Our Background:
The Little Highlanders is a non-profit Association that has proudly been serving area youth football players in the Oak Hills School District since 1973.  We are a proud member of the Greater Cincinnati Youth Football League(GCYFL). 
 
Our Mission:
To work collaboratively with the Oak Hills Athletic Department and Football Staffs to teach our area youth football fundamentals, and prepare them for play at the Middle and High Schools.  We will accomplish this through a safe, structured and supervised athletic experience.
 
Our Goal:
The Little Highlanders will be the “feeder” system to provide the next generation of fundamentally trained football players to the middle and high schools of The Oak Hills Local School District.

Our Beliefs:

One Heartbeat – The essence of everything we do.  We act as one unified Association to deliver against our goal of shaping our future Highlander Football Players.

Integrity - All members of the Association are held accountable to a strict Code of Conduct and are given a thorough background check.

Financial Accountability – We will have an annual budget that will be shared openly with the public.

Transparency – We will have regularly scheduled parent meetings, and we welcome parents the opportunity to participate in our monthly Association Meetings in accordance with our bylaws.  All meetings will be posted on the website.

Safety – All of our Head Coaches are Heads Up Certified (including knowing signs of heat exhaustion and post contact concussion). All coaches are concussion certified through the CDC and USA Football.

Collaboration – We will work closely with the Oak Hills Athletic Department, High School Football program, and USA Football Program to continually improve our Youth Program.

Football Fundamentals – All of our coaches will be trained and held accountable for knowing and teaching football fundamentals based on direction from the Oak Hills High School Football Staff.  We will use a variety of forums (Oak Hills High School Mandatory Training Classes, USA heads up Clinics and On-Line Seminars) to accomplish this.

Competition –  Teams will be competitive relative to the division they play in. The GCYFL consists of 14 organizations. 

Role Modeling – Our football players, coaches, and Association will be role models for the community; demonstrating discipline, integrity, leadership, sportsmanship, and good citizenship.