The Sequim Youth Basketball Program is gearing up for its 11th season. The program is open to boys and girls in grades 1-6.
Players receive a team shirt, weekly practice/skill development sessions and up to eight games.
This year, league officials are doing the evaluation/registration sessions by gender, in grades 3-6; for players in grades 1-2, registration is in coed format.
To register, complete a form (at issuu.com/sequimgazette/docs/syb_registration_form_14-15 or call league officials below) and bring it to one of the registration/evaluation sessions listed below. Players who cannot attend any of the sessions may mail a form (to Sequim Youth Basketball, P.O. Box 3395 Sequim, WA 98382) and fee by Dec. 13.
Evaluations
At two sessions for Saturday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 13, league officials conduct a brief evaluation of each player to determine skill levels in an effort to divide teams as evenly as possible. Evaluation will be combination of skill stations and a controlled scrimmage. The process may take up to 90 minutes.
Dec. 6 and Dec. 13 schedules are:
• 9 a.m. — Boys in grades 5-6, Sequim High School gym
• 9 a.m. — Boys in grades 3-4, Sequim Middle School gym
• 11 a.m. — Girls in grades 5-6, Sequim High School gym
• 11 a.m. — Girls in grades 3-4, Sequim Middle School gym
• 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Boys, girls in grades 1-2, Sequim Middle School auxiliary gym
Fees
Registration is $45 per player with a maximum of $100 per family. If you have or know of a family in need of financial assistance, call Larry Hill at 683-7093.
Games, volunteering
League games will be held on Saturdays starting in January and wrapping up the season by the third week in February. Players in grades 3-6 will have one skills practice per week with
Sequim High players and coaches. Teams will be established by the program’s evaluation team.
League officials hope to have team rosters established and coaches assigned by Dec. 20. They provide the coaches with equipment, practice and game schedules as soon as possible.
Those interested in sponsoring a team, coaching, officiating or volunteering in some other capacity, contact league officials (below).
For more information, call Sequim Youth Basketball president Art Green at 681-3252 or league director Larry Hill at 683-7093, or e-mail Hill at lhill@olypen.com.
