3rd/4th Grade

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

     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.

 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.

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