***PLEASE NOTE OUR LIGHTWEIGHT (ages 9-10, grades 4 and 5) and JV (ages 11-12, grades 6 and 7) TEAMS ARE FULL.  PLEASE CONTINUE WITH REGISTRATION AT THOSE LEVELS IF YOU WISH TO BE ADDED TO THE RESPECTIVE WAITLIST.***

Due to the high demand for the Pioneers football program in 2022 (three of our four teams reached the River Valley Youth Footbal League maximum of 44 players), registration for the 2023 season will open in phases. Returning players and their siblings will have the first chance to register. Orland Park residents that are new to the organization will then have a chance to register, followed by an open registration for all players. Registration will remain open until rosters and waitlists are full.

THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO CHEERLEADING ONLY TO FOOTBALL!

January 1st:  Any family that had a participant in the Pioneer organization in 2022 (tackle, flag or cheer)  can register at this time. This includes all siblings.

February 1st: Registration opens for all Orland Park residents (or unincorporated Orland Park residents) who will have a first year player or a child that didn’t play for the Pioneers in 2022. 

March 1st: Open registration.  Anyone can register at this time. 
 

Registration will remain open until rosters and waitlists are full.  

Congratulations to our Pioneer Lightweight, Junior Varsity, and Varsity teams on winning 1st place at the ICA State Cheer Competition! We are so proud of all of you!

Congratulations to Coach Al Krokos and the Pioneer Superlightweights, and Coach Todd Shelton and Coach Chris Stefanos and the Varisty Pioneers, on winning the 2022 River Valley Youth Football League Championship!! 

Congratulations to our Pioneer 2022 All-RVYFL Congerence selections! The objective of the All River Valley Youth Football Team is to recognize top Varsity players in the River Valley Youth Football League. Click here to see the selections for all teams in the River Valley!

Flag Cheer, LW, JV and Varsity all took home a 1st Place Trophy tonight. SLW advances to Day 2 and took 3rd. We are SO proud of all our cheer teams!!!

Thank you to our 2018 Pioneer Families on a great year end banquet as well as we say farewell to our President John Stefanos and Athletic Director Mark Mikesell. Thank you for so many years of leadership, volunteering and guiding our program to achive our goals in football and cheerleading. Pioneer Alumni returned for this special event to say farewell.  It was great to have them all there. 

03 Dec, 2018
A Best Friend Partnership On and Off the Field
By Pat Z. McGavin

Only connect, the writer E.M. Forster famously asserted. Those connections take different forms and shapes, at once random and peculiar and yet somehow always of a piece. About three hundred miles separate the hometowns of John Stefanos and Mark Mikesell. Their lives and careers became entwined through a curious blend of fate, circumstance and chance. Together the two have achieved considerable achievement and recognition...Read More

Congratulations to our Pioneers National Youth Football 13U Champions! The team outscored their opponents 74-0 to defend thier championship from last year! 

Below are some pictures from the tournament!

Jadon Thompson former Pioneer and Marist sophomore  starting on Varsity for the undefeated RedHawks has been selected to the 2018 National Combine by the US Army All-American Bowl selection committee! Congratulations!

Ryan Welch was chosen as The Orland Park Prairie’s Standout Student because of his academic accomplishments.

Standout Student: Ryan Welch, Jerling Jr. High seventh-grader

Former Chicago Bear and current University of Illinois head coach Lovie Smith and his staff stop by to visit former Orland Park Pioneer and current Marist Redhawk linebacker Micah Awodiran. Also pictured are Micah's parents and Marist head football Coach Pat Dunne. Micah has recently received his 28th Division 1 scholarship offer

We would like to congratulate former Orland Park Pioneer and current starting right tackle of the AFC Champion Denver Broncos #79 Michael Schofield on his trip to Super Bowl 50. We wish Michael the best of luck as he prepares for the big game. Michael graduated from Sandburg High School and played for the Michigan Wolverines before being drafted in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. 

Make sure you visit PremiumPreps.com: Your #1 new source for Chicago High School Sports News to read about our Pioneer teams this season.