Mon & Sat · Frayser
10U coed
Footwork, passing and learning to lose. Ten-minute halves and a coach on the floor.
Season 9 · Week of Oct 12
This week on the court
Three gyms, nine age groups. Study hall comes first, every practice day, no exceptions.
Next upRegister a player
Mon12
- 4:00Study hall · Park Ave
- 5:3012U boys practice
- 5:3010U skills · Frayser
Tue13
- 4:00Study hall · Park Ave
- 6:00Girls 14U practice
Wed14
- 5:30Coaches' huddle
- 6:3018U open run · Whitehaven
Thu15
- 4:00Study hall · Frayser
- 5:3014U boys practice
- 6:00Girls 12U practice
Fri16
- 6:00Friday Night Lights: 14U
- 7:00Halftime talk
- 7:3018U games
Sat17
- 9:0010U & 12U games
- 12:00Girls' games
- 1:30Cookout · Park Ave lot
Sun18
- Rest day
Season 9 so far
Counted at the scorer's table
From August tip-off to the first week of October.
Aug 3 – Oct 4, 2026
4121
players on a roster
- 1Ages 9 to 18. About a third are girls.
- 2Signed in and out by a tutor.
- 3Registration is $25. We waive it for anyone who asks, no questions.
Figures from the league's sign-in sheets and the scorebook, checked by two board members.
Study hall
No homework, no layups
Every practice day starts at four with an hour of homework at the long tables by the gym door. Tutors from three churches and two college education programs sit with the kids who are stuck.
It is the rule players complain about most in September, and the one parents thank us for at the end-of-season banquet.
- Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00 PM
- Snacks and water before the books come out
- Report cards checked each grading period
- Reading buddies for 10U players
Divisions
Find your team
Age is as of September 1. Every player gets minutes in every game.
Tue, Thu & Sat · Park Ave
Girls 12U & 14U
The fastest-growing part of the league. Coached by women, with a college mentor on every bench.
Wed & Fri · Whitehaven
18U open run
For high schoolers and players who've aged out. Run by Jarvis Clay, who played at Melrose.
From the bench
I grew up in this gym. Somebody fed me, somebody checked my report card and somebody prayed for me at halftime. I just wanted to make sure that's still here when my grandson needs it.
League news
Around the league
Study hall
Sixty-one players made the study hall honor roll
Every one of them brought a report card with no grade below a C. Their names go up on the board by the Park Avenue doors.
Girls
Girls' league passes 130 players
Two new 14U teams, a fourth practice night and a waiting list for referees.
Divisions
The wheels division tips off November 7
Eight players, two borrowed sport chairs and a coach who played wheelchair ball for twelve seasons. Saturday mornings at Park Avenue.
Winter season sign-up closes Oct 30.
$25, waived for anyone who asks. Every player plays.