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Established in 1995, Upward Sports™ is the world’s largest Christian youth sports provider.

Upward Sports™ uses the 360 Progression that helps develop athletes mentally, athletically, spiritually, and socially – producing players who excel both on and off the field. Weddington Church is proud to offer a variety of Upward Sports™ leagues and sessions.

Mission and Information

Our mission is to share the love of Jesus Christ with everyone involved in our program! Players will learn basketball and cheerleading basics along with Bible scriptures and life lessons from our volunteer coaches!

As always, in keeping with our philosophy of creating even, balanced teams, we do not take player or coach requests.

We are a volunteer organization and we rely on your help to have a successful ministry! If you’d like to volunteer, even if you don’t have children playing, please click here. If you are registering players, you can sign up to coach or volunteer during the registration process. We’ll be sure to send you all of the important coach and referee training dates.


June 2023 Outdoor Sports Camp

June 13th-16th (Tuesday – Friday), 9 a.m.–12 p.m., Weddington Family Life Center

Rising 1st – 6th graders are invited to join us for a fun week of playing a variety of sports, building relationships and learning about Jesus’ love for us. The cost to participate is $110 (includes t-shirt and wrist band). Please click here to register by May 29, 2023

Attention High Schoolers (8th grade and up): We need volunteers to make camp a success, please contact Ethan Ford, Upward Administrator, to get involved.


July 2023 Basketball Camp

July 10th-13th (Monday- Thursday), 1 – 4 p.m., Weddington Family Life Center

Rising 3rd – 8th graders are invited to join us for a fun week of playing basketball, building relationships and learning about Jesus’ love for us. The cost to participate is $110 (includes t-shirt and wrist band). Please click here to register by June 12, 2023.

Attention High Schoolers: We need volunteers to make camp a success, please contact Ethan Ford, Upward Administrator, to get involved.


Learn More

For more information, please contact Ethan Ford, Upward Administrator, call us at (704) 814-4213 or visit the Upward website.

“Encourage one another and build each other up.”

1 Thess. 5:11