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WNY Pop Warner History
WESTERN NEW YORK POP WARNER
WESTERN NEW YORK POP WARNER, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS MONROE COUNTY POP WARNER, WAS FOUNDED IN 1961 WITH THE SEASON BEGINNING IN AUGUST OF 1962. THE FOUR (4) TEAMS THAT FORMED THE FIRST YEAR WERE THE TENTH WARD TIGERS, THE DUTCHTOWN MERCHANTS, THE GREECE CHARGERS AND THE BROWNCROFT BROWNS. ONLY THE MIDGET LEVEL EXISTED UNTIL THE PEE WEE LEVEL WAS ADDED IN 1967. JR. PEE WEES AND MITEY MITES WERE ADDED IN THE SEVENTIES WITH THE JR MIDGETS BEING ADDED IN 1979. AS THE SIXTIES PROGRESSED AND UNTIL THE EARLY SEVENTIES THE FOLLOWING TEAMS WERE ADDED AND DIVISIONS WERE ESTABLISHED:
EASTERN DIVISION CENTRAL DIVISION WESTERN DIVISION
EAST ROCHESTER BADEN ST. ALBION
FAIRPORT BRIGHTON BROCKPORT
IROND. INDIANS BROWNCROFT CHILI
ONTARIO ROCH RAMS GATES-SPENCERPORT
PENFIELD SOUTHWEST GREECE CHARGERS
PITTSFORD IROND VIKINGS HILTON
WEBSTER TENTH WARD VICTOR
A TOTAL OF TWENTY-ONE TEAMS IN 1972. BY 1977, THERE WERE ONLY SIXTEEN TEAMS REMAINING AND SOME NEW ONES HAD COME ON BOARD:
BADEN ST PACESETTERS HILTON RAIDERS
BRIGHTON BARONS IRONDEQUOIT INDIANS
BROCKPORT BEARS PENFIELD JR CHIEFS
FAIRPORT FALCONS PITTSFORD POP WARNER
FAIRPORT RAIDERS ROCHESTER RAMS
GATES-CHILI PACKERS SOUTHWEST COLTS
GREECE CHARGERS TENTH WARD TIGERS
GREECE JETS WEBSTER WILDCATS
BY THEN, FRED BARLEBEN WAS PRESIDENT AND JACK GEORGETTI WAS VICE PRESIDENT.
CHEERLEADING WAS STILL OFF THE MAP, ALTHOUGH, POP WARNER CHEERLEADERS IN MONROE COUNTY WERE ADDED IN 1966 WITH THE FIRST CHEER TOURNAMENT IN 1972.
OVER THE YEARS, TEAMS HAVE COME AND GONE. CURRENTLY, IN 2005, THIRTEEN (13) ASSOCIATIONS MAKE UP THE WESTERN NY POP WARNER LEAGUE HOWEVER,EXPANSION IS UNDERWAY. CURRENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE:
AMHERST BRONCOS KENDALL/CARLTON FLAMES & BLAZERS
BADEN BULLDOGS OGDEN BEARS
CHILI LIONS ROCHESTER RAMS
FAIRPORT JR RAIDERS SOUTHSIDE CYCLONES
GREECE CHARGERS SOUTHWEST COLTS
IRONDEQUOIT SCREAMIN EAGLES TENTH WARD TIGERS
WEBSTER WILDCATS
OUR OBJECTIVES CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL POP WARNER WITH EMPHASIS ON THREE PROGRAMS: FOOTBALL, CHEERLEADING AND SCHOLASTICS.
THAT'S OUR WNYPW HISTORY!!
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