PHOTO BY ROBERT BLANCHARD

Thursday was sign-up day for the 2013 Lake Wales Steelers Football team. Coach Bam Ward and his wife Jennifer Ward helped with sign ups at Kiwanis Park in Lake Wales.

PHOTO BY ROBERT BLANCHARD

Football players and cheerleaders wait for their turn to sign up for the 2013 Lake Wales Steelers on Thursday at Kiwanis Park in Lake Wales.

PHOTO BY ROBERT BLANCHARD

Back again for another season; Bam Ward, Jennifer Ward, Yolanda Gatlin, Harold Palmer and Jermaine Ward. These coaches and assistants keep the Lake Wales Steelers moving forward season after season.

PHOTO BY ROBERT BLANCHARD

Four-year-old Andre’ Smith smiles as his mother, Stefanie Harris, holds up his 2013 Lake Wales Steelers T-shirt during Thursday’s sign-up at Kiwanis Park in Lake Wales.