Our History

• The Sanford Springvale Midget Football league had its inception in a Sanford Park Department "Flag Football" program in the autumn of 1964
• Legally became the Sanford Springvale Athletic League, Inc. in 1966
• 1st year of tackle football for the midget football league was 1966
• Boys' Midget basketball league was established in 1968
• Girls' Midget basketball league was established in 1969
• Founded Sanford Springvale Youth Athletic Association in 1969
• Midget baseball league made its debut during the summer of 1969 and ended in 1999
• The football Cheerleaders were formally organized in 1969
• The Springvale town hall became the home of the SSYA in April, 1973
• Veteran's Park was dedicated on April 27, 1991
• Incorporated as a (501) (c) (3) non-profit organization in January of 1992
• Girls Field Hockey was introduced to the town in the fall of 1994
• Wrestling was established in 2000 and ended in 2010
• Moved out of the SSYAA center and into the Nasson Community Center in 2004
• Girls' Lacrosse made its debut in the spring of 2009
• Boy's Lacrosse made its debut in the spring of 2011
• SSYAA Received a donation by Board Member Shaun Buswell's Employer Alliance Funding group so we can purchase our own concession stand to be placed on Cobb July 2019
• SSYAA President Nickie Buswell completed the process for permits for Concession Stand July 2019
• August 30th 2019 SSYAA Concession stand was built on Cobb Stadium field