BASKETBALL



The Boys & Girls Club Basketball program is a recreational league with an emphasis on teaching basic fundamentals in a fun, positive environment.

Registration
Basketball registration will begin on October 1st and run through November 3rd.  Cost is $75 online or with card, $70 if paying with cash.  If spots available, late registration will begin on November 4th with an additional $10 fee added to registration cost.

Skills Nights and Draft Dates (All at Boys & Girls Club):
**Please note that parents/players do not need to attend drafts for K-1st or 2nd-3rd leagues.
4th-5th Grade:  Tuesday, November 19th.  Girls at 6:00pm and Boys at 7:30pm
6th-8th Grade:  Thursday, November 21st.  Girls at 6:00pm and Boys at 7:30pm
K-1st Grade:  Thursday, December 5th.  Girls at 6:00pm and Boys at 7:00pm (Coaches Only)
2nd-3rd Grade:  Tuesday, December 3rd.  Girls at 6:00pm and Boys at 7:00pm (Coaches Only)
9th-12th Boys: TBD

Games will be played on Saturdays with occasional Playoff games during the week for older leagues. Practices will be held on weeknights once or twice a week.  Season tentatively starts January 11th and ends February 22nd with playoffs starting week of March 1st and end Saturday March 8th. 

Boys Divisions                                                                         Girls Divisions           
a. Kindergarten & 1st grades                                              a.  Kindergarten & 1st grades
b. 2nd & 3rd grades                                                                 b.  2nd & 3rd grades  
c. 4th & 5th grades                                                                   c.  4th & 5th grades   
d. 6th through 8th grades                                                     d.  6th through 8th grades  
e. 9th through 12th grades 

Gentry and Gravette will only have K/1 and 2nd/3rd Grade leagues offered for both boys and girls.

Scores will only be kept in leagues from 4th Grade and up. There will be a postseason tournament and Championship for each of these leagues as well. Individual Medals will be given for Tournament Champion, Finalist, Sportsmanship, and Academic winners. Plaques will be given to the Head Coach of these teams.

Draft Policy 
The Boys and Girls Club believes that its basketball program should, and will operate for the benefit of the participant.  It is our goal to operate athletic leagues that are fair to each department.  The best way to be fair is to have an honest draft that will have the well-being of the players foremost in mind.        
         1.  Drafting Sequence
                       a. All players participating in each respective league will be entered into a draft.
                       b. It will be a snake draft. (Top to bottom and then bottom to top. Ex. 1-6 then 6-1)
                       c. Coach’s kids will be locked for the first two rounds of their grades draft.  
                            The Head Coach must select their child as the second pick of their age group. The Assistant Coach must select their                                     child as the first pick of their age group.
                       d. Drafts will be conducted by grade order.  For example, all 5th graders will be drafted 
                            before any 4th graders can be drafted.
                       e. All siblings in same division must be drafted on the same team.  If you select one sibling then the other must be                                             selected in the following available round.

          2.  Late Registration
                       a. The names of ALL players who register after the deadline will be placed in a hat and drawn by the teams after the                                    draft is completed.  The team that would have been next in the draft will pull first and the names will continue to be                                    pulled in the same drafting sequence.
                       b. Players who register after the draft date will be placed on a team by the League Commissioner in the sequence of the                                 draft and with consideration to the number of players on each team.

          3.  All eligible players will be selected.

          4.  Protecting Players
                       a. Intent
                            It is the position of the Boys and Girls Club that the perfect draft would have all players eligible to be drafted by the                                     first team that wanted them.  Actually, protected players distort a fair and open draft.  However, the Boys and Girls                                    Club recognizes that parents want to coach their own children.  In order to make this possible, we allow for the                                              protection of the Head Coach and one Assitant Coaches child in the draft.

          5.  Draft Day
                       a. Assigned coaches ONLY, will be allowed to draft for their respective teams.
                       b. Available adults will draft for teams without coaches.
                       c. Children and non-participants will not be allowed in the drafting room.
                       d. The results of the draft are FINAL.

Arkansas Activities Association - Eligibility Rules for Students (Athletic)
Rule 14 - Participation on Non-School Teams
A. Team Sports
1. A student who is a member of a school's athletic team and who has engaged in interscholastic
competition may not try out for, practice with, or otherwise participate with, or be a member of a
non-school athletic team in the same sport, in season, without losing eligibility for up to a full year
(365 days) from the date of such participation with the non-school team. 


Locations
All games will be played in Siloam Springs at the Boys & Girls Club, the Intermediate School, or Southside Elementary.
Championship location will be announced during the season.

Coaches and Officials
Anyone interested in Coaching or Officiating needs to contact athletics@bgcwbc.org or 479-524-4174. 



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