Who
we are!
"The Catholic
Youth Organization (CYO) , through the vehicle of sports, provides youth
with an opportunity to practice Christian attitudes and responsibilities
and to become friends with other children throughout the diocese. CYO
activities should be examples of the meaning of Christian sportsmanship."
(CYO Code of Conduct)
The Oakland Diocese Catholic
Youth Organization is a church-sponsored athletic program for elementary
and junior high age youth from the parishes of the Catholic Diocese of
Oakland. CYO Sports are offered by the Church as a ministry to young people.
CYO sponsors a variety
of sports: girls and boys basketball, girls volleyball, girls and boys
track
& field, girls and boys cross country, girls softball, boys sand
volleyball, cheerleading. In many sports, teams are offered for children
in third through eighth grades.
CYO Teams are parish or
Catholic school teams, centered around the parishes or Catholic schools:
CYO teams are not "club" or
city teams. For enrollment or eligibility requirements, contact your
local Catholic parish athletic director.
Check out links from this
homepage for information about individual CYO sports, tournaments, CYO
philosophy and coaches certification programs. Links to individual CYO
leagues with web pages are found on their respective sports pages.
Every athletic competitor
exercises every kind of self-discipline --- they to win a perishable crown,
but we an imperishable one. (I Corinthians 9:15)

Many photos on this website courtesy of
Derrick Malone Photography
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