Youth football for Charlotte area students

The Charlotte Junior Orioles (CJO) is the youth football program for Charlotte area youth, which includes spring and fall flag football (K-4 grades no prior tackle), tackle football (3-8 grades), and camps. 

Teamwork. Excellence. Community.

Our Mission: To provide a youth football program designed to teach basic fundamentals of sports and sportsmanship to the youth of the community.

Presentational CJO Spring 2026 Flag Football visual

CJO Spring 2026 Flag Football - Spring 2026

Registration will be open March 2-20, 2026 and season dates will run April 20-May 19, on Mondays and Wednesday evenings. K-1 will play from 5:30-6:30p.m. and 2-4 will play from 6:45-7:45p.m.  Cost is $75/player and  practices and games will take place at Gobel field, located at 1149 S. Cochran Rd. Charlotte.  Players will receive an NFL flag jersey and at the end of the season will receive a certificate and flag belt to keep. Our Spring flag fundraiser is a cookbook Fundraiser- submit your recipes through April 23, 2026. Information will come out after to sell/purchase cookbooks. Please visit www.cookbookfundraiser.com, go to "login" and register your name and email to submit recipes. Use group login: "Cjobook2026" and password: goodfood35. 

*Note: all player families will be required to complete a code of conduct/player agreement form. These rules and expectations will be strictly enforced. 

Registration Status:
Closed
Regular Registration:
Sunday, March 1, 2026 - Saturday, March 21, 2026
Program Duration:
Monday, April 20, 2026 - Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Regular Registration Cost:
$75.00
Presentational 3rd-8th Tackle Football visual

3rd-8th Tackle Football - Fall 2026

Tackle Football Sign-up for Fall 2026 3rd grade through 8th grade

Registration: $160

Jersey: $45 (each) *Note for the 2025 season, 7th and 8th graders will need to have a home and away jersey. If your jersey from last year fits, you only need to purchase one additional jersey in the opposite color if you are in 7th or 8th grade. If you are new to our program or need a new jersey, you will need to purchase both. 

Equipment: Players will be eligible to use CJO owned helmets, shoulder pads, and practice jerseys with registration. Players will also receive one mouthguard. If your player needs another mouthguard throughout the season, the player family will need to provide it.  PANTS WILL NOT be provided this year. Player families will need to obtain solid black football pants with appropriate pads in the knees and thighs that are sewn into the pants (not removable). Player families will also need to provide cleats (not metal).  We do have a bin of donated cleats at the field. Please reach out to us at cjofootball22@gmail.com if you would like to look through the donated cleats. If you have gently used cleats, gloves, or other applicable equipment you would like to donate, please bring to a coach or email us to setup a donation time.

In addition, we are prioritizing players who attend Charlotte Public Schools and/or reside in Charlotte (private school or homeschool). Those that live outside of charlotte and attend school in another district may be refunded once signups close due to team numbers.

Registration Status:
Closed
Regular Registration:
Thursday, May 1, 2025 - Sunday, March 15, 2026
Program Duration:
Friday, May 1, 2026 - Friday, October 23, 2026
Regular Registration Cost:
$160.00
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