WRS concluded it's 8th season of youth basketball at the season celebration on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Thank you to all the volunteer coaches, referees and lead team members for your hard work and dedication to this league. We look forward to many more great future seasons!
TBA
Mid-November through beginning of March
Nine to 10 weeks
Currently, our season is eight games long and each game takes approximately one hour to play.
Practices are currently one hour long, once a week.
Registration is preferred to be done online and begins in October, ending in mid-November. If you would rather register manually, please contact the office at 773-2233.
WRS is a grade-based program, not an age-based program. We offer leagues from kindergarten through eigth grade for both boys and girls. Operating off of our fiscal calendar which runs from August - July, a boy/girl must be in Kindergarten during the season in which they are playing to participate.
Your registration fee of $80, includes a team jersey, t-shirt, and more. All team equipment for practice and games in regard to balls, wrist-bands (for defensive guarding purposes), cones, practice jerseys (pennies), etc., is provided by the league. Players will need to have their own athletic shoes, though basketball-specific shoes are recommended, not required.
For the most part, the game rules are the same has high school basketball, but are tailored to be age and skill level appropriate.
Participants in the league are not required to be members of White River Christian Church or of any church. The league is designed as a community league open to anyone, regardless of church affiliation.
While standings are not kept, we do offer a season ending Tournament in the 4th-8th grade divisions. The league is designed to teach and emphasize fundamentally sound basketball and provide players the opportunity to compete.
Anyone is eligible to apply to coach in the league, however, we do complete background checks on all coaching applicants and reserve the right to accept or decline coaches on the basis of our discretion.