About the Apple Valley Rebels
Our mission
The Apple Valley Rebels are committed to a positive place to teach, play, and learn the fundamentals of football and cheer. We work on character, physical skill, and teamwork in every athlete. We aim for a shared goal in all that we do, not one person’s name above the program. With parents, coaches, and players pulling in the same direction, we keep a visible, neighbor-led program that the town can be proud to host.
Stronger play through SCJAAF standards
The Apple Valley Rebels is a non-profit 501(c)(3) youth football and cheer program in the Southern California Junior All American Football and Cheer (SCJAAF) conference. We started this chapter to raise the bar for how youth teams operate here: clear rules, vetted volunteers, and straight talk with parents. The board and coaches you see on the field are unpaid, and they care about an honest, upbeat program that builds work habits and self-respect in our kids. We order gear that matches current health and safety rules, run coaches through training, and post updates so you know what to expect on the first week of practice and beyond.
We have grown through families, alumni, and local partners who back our fields and our kids. We work beside Apple Valley High School’s program where it helps our student athletes, and we send our coaches to clinics and film reviews so the teaching on the line matches the tone we set in the meeting room.
What you can count on from the board
Each season we set a public calendar, answer email through the box listed on this page, and run open board meetings you can sit in on when time allows. We pair every age group with a chain of parent helpers so game day, fundraising, and safety checks do not fall to one person. We post rule changes and conference memos in the same places we point to for rain-outs and heat calls. If you are new, read the Information and Football or Cheer tabs, then use the general email for routing. That keeps the board from missing a note that belongs with your head coach or equipment manager, and it keeps the lines clear when we are moving fast in July and August.
Rebels scholarship
Our board funds a small scholarship to help recent alumni who are heading to trade school, community college, or a four-year program. Awards track both classroom effort and the way the applicant represented the Rebels on the field or mat. Past players should review the file for deadlines, the essay ask, and how to name a school contact. The PDF sets the year we are in and who signs at the board level.
Our commitment
We stay devoted to a youth program that works for the kids first. Steady help from members, an open look at the books, and a board that returns calls matter as much as wins on Saturday. We publish and refresh our by-laws, post financial summaries on the same cadence the board approves, hold open meetings on the published schedule, and want players, parents, and neighbors to speak up when something looks off or could work better next week.
Look us up
Before you join any youth program, you should confirm it is the non-profit you think it is. California’s Secretary of State, the Franchise Tax Board, and the IRS all publish public records and updates you can read without asking us. Search the legal name Apple Valley Rebels Football & Cheer Association on the FTB site to match our file to what you see on a donation letter. Donations to our program are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows for 501(c)(3) gifts. Tax ID 46-5013203
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“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the Rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently.”Commonly attributed to a speech about people who build what others said could not be done. We use it in the spirit of hard work on our own field, not in place of the rules SCJAAF and our code of conduct set for safety.
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