about scicoh sharks football

SciCoh is a 501(c)(3) and volunteer-run organization, founded in 1992, to provide a fun, positive, and successful tackle football experience for Scituate and Cohasset youth in Grades 2-8. SciCoh is a long-standing member of the Old Colony Football League (OCYFL). SciCoh follows and adheres to the OCYFL By-Laws in its operation and gameplay. SciCoh operates on funds generated from registration fees, fundraising, game admission, and donations.

TRAINING CAMP: Begins mid August 2024 and will run Monday-Friday. This is to get players acclimated to wearing their gear, fundamental instruction, various drills, conditioning, player skill assessments, and team bonding at every grade level. Contact is introduced at a gradual pace. As training camp progresses, coaches will begin to instruct and install plays, teach positional responsibilities and loosely assign player positions based on a number of assessment factors, while keeping player safety as the #1 factor. Coaches may schedule a pre-season scrimmage.

REGULAR SEASON PRACTICES: Once school starts, full equipment practices will go to 3 days each week, generally Wednesday-Friday, and typically run 1.5 -2 hours (W/Th) and 1 hour on Friday. Wednesday and Thursday will consist of warm-ups, drills, running plays, teaching and installing new plays, foundation reinforcement, and conditioning. Fridays are no-contact/helmet-only practices and consist of warm-ups, special teams' run-throughs, position responsibility review, game plan review for the opponent ahead that weekend, running plays against air (no contact) and conditioning.

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: Generally consists of 8 games for Blue (Varsity) and 7 games for White (Junior Varsity), and split between home and away games, for all grade levels. Blue games are typically played on Sundays (some Saturday Night Games may be scheduled) with White games on Saturday mornings. Blue teams that qualify in the standings will make it to one playoff game and teams that advance past the playoff game will compete in the Super Bowl Championship. Game schedules will be posted on scicohfootball.com and also communicated via email by the head coaches with additional details.

2024 regular season games will begin early September for Blue [Varsity] and for White [Junior Varsity]. Game schedules will be posted on scicohfootball.com and also communicated via email by the head coaches with additional details.

EVENTS: Various events, team bonding opportunities, and fundraisers come up. Follow SciCoh's social pages to stay up to date! At the end of the season, Grades 2-7 will have an awards night and Grade 8 will have a formal banquet to celebrate their final time together as SciCoh Sharks before they enter High School Sports.

Why SciCoh Football?

With SciCoh Sharks Football, kids in Grades 2-8 learn important life skills that stay with them well beyond their time on the field.

Being a SciCoh Shark means:

  • Having fun.

  • Learning the value of teamwork, focus, discipline, dedication, and hard work.

  • Making new friends from other schools in your town, as well as in Scituate/Cohasset.

  • Supporting and encouraging your teammates.

  • Having confidence in yourself and your teammates.

  • Respecting your coaches, teammates, and community.

  • Respecting your opponent.

  • Being a role model and displaying leadership to younger kids.

  • Understanding that success takes a total team effort.

  • Learning the importance of exercise and healthy habits.

  • Knowing that mistakes are ok, and learning from them.

  • Understanding structure, schedules, responsibilities, organization and expectations.

  • Learning football foundations, and safe techniques before entering High School.

  • Being involved with off-field community events such as Special Olympics Meets, Ship Shape/Clean Up events, Fundraising, and more.

  • Making memories that will stay with you forever.