2024-2025 Children & Youth Basketball

This great ministry looks forward to a fantastic season filled with fun, sportsmanship, and the spiritual growth of our players. Our primary goal is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ while our players have great experiences on and off the court. That means plenty of playing time, making new friends, learning how to play and interact as a team player, learning how to both win and lose, and most of all, every player growing in their spiritual walk with God.

Goals

  • To teach and practice basketball skills and fundamentals.
  • To spend quality time in the Scriptures revealing the good news of Jesus Christ.
  • To show the love of Jesus Christ by taking on a mission project with the team during the season.
  • To give every player a chance to play as much as possible.
  • To show Christian sportsmanship at every opportunity.
  • To develop and deepen relationships with teammates in a Christ-driven environment.
  • To have fun playing a team sport where Christian principles come before winning.

Registration

Registration begins on August 25 and ends on September 28.

Steps for Registration

  • Read the program policies (Instructional Mites – Mites Policy) (Minors Through Seniors Policy)
  • We are offering a single registration for ALL ages so that families can register and pay once. Please be sure to select the appropriate registration type based on your child’s grade level in the 2024-2025 year.
  • Complete the online registration and payment using the link below.

REGISTER

Key Dates

  • 8/25/2024 – Registration begins
  • 9/22/2024 – Registration ends
  • 9/28/2024 – *Late registration cut off (late fees attached)
  • 9/29/2024 – Safe Sanctuary Training following church services and coaches meeting
  • 10/20/2024 – Practices begin
  • 11/9/2023 – Games begin

General Information

Age Groups

Age groups are as follows with Divisions based on child’s grade as of September 1

  • Instructional Mites – K5 and 1st Grade (8′ Goals)
  • Mites – 2nd and 3rd Grade (8′ Goals)
  • Minors – 4th and 5th grade ( move to 10′ Goals)
  • Juniors – 6th through 8th Grades
  • Seniors ‐ 9th through 12th Grades

Practice Schedules

The coaches determine their practice times within a limited day and time-frame. We will try to have same‐age groups practice at the same time or back‐to‐back. Assignments will be made for specific nights for specific age groups.

Safe Sanctuary

Safe Sanctuary requirements are in place to protect the players and adult volunteers. All adults interacting in a volunteer capacity must participate in a Safe Sanctuary training session each year and have prior Safe Sanctuary approval.

CLBBY League

Buncombe Street will be playing in the Church League Basketball for Youth (better known as the Downtown Church League). We feel this League is a great match for our basketball program and we look forward to another great year.  On the CLBBY website, you’ll find : Rules and Regulations, Schedules, Church Maps, game updates, league and divisional information, and League Tournament information. One really great thing about this league is that we have 5 church gyms we’ll be playing in that are within walking distance of BSMC!

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