News and Announcements
PRACTICE WEEK 10/15 - 10/19
TUESDAY 10/16:
JUNIOR A - 7-9 PM HIGH SCHOOL UPPER GYM
JUNIOR B - 7-9 PM HIGH SCHOOL UPPER GYM
BIDDY A - 7-9 PM MIDDLE SCHOOL UPPER GYM
WEDNESDAY 10/17:
BIDDY B - 8-9 PM HIGH SCHOOL NEW GYM
THURSDAY 10/18:
JUNIOR C - 7-9 PM HIGH SCHOOL UPPER GYM
BIDDY B - 7-9 PM HIGH SCHOOL UPPER GYM
BIDDY C - 7-9 PM MIDDLE SCHOOL UPPER GYM
4TH GRADE - 5:30-7 PM LABOR HALL
JUNIOR B - 7-8:15 PM LABOR HALL
JUN IOR A - 8:15-9:30 PM LABOR HALL
FRIDAY 10/19:
BIDDY A - 7-9 PM HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM
OPEN - 7-9 PM HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM
2007-2008 Rosters
I want to thank all players for trying out for the BGBC. The effort the girls put forth was tremendous. I think we are going to have a great year.
As I said at the parent meetings everyone will learn, have a good time and play at a level against other teams that is equal to their level. It was a difficult time for all of us who evaluated the players. The meeting took a long time and many difficult decisions had to be made. We feel we did what was best for the girls, the teams and the program.
Here are the teams:
4th Grade - Coach Jim Giacone
PRACTICE THURSDAY 10/4 from 5:30-6:45 AT LABOR HALL
This team had 16 girls sign up. 7 3rd graders and 9 4th graders. We are looking to recruit 4 more girls to make 2 teams of 10. Let coach Giacone or myself know of anyone who might be interested in joining our teams.
Mary Crawford - 3rd MacKenzie Gicewicz -3rd Bryn MacDonald - 3rd
Kacie Oliver - 3rd Emily Sleurs - 3rd Taylor Travis - 3rd
Rylee Von Wedel - 3rd Jenna Giacone - 4th Jillian Hooper - 4th
Hannah Korkos - 4th Elizabeth Parente - 4th Samantha Stever - 4th
Lilhy Rose Warford - 4th Shannon Howland - 4th Ellie Dutcher - 4th
Reagan Birr - 4th
BIDDY - There were 37 girls signed up. So there will be 3 team A-B-C consisting of 12A-12B-13C. The girls are listed in no particular order.
Biddy A - Coach Carol Quinn
PRACTICE THURSDAY 10/4 from 7-9PM AT HIGH SCHOOL UPPER GYM
Lindsay Jones - 6th Caroline Maniccia - 6th Maeve Owens - 6th
Brenna Raffe - 6th Tess Alonge - 5th Gabriella Giacone - 5th
Kylie McKenna - 5th Abigail Quinn - 5th Kaylee Rickert - 5th
Tori Trossett - 5th Olivia Hughes - 5th Ellie Warner-Rousseau - 5th
Biddy B - Coach Mike Conroy
PRACTICE THURSDAY 10/4 from 7-9PM AT HIGH SCHOOL UPPER GYM
Olivia Conroy - 6th Maeve Mulderry - 6th Vanessa Vaccarino - 6th
Katie Stever - 6th Allison Deyo - 6th Michayla Hodom - 6th
Taylor Barnes - 5th Erin Murray - 5th Mary Richards - 5th
Abbi Wright - 5th Eileen Fitzpatrick - 5th Erin O'Donnell - 5th
Biddy C - Coach Dave Homsey
PRACTICE THURSDAY 10/4 from 6:45 - 8 AT LABOR HALL
Alexandria Youngblood - 6th Sarah Homsey - 5th Katie Wainwright - 5th
Ms. Smith - 5th Jordan Brazais-Eberle - 5th Austen Crawford - 5th
Emma Downing - 5th Lindsay Farbant - 5th Rachel Havill - 5th
Lily Killar - 5th Francesca Greagon - 5th Ms. Travis Kate Gallagher - 5th
JUNIOR - There were 39 players signed up. there will be 3 teams A-B-C of 13 players each.
Junior A - Coach Joe Murphy
PRACTICE FRIDAY 10/5 from 7-9 AT HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM
Moriah Grenstein - 8th Natalie Sica - 8th Katie Smith - 8th
Allie Olsen - 8th Anna Morrill - 8th Shannon Mc Shane - 8th
Maura Desharnias - 8th Jamie Cerone - 8th Courtney Bucklin - 8th
Colleen Bernstein - 8th Bridget Murphy - 7th Brianna Swete - 7th
Tara Teal - 7th
Junior B - Coach Jim Coffey
PRACTICE FRIDAY 10/5 from 7-9pm AT HIGH SCHOOL MAIN GYM
Brittany Tangora - 8th Emily Lemieux - 8th Lauren Ganley - 8th
Karrin Beswick - 8th Katie Beswick - 7th Giana Calabrese - 7th
Jennifer O'Keefe - 7th Meghan Zimmerman - 7th Lauren Nardacci - 7th
Emily Venezia - 7th Kelly Muncil - 7th Casey Coffey - 7th
Nicole Havill - 7th
Junior C - Coach Jeff Gillham
PRACTICE THURSDAY 10/4 from 8-9:15 AT LABOR HALL
Elizabeth Weber - 7th Anna Bango - 7th Haley McCarthy - 7th
Manpreet Saran - 7th Ashley Demarco - 7th Amanda Demarco - 7th
Ashley Bucklin - 7th Kaylani Johnson - 7th Maria Cornell - 7th
Alexandra Edlow - 7th Genavieve Paeglow - 7th Victoria Buehler - 7th
Ms.Thomas -
Again congratulations to all the girls and thank you to all the Coaches who helped during tryouts.
I apologize to the players that I didn't use their first names they were missing from my list.
WELCOME TO THE 2007-2008 BASKETBALL SEASON
It's time to start the 2007-2008 Capital District Girls Basketball season.
Wow did summer go fast.
Welcome back to those who have played for us before and welcome to everyone who is new to our program.
I have been getting calls and e mails asking about the time table for the new year. So here goes:
PRE - REGISTRATION: When: Tues 9/25 & Wed 9/26 7-9PM
Where: Bethlehem Town Park Rec Building
It is highly recommended you pre register so we can get an idea of how many participants we will have. this allows us to get Coaches, arrange gym time, see how many new uniforms we will need. etc.
FORMS CAN BE FOUND ON THE HANDOUT PAGE LINK.
TRY OUTS: When: Saturday 9/29 & Tues 10/2 - see pre registration form for times by age.
It is recommended you attend both dates. If you can't let us know.
There will be a spot for every girl who tries out. We will form teams and play in real leagues with real games and the possibility of playoffs for all.
UNIFORMS: WE WILL BE GETTING NEW UNIFORMS FOR ALL TRAVEL TEAMS THIS YEAR!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!
If you have a uniform from summer league please bring it to the pre - registration.
There will be a deposit in the form of a $75 check that will not be cashed and will be returned to you at the end of the season when the uniform is returned in the condition it was issued in. This is due after tryouts and team selections.
PRACTICE: We have the labor hall every Thursday night. We will also use the Middle School and High School - dates to be determined.
SCHOOL TEAMS: there is no restriction on what teams you can play on. you may play multiple teams. We ask that if you do this that you let us know your level of commitment to our team. It is not fair to those who play for us only to lose time to someone that doesn't come to practices.
ROSTERS: All player rosters must be submitted by Oct 31. If you plan on trying out for a school team and don't make it you can't be added to our teams after 10/31.
COST: is on the pre registration form. For those who played 7th -9th summer league there will be a $5 discount from the fee.
2007 Summer League Basketball Information
Summer League begins in JULY!!! ALL FORMS AND SCHEDULES CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE HANDOUT LINK!!
ALL games are played on indoor courts !!!
5th & 6th grade team (current 4th & 5th grade girls)
Game times will be at 5:45pm at Colonie High School.
All games will be on Monday & Wednesday evenings.
7th, 8th & 9th grade team (current 6th, 7th & 8th grade girls)
ALL games will be played at Colonie Central High School
Game times will be at 6:45pm or 7:45pm, All games will be on Monday & Wednesday evenings.
There is an entry fee for our teams to join such a pogram (we ask for $25.00 per girl, to help off set the registration fee).
We generally like to have 20 - 30 girls available on the roster. It has been our experience that there are mnay other comflicts, other sports, camps, vacations, family events, etc. We are lucky to get 7 - 10 girls on a given night.
Who coaches? We look to parents who are either activly already coaching or who may think about coaching next year. It is not a huge responsibility, show up, help substitute, and that's about it
There are some exceptions. We also have teams playing in HVCC, there is a varsity team & a JV team. Mark Nealon, BC Varsity coach will determine my way of a meeting & sign-up who will play in which HVCC league.
CURRENT 8TH GRADE GIRLS: Please be aware that if you are going onto 9th grade next year, you can play in either/both Colonie & HVCC leagues.
Just because you are asked to play on the HVCC JV league, does not mean you will make the BC JV team, or even the BC Freshman team.
Please contact Joe Murphy if you are interested in either of the Colonie Teams, 5/6 and 7/8/9. Pay close attention to morning announcement from Coach Nealon.
Tops will be provided by the respective programs. Wear your own black shorts. Tops must be returned at the completon of the summer leagues last game.
If your interested in playing on one of the summer league teams (5/6) or (7/8/9) or coaching one of them, please contatc Joe Murphy as well. We can't have to many of either.
Thanks,
Jeff Gillham
BGBC Board Member
TEAM PICTURES
Thank You Sean Sullivan for organizing the TEAM PICTURES. Once again it looked like everything ran very smoothly. YOUR pictures will be shipped directly to your home. If you do not receive your pictures let your coach know or contact Sean Sullivan.