Buffalo Buzz

BUFFALO BUZZ – 2026

We are excited with the start of the 2026 GNMFA season!

AGES: 

Smurf Level (5-7) Peewee (8-9), Pony (10-11) and Midget (12-14) – Cannot be older than 14 years of age by April 30, 2026, or in the 9th grade. Copy of birth certificate and physical is required.   

Official 2025 Registration Information: 

Registration Fees:  $75.00 (one child per household); $110.00 (2 children per household); $140.00 (3 or more children per household)

Official 2026 Season Practice 

Pre-conditioning (encouraged but non-mandatory) practice:

For all levels of football and cheerleading will be held during the weeks of July 13th and 20th; Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. 

Mandatory practice for cheerleaders and football:

July 27, 2026 thru the first full week of school

Monday-Thursday 6-8PM— Peewee, Ponies, & Midgets

Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday 6-8PM— Smurf Football and all Cheerleaders

First Full week of school (typically the second week of school) thru end of season

Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 6-8PM— All Levels Football & All Levels Cheer

Additional practices may be arranged by the head coaches for Peewee, Pony, and Midget teams.  Parents must assure that children are picked up promptly at the end of practices, and parents or designated adults are to remain at practice the entire time. Executive Board Members, Coaches, Team Parents, Committee Chairpersons are all volunteers. We need to be respectful of their time, as they will be leaving the field at the end of the practice time. If a child cannot make practice, please contact a member of your child’s coaching staff. (Contact information will be handed out at the first practice from your coach.)

Code of Conduct:  

All players, parents, and coaches will be asked to sign a Code of Conduct. 

Football Player Physicals:  

All physicals must be current within one year by the start of the 2026 scheduled practices. If the one year period expires during the 2026 season, a current physical is required. Physical forms must be handed in prior to the first regular season practice. Copy of player or cheerleader’s birth certificate is required for the 2026 season. You must provide a copy no later than the first scheduled season practice. Your child will not be rostered until all information is received per CFA.

Volunteering at Game Time:  Mandatory

This is mandatory. Home games will need volunteers to help with various preparations before, during, and after the games. A sign-up sheet will be provided during the registrations and first week of regular practices. 

Volunteering commitment requirements are defined as $100.00 for the first child athlete, an additional $50.00 for the second child athlete, and an additional $25.00 for three or more child athletes. This can either be paid via a personal check to GNMFA or by meeting volunteer commitments as defined below. A $100.00 check for the first child athlete, a $150.00 check for two child athletes, or a $175.00 check for three of more child athletes will be collected at registration to be a place holder for this requirement.

Must complete 3 of the below options one of those must include a concession stand shift.
*One full shift in the concession stand as a griller, fryer, food prepper, counter/runner, or cashier.
*Two shifts/games of the following: GREENWOOD NEWPORT MIDGET FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
*****Chain gang shift/game
*****50/50 shift/game
*****Score Board shift/game
*One full shift/game of parking.
*One field set up. (This is setting up the field at the beginning of the home game. Must be present by 9am at the field.)
*One field tear down (end of the Pony game about 4-5pm)

Registration Refund Policy:

Full refunds will be issued during the first week of practice only. Refunds during the second full week of practice will be refunded the registration fee minus a $30.00 uniform reconditioning fee. No refunds during the third week of practice or thereafter.

Fundraiser – Mandatory: 

Our fundraisers help buy uniforms, equipment, insurance fees, CFA dues, etc. We are requiring a fundraising buyout for the 2026 season. The cost is $100 per child.  We will collect a check postdated for October 1, 2026 at registration. We will NOT cash the check until all fundraisers have ended on October 1, 2026.

  1. If you have met your fundraising requirements, the check will be returned to you. 
  2. If you have met part of the requirements, the balance will be owed but the check collected for the full amount will be returned. 
  3. If none of the fundraising requirement was met, the check will then be cashed. NOTE: Any returned check may incur additional fees, up to and including, District Judge charges, if necessary to collect.

We are offering multiple types of fundraising opportunities – families can use one or all of these for their 2026 goal:  

  • Outdoor Raffle Tickets – This is our best fundraiser ($10 per ticket goes towards your buyout)
  • Whoopie Pie Sale ($1 per item goes towards your buyout)
  • Sandwich Sale  ($2 per item goes towards your buyout)
  • Little Cesar’s Pizza
  • Krispy Kreme

Picture Day:

Picture Day will be TBD. Packets will be given to families once practices begin.

Monthly GNMFA Business Meetings: 

These meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month beginning at 6:30 PM at the MRC Building (which is the building along Rt22 across from the Millerstown Moose entrance) until the beginning of practices. The meetings then will be held at the GNMFA field, by the concession stand, until the end of the 2026 football season.  All members, including Parents and Guardians, are welcomed and encouraged to attend these meetings.