Richland Youth Association

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Richland Youth Association

We are a 100% volunteer-run organization and appreciate our volunteers!

Since 1964, Richland Youth Association has been a place for kids to participate in youth sports including baseball, basketball, cheerleading, football, and softball.

09/30/2026

Our upcoming board of directors election is just over a month away! We hope to see everyone there to vote on November 4th from 6:30-7:30pm.

What's on the ballot?
For this election, all board positions will be on the ballot except for the president position, which is elected to 2-year terms in odd years).

Board positions on this ballot include: Vice President (2-year term), Treasurer (2-year term), and Directors of Administration, Special Events, Basketball, Cheer, Football, Rec Baseball, Select Baseball, and Softball (1-year terms).

Interested in running?
Eligibility for board membership is restricted to (1) parents of players who participated in 2026 sports seasons at RYA, (2) coaches who've been approved volunteers during the 2026 sports seasons at RYA, or (3) currently seated RYA board members. All prospective candidates must be able to pass the RYA background check through JDP.

If you are interested in running for a board position, you must be added to the ballot no later than September 28th at 6:00pm. Email [email protected] to be added to the ballot or request more information.

09/09/2026

RYA families, we have to give out some parking reminders. We are starting to receive parking complaints again about our activities at Richfield Park. As a reminder, NRHPD will patrol through the parking lot periodically and may opt to write citations if vehicles are parked illegally.

At Richfield Park, the ramp next to our concession stand is for official use only for emergency vehicles or city vehicles only. We do not allow coaches or parents to use this ramp for parking or unloading, as it is the only emergency access ramp available in case of a medical emergency on one of our fields.

Additionally, we have had multiple issues with our handicap spots at the park. The handicap spots are only for use by drivers/families with handicap placards. The white slashed parking spaces next to the handicap spots can NOT be parked in at all, not even to unload. These spaces are to give handicap vehicles more space to unload wheelchairs or otherwise access their vehicles.

Please help us by sharing this information with family members and friends who may be attending practices or games. We do not want families to have their vehicles cited or towed, but we can not continue having these issues.

Thank you, and we hope to have a great rest of the fall season for our baseball, cheer, football, and softball teams!

RYA Baseball
RYA Cheerleading
RYA Football

08/18/2026

Just a reminder to our parents, coaches, and volunteers!

RYA partners with the North Richland Hills Parks and Recreation Department to provide youth sports in NRH. The Parks & Rec Department has installed Perry Weather monitors at Richfield, Cross Timbers, and Walker's Creek Parks where we operate several fields.

The monitors serve two purposes:

1. They monitor lightning within 10 miles. When there is a lightning strike within 10 miles of the park, a timer will start counting down from 30 minutes and the fields, dugouts must be cleared until the area has been lightning-free for at least 30-minutes. There will be audible alerts at the park and flashing yellow lights on the monitor at each location.

2. The monitors also measure the WBGT of each park. This temperature takes into account a variety of elements - the actual temperature, cloud cover, wind, and other factors to generate a different WBGT number. If this number is between 90.0-92.0, practices must be limited to 1-hour. If the number exceeds 92.1+, no practices/games may occur.

With regards to WBGT, we understand that this temperature can vary from minute-to-minute. For this reason, we do allow some discretion for coaches to pause practice and hold teams in a shaded area while monitoring the WBGT to see if it will fall back below acceptable means.

The WBGT is the measurement tool that all Texas schools have begun using under Texas UIL policies and the primary goal is player safety. If you have questions about these policies, please feel free to send us a message and we'll try and address any questions you may have.

RYA Baseball
RYA Cheerleading
RYA Football
RYA Softball

08/12/2026

Wishing all of our RYA families a great first day back at school!

08/02/2026

Time's almost up!

RYA Baseball and Softball have just a few more hours left in their registrations. After today, late registrations will only be accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Head over to www.ryasports.com to get your players registered today!

07/25/2026

RYA has a 20% off weekend set up for NEXT WEEKEND, Friday-Sunday, July 31-August 2!

Check out the Academy Sports + Outdoors in North Richland Hills and Keller (North Fort Worth) for 20% off most items in-store. This is a great opportunity to get baseball, softball, football, and cheer equipment for the upcoming season!

07/22/2026

On Wednesday's we show appreciation!

07/18/2026

Don't miss out! Registration for our fall baseball and softball programs is still open until August 2nd, but these spaces are going fast!

We'd love to have your families join us this fall. RYA Baseball offers co-ed programs for ages 3-14 and RYA Softball offers programs for girls from 5-16. All teams practice on game fields with lights here in North Richland Hills.

06/30/2026

Today's the last day for the Early Registration discount for RYA Baseball and RYA Softball!

RYA Baseball offers coed rec baseball programs for ages 3-14. Ages are determined by a player's age as of May 1, 2027. All teams get fielded practices at Richfield and Cross Timbers Parks in NRH. Games are primarily played at Richfield Park and older age divisions may interlock with DFW Interlock for some games during the season. Select and Premier Baseball programs are available through the Richland Kings Baseball program - see website for details.

RYA Softball offers girls rec softball programs for ages 5-16. Ages are determined by a player's age as of September 1, 2026. All teams get fielded practices at Walker's Creek Park in NRH. Games for 6U, 8U, 10U-C are played at Walker's Creek or Colleyville City Park. 10U-K (advanced rec), 12U, and 14U/16U games will be played at Walker's Creek Park and other DFW Mid-Cities Interlock fields. Premier Softball programs available for 9/10U players through the RYA Lady Hawks Softball program - see website for details.

Get signed up today for the early registration discount!

06/21/2026

To all the dads out there who help make our various programs run, thank you and we hope you all have had a great Father's Day!

Address

7250 Chapman Drive
North Richland Hills, TX
76182

Telephone

(817) 656-4004

Website

http://www.ryasports.com/

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