Brevard County Fact Book 2018 - 2019
Your guide to BREVARD COUNTY. Everything you need to know about life on the Space Coast.
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OUTDOORS<br />
Youth sports<br />
For information about county<br />
programs, call the <strong>Brevard</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
Parks and Recreation Department<br />
at 321-255-4400.<br />
Baseball, softball: District 2 and<br />
District 22 Little League, the<br />
governing body for Little League<br />
baseball and softball in <strong>Brevard</strong>,<br />
consists of 20 leagues from Mims<br />
to Palm Bay. Opening day for<br />
most leagues is in late February<br />
or early March, and play continues<br />
until the last of the All-<br />
Star tournaments in July and<br />
August.<br />
Babe Ruth leagues: <strong>Brevard</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken<br />
Baseball League offers games for<br />
children ages 4 to 18 and includes<br />
softball for girls and a physically<br />
challenged division for players<br />
through the age of 20 called<br />
“Buddy Ball.” The league selects<br />
an All-Star team to participate in<br />
regional, district, state and national<br />
Babe Ruth tournaments.<br />
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central<br />
Florida: Youth development<br />
program for children ages 6 to 18.<br />
Volunteers needed for afterschool<br />
programming from 2:20<br />
until 8 p.m. weekdays during<br />
school and from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
weekdays during summer and<br />
school vacation periods, Cocoa,<br />
321-301-4484; Melbourne, 321-<br />
242-0041; bgccf.org.<br />
<strong>Brevard</strong> Bulls AAU basketball:<br />
The Bulls offer youth basketball<br />
leagues and travel teams yearround<br />
in Rockledge and Cocoa<br />
areas; <strong>Brevard</strong>bulls.org.<br />
<strong>Brevard</strong> <strong>County</strong> Youth Football<br />
and Cheerleading Association:<br />
The association offers football<br />
and cheerleading programs for<br />
children ages 5 to 16 in Rookies,<br />
Mighty-Mites, Pee Wees, Bantams,<br />
Juniors and Seniors divisions;<br />
bcyfca.org.<br />
Cape Coast Volleyball club: The<br />
club has teams for ages five to 18<br />
and is open to all skill levels and<br />
has been in <strong>Brevard</strong> <strong>County</strong> for<br />
more than 20 years;<br />
capecoastvolleyball.com.<br />
Cat 5 Softball: Girls’ fast-pitch<br />
softball organization is sanctioned<br />
with ISA, NSA, USSSA and<br />
ASA organizations. Cat 5 has<br />
three teams and levels of play for<br />
ages 8 through 18.<br />
Central <strong>Brevard</strong> Youth Basketball<br />
League: The league is affiliated<br />
with the Orlando Magic<br />
professional basketball team and<br />
the <strong>Brevard</strong> Bulls AAU program<br />
and sponsors competitive and<br />
recreational youth basketball<br />
Youth soccer players celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day. FOR FLORIDA TODAY<br />
leagues in the fall and spring at<br />
Kennedy Middle School in Rockledge,<br />
321-446-2556;<br />
<strong>Brevard</strong>bulls.org<br />
Circle of Champions Wrestling<br />
Club: Conducts wrestling practice<br />
for students Tuesday and<br />
Thursday nights at Palm Bay<br />
High. Club wrestlers participate<br />
in AAU meets in winter and<br />
spring.<br />
Palm Bay Youth Softball Association:<br />
League focuses on learning<br />
and teamwork for children<br />
ages 3 to 18 throughout <strong>Brevard</strong>.<br />
Play is offered in the spring and<br />
fall, 321-952-3231.<br />
Pop Warner Youth Football and<br />
Cheerleading: <strong>Brevard</strong> has five<br />
programs that participate in the<br />
Mid-Florida Conference of the<br />
Pop Warner Youth Football and<br />
Cheerleading Association. The<br />
organization provides sports and<br />
scholastic opportunities. It offers<br />
five football/cheerleading divisions<br />
and a flag football division<br />
for children ages 5 to 16. Practices<br />
begin in August. Registration<br />
is at various times during<br />
the year; popwarner.com.<br />
Police Athletic Leagues: Groups<br />
established across <strong>Brevard</strong> focus<br />
on several sporting events, including<br />
basketball, soccer and<br />
football, and provide youth leadership<br />
and educational activities,<br />
Titusville Youth Foundation; West<br />
Melbourne; Melbourne; Satellite<br />
Beach; Palm Bay. PAL phone:<br />
321-412-3675.<br />
Quick Start Tennis: Designed to<br />
teach tennis to children younger<br />
than 10, the program offers<br />
lessons at the Viera Community<br />
Center. To register, call Barbara<br />
Wong at 631-0419. Also offered<br />
at Veterans Park in Palm Bay. To<br />
register, call John Massetti at<br />
321-727-1348.<br />
<strong>Brevard</strong> Youth Soccer League:<br />
The league consists of 15 clubs<br />
across <strong>Brevard</strong> and Indian River<br />
counties for children ages 4 to 19.<br />
Traditionally, more than 10,000<br />
athletes participate in these<br />
clubs. The Outreach Program for<br />
Soccer coaches children ages 5<br />
to 19 with mental and physical<br />
disabilities. For more information,<br />
go to bysl.net.<br />
Viera Soccer Club: The club<br />
offers soccer instruction and<br />
games for children ages 4 to 11,<br />
321-757-4007;<br />
vierasoccerclub.org.<br />
56 ❚ FACTBOOK <strong>2018</strong>-<strong>2019</strong>
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