my oldest kid is 2024 so there are no school teams for him yet so is a town team considered your school or is it PAL? I can say that if its PAL then from my experience there is no reason to play, once they start the travel teams the PAL seems to bring their game down and the dad coach teaches how to play incorrectly and yells when things are done as instructed by a much more qualified travel coach...again this is my personal experience.