Hello ACYBA House families.  Welcome to the 2021-2022 basketball season! We are so happy you have chosen to spend your winter playing with the Armstrong Youth Basketball Association!  Armstrong Cooper House League teams in grades 3-8 are forming.  The biggest delay is finding coaches for some teams.  If you have any interest in coaching, please contact your respective commissioners.

I also wanted to send this note to give some information about the program and a few changes as to our games.  Starting in 2019, all of our boys and girls in grades 5-8 have been play in leagues outside of our ACYBA program. They will play in the the Northwest Metro Rec league against teams from other school districts. Information about that league is posted on the OMGBA website:  https://www.omgba.net/ . These changes give the kids an opportunity to play a few more games, but also play against other teams. 

We are asking all families, grades 3-8 in our House program to help with our fundraising.  We are not going door to door selling anything.  Our only real fundraisers for the Association are through the two travel tournaments we host.  The money we generate through the girls Armstrong  Girls Invitational travel tournament in December and the boys Armstrong Boys Classic in February go to help fund all aspects of our program, particularly including our House program.  We have a lot of expenses in both the travel and house program that the flat registration fees are not adequate to cover.  So, we rely on the money generated by the tournaments.

Once again, we will be asking the girls house families to help with the girls tournament and the boys house families to help with the boys tournament.  It is our hope that the non-coaching volunteer requirement will be 2 hours or less per child in the program – we’re still finalizing the plan. Regardless, 2 hours is way more reasonable than Little League or Hockey!!  We hope a nominal amount of your time will really help us have successful tournaments, and then in-turn successful programs.  Also, you’ll be able to attend the tournaments for free to cheer on friends and classmates and see what the travel experience is all about. More information about how and when to sign up will be coming soon.  Typically, an on-line link to select shifts is posted about a week before the tournament. Please keep an eye out for it and sign up to help out where you can.

If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact the Tournament Director, Shawn Fondow at shawnfondow@hotmail.com. 

Finally, we have a number of ACYBA Board positions coming open at the end of this year.  If you have any interest in taking on a role in the leadership of this Association, we’re happy to have you.  Please contact any of the Board Members to talk about the specific positions and general time commitments.

Thanks again for being part of this program.  We’re all volunteers here, and we can’t provide a quality experience for the kids without your commitment to the program and involvement.  You all help make the experience a positive one for the kids.

Boys 3rd & 4th Grade House Basketball:

• Nov 1th – Feb 27th (15 weeks)
• Players will be required to attend a MANDATORY evaluation.  This will help us form equally skilled teams and allow for more even game competition. The MANDATORY evaluation will be scheduled in early to mid September.
• 3rd and 4th grades will use 27.5" basketballs
• $185 ($135 on scholarship)
• Boys Only
• Meets twice per week, weeknights
  • 1 x Practice, either 6-7:20 PM or 7:40-9 PM, at local district gyms
  • 1 x Game on Wednesdays or Thursdays, either 6-7:20 PM or 7:40-9 PM, at local district gyms
• 10’ Hoops
• Includes:
  • 1  Jersey
  • Referees
  • End of year tourney
  • Medals and Trophies

Boys 5th to 8th Grade House Basketball:

• Nov 1th – Feb 27th (15 weeks)
• Each grade from 5th to 8th grade has a grade level team(s). Players are not allowed to play in a different grade level. If multiple teams per grade, evenly skilled teams will be created based on a MANDATORY evaluation that will be scheduled in early to mid September.
• Boys 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Graders play in the NWML (North West Metro League).  Throughout the season teams will play in 2-3 tournaments.
• $185 ($135 on scholarship)
• Boys Only
• Meets three times per week
  • 2 x Practice, either 6-7:20 PM or 7:40-9 PM, at local district gyms
  • 1 x Game, Friday night or Saturday mornings (some Sundays for tournaments)
• Game Location: TBD
• Includes:
  • 1  Jersey
  • 1 Short
  • Practice space
  • 8 regular season games
  • At least 1 mid- season tournament
  • End of year tourney
  • Referees

Girls 3rd & 4th Grade House Basketball:

• Nov 1th – Feb 27th  (15 weeks)
• Players will be required to attend a MANDATORY evaluation.  This will help us form equally skilled teams and allow for more even game competition. The MANDATORY evaluation will be scheduled in early to mid September.
• 3rd and 4th grades will use 27.5" basketballs
• $185 ($135 on scholarship)
• Girls Only
• Meets twice per week, weeknights
  • 1 x Practice, either 6-7:20 PM or 7:40-9 PM, at local district gyms
  • 1 x Game TBD
• 10’ Hoops
• Includes:
  • 1  Jersey
  • Referees
  • End of year tourney
  • Medals and Trophies

Girls 5th to 8th Grade House Basketball:

• Nov 1th – Feb 27th (15 weeks)
• 5th and 6th graders are combined to form teams and 7th and 8th graders are combined to form teams. If multiple teams are needed, evenly skilled teams will be created based on a MANDATORY evaluation that will be scheduled in early to mid September
• Girls 5th to 8th grade play in the NWML (North West Metro League).  Throughout the season teams will play in 2-3 tournaments. 
• $185 ($135 on scholarship)
• Girls Only
• Meets three times per week
  • 2 x Practice, either 6-7:20 PM or 7:40-9 PM, at local district gyms
  • 1 x Game, Friday night or Saturday mornings (some Sundays for tournaments)
  • Game Location: TBD
• Includes:
  • 1  Jersey
  • 1 Short
  • Practice space
  • 8 regular season games
  • At least 1 mid- season tournament
  • End of year tourney
  • Referees