Cayman: Dart Under 13 high school football returns
JGHS (maroon) girls battle it out with St. Ignatius Catholic during the 2023 season.
Now in its seventh year, the 2024 Dart Under 13 high school football leagues promise to be as
action-packed and thrilling as previous years as the Islands’ seven high schools take to the fields.
Defending girl’s champions Cayman Prep & High School and two-time defending boy’s champions
Clifton Hunter High School (CHHS) begin the defence of their Dart Under 13 girls’ and boys’ high
school football titles on Wednesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 19 respectively as the
2024 Dart Under 13 high school football leagues kick off with a full schedule of games.
CHHS’ girls 2022 and boys 2022 and 2023 titles were the school’s first official high school football
championships since the league’s inception. The wins also marked the first time in the league’s
relatively short history that a government school secured the titles. In previous years, Cayman
International School and Cayman Prep have dominated proceedings winning two championships
each and rest assured, they will be determined to get back to winning ways.
Cayman Prep’s girls and CHHS’ boys went undefeated during the 2023 seasons on their way to
clinching the prestigious Dart Cups. In addition, Cayman Prep’s girls also clinched the Dart Under
13 Girls Knockout Cup, which was introduced last season to give the young ladies more games after
a relatively short league season.
The boys from John Gay High School (JGHS) were runners-up in the boy’s league while Cayman
International School (CIS) grabbed third place. In the girl’s league, CIS finished runners-up and
CHHS finished third.
The Dart Under 13 leagues will continue every Wednesday and Thursday until the mid-term break
in October at venues across the Island including the Annex Field, CIFA Field, Haig Bodden Field,
Camana Bay Sports Complex, St. Ignatius Catholic Field, Academy Field and the Clifton Hunter High
School Field. Start times are between 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Schools participating in the Dart Under 13 leagues include John Gray High School, Clifton Hunter
High School, Triple C, St. Ignatius Catholic High School, Cayman Prep & High School, Cayman
Academy and Cayman International School.
Following the mid-term break, the Appleby Under 18 boy’s and girls’ leagues will commence and
continue until the first week in December. These games will also be played on Wednesdays for the
girls and Thursdays for the boys.
C
omplete schedules, scores and standings can be viewed on the Cayman Youth Football Leagues
(CYFL) website at www.caymanyouthfootball.ky.