Special Note to Junior High Parents: If your son is planning to try out for a Junior High School Basketball team, you should still complete a registration form at this time so that a spot will be available in our program. If your son makes a Junior High School Basketball team and is not eligible to play in our program, you will receive a full refund. If your daughter played in Junior High Volleyball notify your coach. The Thunderbird Basketball teams are not considered to be a school-sponsored program.
BOY’S CYO BASKETBALL
This is a competitive basketball program for boys in grades 3 - 12. We will attempt to field a minimum of one team per grade level in grades 3 - 8 with a maximum of 10 boys per team. Grades 9 -12 usually have teams that are divided into a Freshman/Sophomore team and a Junior/Senior team. The coaches will contact each registered player as to the date and time of the open gyms and team tryouts if required. Official practice begins around November 1 with games beginning in early December. The season is usually over in early March. Players of teams in the CYO leagues are requested to be members of the parish or be from a parish that does not field a team in that sport at that grade level.
GIRL’S CYO VOLLEYBALL
This is a competitive league for girls in grades 3 - 8. We may have tryouts in some grade levels depending on the number of registrations received. We will attempt to field a minimum of one team per grade level with a maximum of 9 girls per team if interest is present. There may also be teams comprised of two grade levels. Practice begins in early December with league play beginning in January. The season usually ends in late February to mid-March depending on tournament schedules. Girls are requested to be a member of St. John Parish or be a member of a parish, which does not field a team in this sport at this grade level. Girls will be notified by their respective coaches in mid-November for the practice times.
RECREATIONAL LEAGUE
This Coed League is for boys and girls in grades 1 - 2 and we accept all participants from the community. We will attempt to have ten to twelve 1st/2nd grade teams using 8 ½ Foot Baskets. All games are played at St. John or in one of the Lakota School buildings. Teams are selected by a blind draw and or player evaluation in an attempt to field teams with similar playing ability. Teams will be formed and players notified of their team by their coach in early November. Practice will begin in mid-November with games beginning in early December and ending in late February.
BOY’S CYO VOLLEYBALL
This is a competitive league for boys in grades 3 - 8. Practice begins in early March with league play beginning in mid-April. The season ends before the Memorial Day weekend. Games are played on Monday through Friday between the time of 5:30 PM and 8:30 PM. Boys should be a member of St. John Parish or be a member of a parish, which does not field a team in this sport at this grade level. Boys will be notified by the respective coaches by early March of the practice times.
If you are interested in coaching as a Head Coach or Assistant Coach for any parish team involving children the Archdiocese of Cincinnati requires each coach to attend a Child Protection Workshop along with being fingerprinted.
Volunteers are required to make these programs successful so, please contact
Ray Irwin at 779-3444 if you have any questions.