BASKETBALL | 2008 Winter Basketball Programs In Edgewood |
| Wednesday, 05 November 2008 | |
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Rec basketball consists of several different programs, with separate teams for girls and boys. All teams are Edgewood-based.
Sunday clinics will be held on the following dates: 11/16, 11/23, 12/7, 12/14, 1/11, 1/25, 2/1, and 2/8. The following is the list of coordinators for each grade and the expected scheduled times for each clinic. If your child is interested in playing, please e-mail the appropriate coordinator:
10:00pm-10:55pm: 1st grade Boys
11:00am-11:55am: 2nd grade boys
12:00pm-12:55am: 2nd grade girls
1:00pm-1:55pm: 1st grade girls
2:00pm-2:55pm: 3rd grade girls
3:00pm-3:55pm: Kindergarten girls
4:00pm-4:55pm: Kindergarten boys
The "A" team is for children whose skills may be more advanced and are looking to compete at higher level. The "B" teams are for children looking to compete in a friendly sports environment. The Scarsdale Recreation Department requires each neighborhood to only have one "A" team for each grade and each "A" team is limited to 8 players. Tryouts for the "A" team will be held on the following dates at Edgewood, as follows:
Wednesday 11/12
Thursday 11/13
Friday 11/14
Monday 11/17
Tuesday 11/18
Friday 11/21 Coaches of the 6th, 7th and 8th grade teams will serve as evaluators. They will be assigned to evaluate players in grades they are not coaching to make the evaluations as impartial and as objective as possible. Any child who is not selected for the "A" team or who chooses not to try out for the "A" team will be assigned to one of the "B" teams for that grade. The Edgewood teams will be formed, and the schedules set after the total number of children participating is determined, so it is essential that you contact your grade coordinator to let them know of your child's interest as soon as possible. It would be helpful (but it is not at all mandatory) if you would indicate whether your child intends to try out for the "A" team.
Please remember to wear blue Edgewood T-shirts to all games. Families must pay their Edgewood Athletic Association dues for their children to participate in any of the basketball programs. EAA Membership Forms may be downloaded from the Membership Page of the EAA website. Or contact the basketball coordinator for your child's grade, as listed below. Basketball Coordinators
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth Grade |
Basketball clinics for grades K-3 will start November 16th and rec basketball for grades 4-8 will begin in mid-November, with practices for grades 4-8 scheduled to start shortly before Thanksgiving. Clinics will extend into February 2009. Rec basketball games will begin December 6th and end in March 2009. It is important that all children be registered through the 
Grades K-3 have Sunday clinics, in 55 minute sessions, held in the Edgewood gymnasium. The clinics will begin on November 16th. The cost for the entire season is $40 per child, which helps defray the signficant janitorial and heating expenses, paid by the EAA, for opening the school on Sundays. The $40 fee is in addition to your EAA Dues. All families who have children that will participate in the Sunday clinics must be paid members of the EAA. EAA representatives will be on hand at a table outside the gymnasium on the first day of the Sunday clinics, November 16th, to collect Sunday basketball fees as well as EAA dues. Please be sure to make your payment on November 16th.
Grades 6-8 will play games against other Scarsdale neighborhoods, usually on Saturdays, with occasional games on Friday nights. There will also be one practice each week, usually on a weekday evening at Edgewood. The primary difference between the program for 6-8th graders and the 4-5th graders' program is that one "A" team is formed in each of the 6-8th grades, to play in a separate "A" league against the other Scarsdale schools.
