, Shell and Old Navy denying sponsorship!  PeeWee football was the top earner!

Thanks to all who showed for our great car wash!  Top earner was the Midget football team!  Great job to all!  

Our opening day festivities were July 30th.  Everyone seemed to have a great time.  Bouncies, a rock wall and large double water slide - lots of food and fun!  

Middletown Islanders is an Association belonging to the Rhode Island Southeast Massachusetts (RISMA) conference.  This conference is made up of 12 Associations divided into East and West divisions.  A 9 game schedule is played.  All football teams except Tiny-Mite and Mitey-Mite can progress to playoffs. All cheer teams except Tiny-Mite and Mitey-Mite participate in a state competition.  Tiny-Mite and Mitey-Mite cheer perform an exhibition at competition and Tiny-Mite and Mitey-Mite football will participate in an end of the year bowl game.

Look for news on the 2011 award ceremony.  Ticket sales will be soon.  Date will be super bowl Sunday at the Hyatt Hotel. 

Our 2010 annual award ceremony was held February 6, 2011 at the Hyatt Hotel.  432 people attended!  It was a great day with good food, many amazing door prizes and raffles won.  There were over 20 raffle baskets worth thousands of dollars in items and gift certificates!  Thanks to Michele Luther for organizing and doing so much work for the basket raffles!  Thanks to all the people that helped!  Each child was recognized with an award trophy.  Special awards were given to:

Long sleeve shirts to Jr PeeWee football, PeeWee football and Midget football for progressing to playoffs!

Jackets and t-shirts to our Jr Midget football and cheer team for being the state champions!  They also received state citations.

Longevity pins - football or megaphone pins with rocker arm year attached signifying number of years of participation.  A player or cheerleader must have a minimum of 3 years with Middletown.  80 children received these pins with years ranging from 3 to 9 years.

Scholastic awards - Congratulations to Andrue Cobb, Joshua Winkler and Jackson Winkler for achieving RISMA, New England and national Pop Warner recognition as an All-American Scholar.  A $25 Barnes & Noble gift certificate was also given to the top scholar of each team
Mitey-Mite Football:  Cole Dickson and Cole Williamson
Jr PeeWee Football:  John Paolo, Jackson & Joseph Winkler
Jr PeeWee Cheer:  Coral Lowery
PeeWee Football:  Jared Neves
Jr Midget Football:  Andrew Thibeault
Jr Midget Cheer:  Kaitlin Lemay
Midget Football:  Joshua Winkler
Midget Cheer:  Haley White

Senior Athlete - A jersey with their name and game number is given to a player who has 7 or more years with Middletown and has played their last year with Pop Warner.  Congratulations to:
Bruce Filippone - 8 years         Michael Garvey - 7 years
Christian McGowan - 7 years   John Pinto IV - 7 years
Jhamal Gonsalves - 7 years 

3D Awards given to a player and cheerleader of each team who signifies the spirit of our motto - Dedication, Discipline and Desire

Also, congratulations to the adult volunteers who were nominated/chosen for awards at the RISMA level -
Alumni - Chris Cassidy - nominated
Conference Coach of the Year - Nick Paolo won this award!  Congratulations!  Well deserved!

Team parents were recognized with a gift from our board. 

The contest lasts of moments
Though the training's taken years
It wasn't the winning alone
That was worth the work and tears
The applause will be forgotten
The prize will be misplaced
But the long hard hours of practice
Will never be a waste
For in trying to win you build a skill
You learn that winning depends on will
You never grow by how much you win
You only grow by how much you put in
So any new challenge you've just begun
Put forth your best effort
And you've already won
-Anonymous