The Club Academy Scotland (CAS) season is reaching the business end of the campaign, with line-ups now confirmed in several of the upcoming finals.

St Mirren have reached the final of the League Cup (Elite) for both Under-19 and Under-17 age groups, where they will take on Hibernian and Dundee United respectively. 

Heart of Midlothian already have one trophy in the bag, after they lifted the prestigious Scottish FA Youth Cup on Tuesday evening. The Gorgie side defeated Queen's Park 4-0, with goals from Euan Banks, Tommy North, Connor Dow and Jayden Mathie.

Meanwhile, the CAS Cup for Under-19s will be contested by Ayr United and Queen's Park, with the Spiders also competing in the Under-17s CAS Cup Final against Dundee. 

Three other League Cup Finals will take place in May, with Celtic v Hibernian at Under-15 level, Dundee v Aberdeen at Under-14 level and Celtic v Aberdeen in the Under-13 category.

All the dates, timings and locations will be available within the MSF App and the Scottish FA website. 

League Campaigns

The league seasons in the various divisions are also nearly a conclusion, with last season's Elite Under-18 winners Hibernian competing with Rangers at the top of the newly-revamped Elite Under-19 league, while Queen's Park are one point ahead of Partick Thistle in the Under-19 Performance / Advanced Youth league. 

At Under-17 level, Rangers have a commanding six point lead at the top of the Elite league, with Queen's Park holding a ten point lead at the top of the Performance / Advanced Youth league.

The tables for those leagues, and all the other age groups, can be found on the MSF App and the Scottish FA website. 

Bio-Banding

The Scottish FA's bio-banding festivals have continued throughout the campaign, with Rangers, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Dundee United, St Mirren, Heart of Midlothian, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Dundee, St Johnstone and Dunfermline competing in events this month. 

Scotland hosted the biggest bio-banding festival ever seen in youth football took place across Scotland earlier in the season, with players periodically grouped by their biological age rather than their chronological age, with the aim of providing more developmentally appropriate challenges for both late and early-maturing players.