HYR SOCCER PAGE
Updated October 25, 2024
HUGE CHANGES AT ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL
We have some big news with huge implications for HYR Soccer. It involves the major expansion of Atherton High School and development of the athletic fields. We have been able to work around the existing construction up to this point, but after this weekend, it will no longer be possible.
Part of Atherton's expansion program involves being able to host softball games and regional softball tournaments. The Atherton softball team practices on the field just below the tennis courts on the east side of campus. The field is not regulation size, and so it can only be used for practices. The decision was made at the district level to put a regulation softball stadium at Atherton. That softball stadium will be built on the Atherton practice fields used by the Atherton football, soccer, and lacrosse teams. It is also the same location that HYR has hosted practices and games for 48 years.
We have added conceptual drawings of the stadium linked below:
atherton hs softball site plan_2024.06.17.pdfatherton hs softball color site plan_2024.02.25.pdfHYR Picture Day was September 21st. If you missed picture day, we'll spend the next several weekends getting individual pictures of kids so we can work those kids into their team picture. To see the process, click the link below:
hyr_picture_day_guide.pdf
An export of the HYR Game Schedule can be found below:
hyr_2024_fall_master schedule.pdf
HYR Staff Fall 2024
We are here to help. To see our staff for the fall of 2024,please click below:
hyr league staff fall 2024.pdf
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MONSTER T-SHIRTS
Commemorative Shirt Offer
Due to the popularity of the HYR 2024 Fall Soccer monster shirt project, HYR took orders for Commemorative T-Shirts featuring 16 of those monsters peeking out from behind an HYR logo on the front of the shirt and from behind a Highlands Community Ministries logo on the back. (It is like the shirt HYR Director Patrick Fitzgerald has been wearing on game and practice days) Since a lot of monsters are green, the shirt will be a lime green colored shirt with dark green ink.
We had to place the order on September 25th, so we are not taking any more orders. We ordered a few extra shirts in common sizes, so if you are still interested, please send an email to [email protected] expressing interest and the size you are looking for. We will match you up if we can.
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This Season's HYR Monster Team Shirts
To see all of this season's team shirts, please click the link below:
2024 fall soccer t-shirt theme - monsters.pdf
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Extra Family Copies of Monster Team Shirts
We are so excited to see this season's monster shirts actually running around the fields. Some of the artists were lucky enough to play on the team that they drew, so they naturally got a copy of the team shirt. We ordered a couple extra shirts per team with the hope that some of the artists who drew a different team's shirt could get one of the extra copies from the coach.
For family members who would like to to order an additional shirt for their player or family members, we are working with the local T-shirt shop Dirty Tease for reprints. We are also using them for our reprints for players who did not get their correct size, so we have asked Dirty Tease to hold off printing the "family copies" until after our first player reorder. Dirty Tease has all of this season's artwork on file and has the shirt and ink color specs for each team.
To order a family copy of an HYR team shirt from this fall's monster theme, contact: [email protected]. Asia is the employee who will fill your orders. They have the team artwork saved under the division and team name. If you tell them you want an adult large shirt from the Division 3 Grumble Horns, they would know that that is a royal blue shirt with yellow ink and have the artwork. They could also print the same design in a different color combination if you prefer.
Background on the Monster T-Shirt Theme
Since the fall soccer season ends just before Halloween, the theme for the team names and shirts is MONSTERS.
In the summer of 2024, current and former HYR players submitted 95 drawings of monsters. I mean AMAZING drawings of monsters. Did I mention just how amazingly creative and awesome these kids' imaginations are? We were BLOWN AWAY. We took those 95 drawings and made 55 teams out of them plus a referee and a coach shirt. That means that some team shirts have one monster on them with a name like Klermin, Kuquechu, Doom, or G The Majestic Beast! Some other teams have groups of monsters with similar characteristics like all having only one eye (Team "One Eyes"), all being a little weird (Team "Mutants") or one player drawing a monster named "Harry" and another player drawing a monster named "Eyebrows". Of course, the team name is now "Harry Eyebrows". This is one of the best themes of all time. Let’s celebrate the creative brains of our best resource: Our players:
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HYR Practices will be held at one of 3 locations:
1. Atherton High School
2. Highland Middle School
3. Joe Creason Park.
They are all within 5 minutes of each other.
There is a MAJOR construction project at Atherton High School that will disrupt some of our fall operations. For example, the Valley Field, Field 7, and Field 1D are unavailable due to being in a construction zone. Some of our HYR field locations of other fields may change as well due to accommodating all of the Atherton sports teams and their first priority on the fields for practice. We still plan to have games at Atherton on weekends, and we will have some practices at Atherton. Some practices will be moved off-site to nearby locations. The construction will continue for 2-3 years and will result in major renovation inside and outside the existing school, a 3-story new school wing, a new courtyard, a new softball stadium, new tennis courts, refurbishing the football stadium to be a turf field, and more. The school athletic director has bent over backwards to continue the partnership with HYR, and we are grateful to continue to work with them. As guests to the fields, we will be as accommodating and respectful to the ongoing construction. HYR will publish a new map of Atherton and of other practice locations before the first week of the season so everyone will know where to go.
HYR Fall 2024 Soccer offers divisions for youth ages 4 through 16.
Division 1: Parent Player Academy - 4 year old players and their families
Division 2: 5 year old and beginner 6-year old players
Division 3: Experienced 6 year-old players and 7-year old players.
Division 4: 8 and 9 year-old players.
Division 5: 10-12 year old players.
Division 6: 13-16 year-old players.
Division 1 meets once per week on Saturday or Sunday mornings between 10 AM and Noon.
Divisions 2 - 6 meet for one 1-hour practice on a weeknight at either 5:30 or 6:30 PM. (It could turn into 5:45 and 6:45. We will know in Early September)
Divisions 2 - 5 play games on Saturdays with a randomized schedule between 9 AM and 4 PM (or Sundays between 11 AM and 5 PM.)
Division 6 practices at 6:30 or 6:45 on one or two weeknights to be determined and plays the last game on Saturday (4:00or 4:30 PM).
Read more in-depth descriptions of each soccer division:
HYR provides a T-shirt, and you pretty much provide the rest. Please review HYR Soccer list of equipment below.
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
What is Hill Rolling?
During Spring and Fall soccer, the Atherton campus has these glorious hills between the field levels. Kids have always rolled down the hills for fun, so in 2017, we formalized it. At noon on game days, the director blows an air horn, in between the division 2 and division 3 fields, and kids and adults come from across any field to roll down the hill for a couple minutes. It’s sort of a reminder that soccer is just a game, and we are all there to just have a little fun. And like in the last question, just roll with it. (Pun intended)
HYR Hill Rolling Video
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Below this line is from previous Seasons
Sign up for HYR 2024 Fall soccer began on August 1, 2024 at www.hyrsports.com. The cost is $100 for the fall season. On-time registration continues through August 31st, 2024. Beginning September 1st, a $10 late fee for the Fall season will be added, and placement is not guaranteed.
In Divisions 2 through 6, for parents who volunteer to be a Head Coach, there is a $45 discount, and for Assistant Coach, there is a $30 discount on the player registration. (Email [email protected] for a coupon code before making your payment, or email after registering, and we will apply a refund of that amount.) The coach clinic will be held Saturday, September 7th at 9 AM at the Highlands Community Campus at 1228 East Breckinridge Street (Corner of Barrett Avenue and Breckinridge Street).
(During registration, players will be given the opportunity to select practice nights they are not able to attend. These and other special requests will be honored when possible. If you request to play with another player on the same team please check with that family before putting the request on your registration. Be advised that HYR will also attempt to balance teams on skill level when possible, especially in the older divisions. Team balance may trump player friend requests in some situations.)
Players will be notified of their teams on or before Friday, September 6th. Practices begin the week of September 9th. Opening day for games will be Saturday, September 14th. The games will be mostly on Saturdays with the occasional Sunday for 7 consecutive weeks through the end of October. The exact game schedule will come out by September 8th, 2024.
We wrapped up the season on Saturday, April 27th with beautiful weather. We have many updates, large and small:
Baseball Season - We are registering for the Baseball season through Sunday, May 5th . To find out more, visit our baseball page:
HYR Baseball Page
Summer Video Camps - HCM and Beargrass Media will be hosting two one week long video camps in the summer of 2024. The two weeks are June 10-14, 2024 and July 8-12, 2024. The students will learn how to write, record, edit,and publish video productions. Full Details below:
https://www.beargrassmedia.com/
Lost and Found: Are you looking for something you may have left at the gym in winter or the field in the Spring? Click the link below to see a photo gallery:
HYR Lost and Found Page
Fall 2024 T-Shirt Theme - Monsters drawn by HYR kids!
Since the fall season ends around Halloween, the fall season's T-shirt theme will be MONSTERS! So here is the deal. We want to encourage kids to make drawings of monsters from which we can make up the 50 - 60 teams. They can be new drawings of classic monsters or new drawings of brand new monsters designed by kids. Read more about the project and how to submit on the page linked below:
HYR T-Shirt Page
Atherton Construction Project - Atherton is slated for a $54 million multi-year construction project that will dramatically affect the back side of campus. Many of the places we practiced this spring have already been turned into a constructions zone.
As of now, we think our fall games will not be affected dramatically, but we may move a lot of practices around within the campus or some practices off campus. We will advise as the summer progresses and we know more. We are grateful that Atherton still seems willing to continue our partnership of nearly 50 years. Below is a news article about the constriction project.
News Article about Atherton Construction Project
We will begin registering for Fall soccer on or around August 1st,
Below this line is from during the season.
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If you need to get a hold of your coach, please consult the coach list directly below:
hyr 2024 spring coach list sorted by division.pdf
Saturday, March 23rd was Picture Day. If any player was missing on team picture day, we will make every attempt to take an individual retake of that player on a later date, cut them out, and add them to the original picture to try to get everyone in the pic.
To see the process, click the link below.
TeamShirt Theme: HYR Eats
This season, the theme is another one that involves food. The inspiration was from the HYR Fall of 2018 “adjective vegetables” theme applied to division 5 and 6 that season. If you want a look at all of the shirts for the entire league, please click the document directly below:
If your player does not have a team shirt that fits, please check with your coach to see if they have ordered it from Patrick yet.
SeveralParents have asked if they could order a shirt with the team logo on it. If anyone wants to order a shirt to be the fan club for their team, please contact the T-shirt shop on Bardstown Road called "Dirty Tease". They have all of the spring designs on file, so if you tell them the name of your team and what you are lookoing for, they can hook you up, and I will not be the middle man on that. Send an email to [email protected].
HYR Spring Soccer Game Schedule
HYR Soccer Equipment:
HYR provides a T-shirt, and you pretty much provide the rest. Please review HYR Soccer list of equipment below.
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
All practices and games are at Atherton High School 3000 Dundee Road.
Most practices are scheduled for Monday through Thursday night at Atherton. If we get practices rained out on any nights we may have some availability to reschedule, and we will communicate with the coaches to let them know what is available. Please note that there are 2 entrances to Atherton, so check the map below if you have never been there before.
hyr_atherton_map.pdf
What is Hill Rolling?
During Spring and Fall soccer, the Atherton campus has these glorious hills between the field levels. Kids have always rolled down the hills for fun, so in 2017, we formalized it. At noon on game days, the director blows an air horn, in between the division 2 and division 3 fields, and kids and adults come from across any field to roll down the hill for a couple minutes. It’s sort of a reminder that soccer is just a game, and we are all there to just have a little fun. And like in the last question, just roll with it. (Pun intended)
HYR Hill Rolling Video
HYR Spring 2024 Soccer offers divisions for youth ages 4 through 16.
Division 1: Parent Player Academy - 4 year old players and their families
Division 2: 5 year old and beginner 6-year old players
Division 3: Experienced 6 year-old players and 7-year old players.
Division 4: 8 and 9 year-old players.
Division 5: 10-12 year old players.
Division 6: 13-16 year-old players.
Division 1 meets once per week on Saturday or Sunday mornings between 10 AM and Noon.
Divisions 2 - 6 meet for one 1-hour practice on a weeknight at either 5:30 or 6:30 PM.
Divisions 2 - 5 play games on Saturdays with a randomized schedule between 9 AM and 4 PM (or Sundays between 11 AM and 5 PM.)
Division 6 practices at 6:30 on either Wednesday or Thursday Night at 6:30 PM and plays the last game on Saturday (3:30 or 4 PM) (Or Sunday 4:30 or 5).
Read more in-depth descriptions of each soccer division:
(During registration, players will be given the opportunity to select practice nights they are not able to attend. These and other special requests will be honored when possible. If you request to play with another player on the same team please check with that family before putting the request on your registration. Be advised that HYR will also attempt to balance teams on skill level when possible, especially in the older divisions. Team balance may trump player friend requests in some situations.)
HYR Soccer Equipment:
HYR provides a T-shirt, and you pretty much provide the rest. Please review HYR Soccer list of equipment below.
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
All practices and games are at Atherton High School 3000 Dundee Road.
Most practices are scheduled for Monday through Thursday night at Atherton. If we get practices rained out on any nights we may have some availability to reschedule, and we will communicate with the coaches to let them know what is available. Please note that there are 2 entrances to Atherton, so check the map below if you have never been there before.
hyr_atherton_map.pdf
What is Hill Rolling?
During Spring and Fall soccer, the Atherton campus has these glorious hills between the field levels. Kids have always rolled down the hills for fun, so in 2017, we formalized it. At noon on game days, the director blows an air horn, in between the division 2 and division 3 fields, and kids and adults come from across any field to roll down the hill for a couple minutes. It’s sort of a reminder that soccer is just a game, and we are all there to just have a little fun. And like in the last question, just roll with it. (Pun intended)
HYR Hill Rolling Video
HYR T-Shirt Sponsors
HYR has sponsors every season who make a donation to have their logos on the back of hundreds of team T-shirts and also displayed prominently on sandwich boards on the fields. Typically, a 2" logo is $250 on the team shirts, and a 4" logo is $500. To find out more, please send an email to [email protected].
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EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS FROM PREVIOUS SEASONS
HYR is a co-ed, inclusive community based developmental league that focuses on the whole family sports experience. Our focus is on love of the game, respect for all players, coaches, and referees, equal playing time for all players , and positive experience for all.
In Divisions 2 through 6, for parents who volunteer to be a Head Coach, there is a $45 discount, and for Assistant Coach, there is a $30 discount on the player registration. (Email [email protected] for a coupon code before making your payment, or email after registering, and we will apply a refund of that amount.) The coach clinic will be held on March 9th at 9 AM at Highlands Community Ministries at 9 AM. Location 1228 East Breckinridge Street.
(During registration, players will be given the oportunity to select practice nights they are not able to attend. These and other special requests will be honored when possible. If you request to play with another player on the same team please check with that family before putting the request on your registration. Be advised that HYR will also attempt to balance teams on skill level when possible, especially in the older divisions. Team balance may trump player friend requests in some situations.)
Players will be notified of their teams on or before Friday, March 8th. Practices begin the week of March 11th. Opening day for games will be Saturday, March 16th. The games will be mostly on Saturdays with the occasional Sunday for 7 consecutive weeks through the end of April. The exact game schedule will come out by March 10, 2023.
(If you have never registered with HYR Before, please check out our registration instructions linked directly below:)
Sign up for HYR 2024 Spring soccer begins on February 1, 2024 at www.hyrsports.com. The cost is $96 for the spring season. On-time registration continues through March 2, 2023. Beginning March 3rd, a $10 late fee for the Spring season will be added, and placement is not guaranteed.
Wrap up for Fall Season.
We had a wonderful fall season with great weather for the majority of the season. Just a couple rained out practices, and no rained out games. Please take a look at our wrap-up from Fall Soccer
Team Pictures from Fall Soccer:
As well as handing out physical copies of 8x10 photos at the final game, we have the team photos on our team photo web page. If you want to vies or download an electronic copy of your team photo, please visit the Team Photo Page linked below.
If you are missing items that may have been left at the soccer field, please check out our Lost and Found Page linked below:
HYR Lost and Found Page
HYR Language Group
As HYR expands to serve more families where English is not the first language of either the parents or the children, we are looking to find out how we can better communicate with them in print and in-person. As a start, we have added some language-related questions to our registration forms for both players, parents, and coaches. We are looking to establish a small working group in our HYR community that will help us study and improve our communications with families where English is not their first language. If you are interested in helping HYR in that regard,please contact Patrick Fitzgerald: [email protected]
ACTION SHOTS FROM HYR Game Day:
We had a high school photographer come to the fields on Saturday, September 23rd and take action shots of the kids playing. They were only available on that day from 11 AM – 1 PM, but there are a couple hundred really nice action shots. They are mostly of the following teams: Division 1 Crum, Division 2 Hopper, Division 2 Franklin, Division 2 Watt, Division 2 Carver, Division 2 Bhatt, Division 2 Walker, Division 2 Bath, Division 2 Lee, Division 3 Gutenberg, Division 3 Morse, Division 3 Benjamin, Division 4 Whitney, Division 4 Volta, Division 5 Lumiere, Division 5 Tesla, Division 5 Jackson, and Division 5 Woods. There is a link to those photos on our team picture page:
Please leave your dogs at home!
HYR asks that you do not bring any pets to HYR practices or games. For a complete look at the school and HYR policy, please click the link below:
HYR Dog Policy
GAME SCHEDULE
An exported version of the game schedule is below with one page for each week of the season.
2023_fall_soccer_master_schedule.pdf
HYR Picture Day was Saturday, September 23rd
After the games on Saturday, September 23rd, we took team pictures. For players or coaches who missed on that day, we come to subsequent games to capture individual pictures, and then we clip out those players and coaches and insert them into the team pictures. To see the process, click the link below.
Coach Contact Info
The Coach Contact Information is listed below. You can look up your coach by Division and Team Name or by Practice Night linked directly below:
HYR Soccer Equipment:
HYR provides a T-shirt, and you pretty much provide the rest. Please review HYR Soccer list of equipment below.
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
All practices and games are at Atherton High School 3000 Dundee Road.
Most practices are scheduled for Monday through Thursday night at Atherton. If we get practices rained out on any nights we may have some availability to reschedule, and we will communicate with the coaches to let them know what is available. Please note that there are 2 entrances to Atherton, so check the map below if you have never been there before.
hyr_atherton_map.pdf
CLEAT EXCHANGE
Every season, we collect used cleats and shin guards from players who outgrow their equipment, and that equipment will be available to any other HYR family on a first come-first served basis. We will set up a couple tables at all of the first week practices and all the games. We repurpose hundreds of used items every season. Over the summer people dropped off 29 pairs of cleats ranging in size from kids size 10 to adult size 11. There are also 13 pairs of shin guards and various socks and shorts. At each practice, cleats and shin guards will be dropped off and picked up, so if you are looking for that perfect Cinderalla fit and it is not there, it might show up 5 minutes later or the next day or not at all, but it is worth a shot.
Team Name Theme and shirt colors - Inventors and Innovators
At HYR, we typically do not have team names that are the same as college or pro teams, so no Cardinals or Tigers, etc. We often lean toward some sort of educational or fun theme that is not a typical team name. In the fall of 2023, the team name theme is Inventors and Innovators. There are 57 team shirt designs active this season. To see a glimpse of the shirts for your child and their peers take a look at the shirts below:
HYR Staff
HYR has a League Director and two college student league associates for the Fall of 2023. We will be available to help locate equipment, help players find their game times and coaches, and assist with unusual league situations. To see our staff, click below:
Volunteers
The league can often use help getting everything together, especially early and late in a season. Please visit our volunteer page linked below to sign up to help.
HYR Volunteer Page
HYR Video Highlights
Want to see what HYR looks like: See highlights below:
HYR Highlights Reel
Read more in-depth descriptions of each soccer division:
(During registration, players will be given the opportunity to select practice nights they are not able to attend. These and other special requests will be honored when possible. If you request to play with another player on the same team please check with that family before putting the request on your registration. Be advised that HYR will also attempt to balance teams on skill level when possible, especially in the older divisions. Team balance may trump player friend requests in some situations.)
HYR Fall 2023 Soccer offers divisions for youth ages 4 through 16.
Division 1: Parent Player Academy - 4 year old players and their families
Division 2: 5 year old and beginner 6-year old players
Division 3: Experienced 6 year-old players and 7-year old players.
Division 4: 8 and 9 year-old players.
Division 5: 10-12 year old players.
Division 6: 13-16 year-old players.
Division 1 meets once per week on Saturday or Sunday mornings between 10 AM and Noon.
Divisions 2 - 6 meet for one 1-hour practice on a weeknight at either 5:30 or 6:30 PM.
Divisions 2 - 5 play games on Saturdays with a randomized schedule between 9 AM and 4 PM (or Sundays between 11 AM and 5 PM.)
Division 6 practices at 6:30 on one or two weeknights to be determined at 6:30 PM and plays the last game on Saturday (3:30 or 4 PM).
What is Hill Rolling?
During Spring and Fall soccer, the Atherton campus has these glorious hills between the field levels. Kids have always rolled down the hills for fun, so in 2017, we formalized it. At noon on game days, the director blows an air horn, in between the division 2 and division 3 fields, and kids and adults come from across any field to roll down the hill for a couple minutes. It’s sort of a reminder that soccer is just a game, and we are all there to just have a little fun. And like in the last question, just roll with it. (Pun intended)
HYR Hill Rolling Video
HYR T-Shirt Sponsors
HYR has sponsors every season who make a donation to have their logos on the back of hundreds of team T-shirts and also displayed prominently on sandwich boards on the fields. Typically, a 2" logo is $250 on the team shirts, and a 4" logo is $500. To find out more, please send an email to [email protected].
Everything below this line is from previous seasons
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Team Name Descriptions: The team name theme this spring was musicians and composers. Music is a huge force in my life and for a great many of us. I was writing a description of who each musician or composer is during the season, and I got busy and did not finish it until late in the season. If you would care to look at who all the teams were representing, please browse it now by clicking the link below. I hope some of the players and parents have enjoyed figuring it out and listening to their team's inspiration or may take that opportunity now. Or maybe later in life they will discover an artist and realize it was on their shirt when they were younger.
2023 hyr spring soccer team name theme description.pdf
Lost and Found
Every day at HYR, people leave things on the field. If you are missing something, please click the link below to view and claim one of the items.
HYR Lost and Found Page
Team Pictures
If you want to find an electronic version of your team picture, please click the link below and navigate to the season you are looking for.
HYR Team Pictures by Season
HYR Baseball
We are signing up for HYR Baseball through May 4th, 2023 at www.hyrsports.com
HYR Fall Soccer
We will begin signing up for fall soccer on August 1st, 2023.
To see the HYR yearly calendar with all sign-up and season dates click the link below:
HYR Yearly Calendar
Below this line is from the Spring Soccer Season
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All practices and games are at Atherton High School 3000 Dundee Road.
Practices are scheduled for Monday through Thursday night at Atherton. If we get practices rained out on any nights we may have some availability to reschedule, and we will communicate with the coaches to let them know what is available. Please note that there are 2 entrances to Atherton, so check the map below if you have never been there before.
hyr_atherton_map.pdf
HYR Soccer Equipment: HYR provides a T-shirt, and you pretty much provide the rest. Please review HYR Soccer list of equipment below.
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
HYR Video HighlightsWant to see what HYR looks like: See highlights below:
HYR Highlights ReelRead more in-depth descriptions of each soccer division:
In Divisions 2 through 6, for parents who volunteer to be a Head Coach, there is a $45 discount, and for Assistant Coach, there is a $30 discount on the player registration. (Email [email protected] for a coupon code before making your payment, or email after registering, and we will apply a refund of that amount.) The coach clinic will be held the weekend of March 11th-12th. Details TBD.
(During registration, players will be given the opportunity to select practice nights they are not able to attend. These and other special requests will be honored when possible. If you request to play with another player on the same team please check with that family before putting the request on your registration. Be advised that HYR will also attempt to balance teams on skill level when possible, especially in the older divisions. Team balance may trump player friend requests in some situations.)
Players will be notified of their teams on or before Friday, March 10th. Practices begin the week of March 13th. Opening day for games will be Saturday, March 18th. The games will be mostly on Saturdays with the occasional Sunday for 7 consecutive weeks through the end of April. The exact game schedule will come out by March 11, 2023.
HYR Spring 2023 Soccer offers divisions for youth ages 4 through 16.
Division 1: Parent Player Academy - 4 year old players and their families
Division 2: 5 year old and beginner 6-year old players
Division 3: Experienced 6 year-old players and 7-year old players.
Division 4: 8 and 9 year-old players.
Division 5: 10-12 year old players.
Division 6: 13-16 year-old players.
Division 1 meets once per week on Saturday or Sunday mornings between 10 AM and Noon.
Divisions 2 - 6 meet for one 1-hour practice on a weeknight at either 5:45 or 6:45 PM.
Divisions 2 - 5 play games on Saturdays with a randomized schedule between 9 AM and 4 PM (or Sundays between 10 AM and 5 PM.)
Division 6 practices at 6:30 on one or two weeknights to be determined and plays the last game on Saturday (3:30 or 4 PM) (Or Sunday 4:30 or 5).
If you are trying to register and do not see programs available, please log in first. Complete Registration instructions can be found below
hyr registration instructions.pdf
In Divisions 2 through 6, for parents who volunteer to be a Head Coach, there is a $45 discount, and for Assistant Coach, there is a $30 discount on the player registration. (Email [email protected] for a coupon code before making your payment, or email after registering, and we will apply a refund of that amount.) The coach clinic will be held Saturday, September 9th at 9 AM at the Highlands Community Campus at 1228 East Breckinridge Street (Corner of Barrett Avenue and Breckinridge Street).
(RE: the $94 Registration fee: Effective January 1, 2023, The Kentucky State Legislature passed a bill stating that leisure, recreational, and athletic instructional services are subject to sales tax. For HYR Spring Soccer, that is broken out as an $88.67 Registration fee plus $5.33 KY State Sales Tax. )
HYR Equipment Collection And Distribution -
Every season, HYR collects gently used cleats and helps them find a new home on the feet of a new player. We were largely cleaned out in the fall of 2022, but people continue to donate them. We will not have a cleat and equipment exchange the weekend of March 11-12, but we will set up all inventory at all the first practices and at the first 2 games of the season.
HYR Team Shirt theme for Spring, 2023:
The theme for the fall teams is musicians and composers. Imagine from Beethoven to Lizzo, and anything in between. We try very hard to have a wide representation and inclusion of classics, modern artists and diversity of gender race, national origin, etc. Music will fit that goal perfectly because of the diversity of amazing musicians and composers. Super psyched!
HYR Soccer Equipment: HYR provides a T-shirt, and you pretty much provide the rest. Please review HYR Soccer list of equipment below.
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
What is Hill Rolling?
During Spring and Fall soccer, the Atherton campus has these glorious hills between the field levels. Kids have always rolled down the hills for fun, so in 2017, we formalized it. At noon on game days, the director blows an air horn, in between the division 2 and division 3 fields, and kids and adults come from across any field to roll down the hill for a couple minutes. It’s sort of a reminder that soccer is just a game, and we are all there to just have a little fun. And like in the last question, just roll with it. (Pun intended)
HYR Hill Rolling Video
HYR T-Shirt Sponsors
HYR has sponsors every season who make a donation to have their logos on the back of hundreds of team T-shirts and also displayed prominently on sandwich boards on the fields. Typically, a 2" logo is $250 on the team shirts, and a 4" logo is $500. To find out more, please send an email to [email protected].
Below this line is from Fall 2022 Soccer
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That's a wrap for 2022 fall soccer.
The winner of the HYR T-shirt quilt is Theo Ward fro the team Finger Painters in the Parent Player Academy.
Thanks to everyone who donated to the HCM drive collection food and personal care products. We really appreciate the HYR community's generosity in donating over 9 bins of items to the HCM food bank.
The team pictures and awards were handed out on closing day. If you were not present on team day, HYR will make them available to you. The majority of coaches took the left over pics and awards with them and will be contacting players to let them know how to pick them up from the coaches. About 5 teams' awards were turned in to HYR, and we will send out a note to those players to let them know how to pick up their awards from the HYR Director.
We have posted all of the team photos on a Google Drive Folder linked below. You can view or download an electroinc copy of your team photo there as well.
HYR Fall 2022 Team Photos on Google Drive
Watch Video Highlights from the first 2 weeks.
Please browse our opening day photo montage linked directly below:
hyr photo montage opening day 2022-09-17.pdfDirectly below is an exported version of the game schedule.
hyr fall 2022 master game schedule.pdf
We have over 770 players registered for 56 teams.
HYR Volunteer Opportunities:
Volunteers help HYR run smoothly. Please review the available slots on the signup link, check your own calendar, and sign up to help. Additionally, if you have time that you are available to help when there is not a signup listed, we can often still use your help. (Especially the week leading up to the season and the and the first week of the season during the traditional work day. ) Please contact Patrick (
[email protected]) to propose a time you are available. .
HYR Volunteer Sign Up LinkHYR Team Shirt theme for fall 2022The theme for the fall teams is visual art. For many of the younger players, their team names will be based on types of art or public art and architecture. For older players, we focus on visual artists themselves and some of their works. We tried very hard to have a wide representation and inclusion of classics, modern artists and diversity of gender race, national origin, etc. To see a sneak preview of the artwork, click below.
2022 Fall HYR T-shirt DesignsThe season will run from March 13 through April 29th. Spring soccer will be for players between 4 and 16 years old. There will be one weeknight practice per week and one weekend game per week.
REGISTRATION INFO
First time users click "Register" and returning users click "Login" in the upper right hand corner.
If you are trying to register and do not see programs available, please log in first. Complete Registration instructions can be found below
hyr registration instructions.pdf
The cost is $94 for the spring season, but beginning March 5th, a $10 late fee for the Spring season will be added, and placement is not guaranteed. Some scholarships are available. To inquire, please contact Patrick Fitzgerald at:
[email protected].
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The cost is $87 for the fall season. On-time registration continues through September 3rd, 2022. Beginning September 4th, a $10 late fee for the Fall season will be added, and placement is not guaranteed. Some financial assistance is available. To inquire about financial assistance, send an email to
[email protected].
Read more in-depth descriptions of each soccer division:
COACHING DISCOUNT
In Divisions 2 through 6, for parents who volunteer to be a Head Coach, there is a $40 discount, and for Assistant Coach, there is a $25 discount on the player registration. (Email [email protected] for a coupon code before making your payment, or email after registering, and we will apply a refund of that amount.) The coach clinic will be held Saturday, September 10th at 9 AM at the Highlands Community Campus at 1228 East Breckinridge Street (Cornet of Barrett Avenue and Breckinridge Street).
(During registration, players will be given the oportunity to select practice nights they are not able to attend. These and other special requests will be honored when possible. If you request to play with another player on the same team please check with that family before putting the request on your registration. Be advised that HYR will also attempt to balance teams on skill level when possible, especially in the older divisions. Team balance may trump player friend requests in some situations.)
HYR Fall 2022 Soccer offers divisions for youth ages 4 through 16.
Division 1: Parent Player Academy - 4 year old players and their families
Division 2: 5 year old and beginner 6-year old players
Division 3: Experienced 6 year-old players and 7-year old players.
Division 4: 8 and 9 year-old players.
Division 5: 10-12 year old players.
Division 6: 13-16 year-old players.
Division 1 meets once per week on Saturday or Sunday mornings between 10 AM and Noon.
Divisions 2 - 6 meet for one 1-hour practice on a weeknight at either 5:30 or 6:30 PM.
Divisions 2 - 6 play games on Saturdays with a randomized schedule between 9 AM and 4 PM (or Sundays between 11 AM and 5 PM.)
Division 7 practices at 6:30 on one or two weeknights to be determined at 6:30 PM and plays the last game on Saturday (3:30 or 4 PM).
Yard SignsHYR Advertises via yard signs in front yards and in front of HCM facilities. If you would be willing to host a yard sign leading up to an HYR season, please send an email to
[email protected].
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End of Season Awards
For Divisions 1 - 4, players receive an 8 x 10 team picture and a participation medal at the end of the season. For Divisions 5 and 6, each player receices an 8 x 10 team picture and a gift card to the Homemade Ice Cream and Pie kitchen. These will be given out at the final games.
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Team Name Themes for 2022 Fall Soccer
We do have an over 5-year tradition of unusual team names. My basic rules tend to be not to use any team name that is in use by professional and college teams (bulldogs, tigers, etc.), never repeat team names (We have now gone over 5 years without a repeat), and have the team names be fun, and occasionally informative.
In the fall of 2022, the team names will be based on visual art. Stay Tuned for more details.
What is Hill Rolling?
During Spring and Fall soccer, the Atherton campus has these glorious hills between the field levels. Kids have always rolled down the hills for fun, so in 2017, we formalized it. At noon on game days, the director blows an air horn, in between the division 2 and division 3 fields, and kids and adults come from across any field to roll down the hill for a couple minutes. It’s sort of a reminder that soccer is just a game, and we are all there to just have a little fun. And like in the last question, just roll with it. (Pun intended)
LOCATION - ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL: For all players registered, all practices and games are at Atherton High School. There are 2 entrances to Atherton. Please look at the map below. The GPS is 3000 Dundee Road . HYR has been requested to park in the teacher parking lot. (If you pull in by the gymnasium and the tennis courts, you are at the wrong entrance.) Please park only in approved parking spaces.
hyr_atherton_map.pdf
HYR Soccer Equipment: HYR provides a T-shirt, and you pretty much provide the rest. Please review HYR Soccer list of equipment below.
hyr soccer equipment list.pdf
Meet HYR Director Patrick Fitzgerald
Not sure who I am? Click the link below. I hope to meet you on the field soon.
hyr director patric fitzgerald.pdf
Please leave your dogs at home!
HYR asks that you do not bring any pets to HYR practices or games. For a complete look at the school and HYR policy, please click the link below:
HYR Dog Policy
Also, if you don't see the answers below that you are looking for, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions below:
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So that’s it for now. Stay tunes for announcements soon about future HYR seasons.
Patrick
Patrick Fitzgerald
HYR Director
Highlands Youth Recreation 502.671.9701
www.hyrsports.com
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