Oswego Youth Tackle Football is District 308’s largest and longest tenured youth sports program. OYTF, as it is commonly referred to, is celebrating 44 years of youth football in the 2023 season. OYTF has been a part of the Oswego community for so long, we explore the history and stories from past members of this program. OHS Varsity Football Coach in late 70’s, Glen Posmer, wanted to create a better high school football program. Little did he know that Oswego parents were getting together to make his vision a reality by creating a youth tackle football program for 7th and 8th graders. Boulder Hill residents Bob Smith and Jim Sissom walked into Bob Tripp’s Insurance office looking for insurance to cover a youth tackle program and get it off ground. Bob Tripp agreed that a youth football program was long overdue and drew up the insurance for 1st year and wanted to be involved. These 3 gentlemen along with Bill Carey and Doc Ervin were some of the few men responsible for the first years of OYTF. In 1979, OYTF started with 46, 7th and 8th grade football registrants. There were no Orange, Blue, White, or Silver teams when the league started. The original 46 players didn’t have any helmets, shoulder pads or shoes. Bob Tripp contacted Dick Hayden of Hayden sports and told him about the new football program in Oswego and their need for equipment. Dick Hayden was impressed by the effort and told Bob to have the boys be at the field on a Saturday and Hayden sports will have people out there to size up the boys and have them pay him when they can. This page keeps everyone up to date on everything currently going on with OYTF
