High School Basketball League
High School Basketball for the Fall 2024 will begin the week of Wednesday 25th, September 23rd, and run until Friday, November 15th. Each division will have a minimum of two teams and a maximum of four teams. Practice schedules for every team is contingent on the availability of the volunteer coach assigned. Teams will practice once a week for 50 minutes on Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays. Practices will be scheduled for 5 p.m., 6 p.m., or 7 p.m. Parents can make special request on the registration application that included specific coaches, pairing teammates, and practice dates/time. Parents can also use the registration to volunteer as Head Coach, Assistant Coach, or Games Day Operations. Games are scheduled for Saturday mornings and the season is 7 weeks long.
Did you know that Basketball was invented at the Y?
In 1891, YMCA Director of Springfield, Massachusetts, Dr. Luther Gulick, gave PE teacher James Naismith two weeks to come up with an indoor winter game to challenge a class of future Y Directors. So, Naismith hung two peach baskets from a second floor running track and taught the directors his new game. After that, the sport took off becoming the world’s second favorite sport, after soccer.
