Southwestern Youth Association Sports

2024 SYA BASKETBALL

SYA SUMMER BASKETBALL 2024

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Summer House League Teams for Rising Grades

 

  • Instructional Program  – CURRENT grades K/1st grade (current 1st graders have option)
  • Beginners - Current 1st grade and rising 2nd/3rd grade
  • Juniors – Grades 4, 5, and 6
  • Middle School – Grades 7 and 8
  • Boys High School – Grades 9-12
  • Girls High School – Grades 7-12

Registration Deadlines by Division

Register as soon as you can – it helps our commissioners get organized and recruit coaches. Summer registration is now open with $15 Early Bird discount through end of March. Late fees of $25 start May 1 and Waitlist will start June 1 and run the  risk of not being placed onto a team.

Winter & Summer House teams are grouped into Divisions and Leagues by sex, grade, and, where necessary, by geographical area as follows:

  • Instructional league – Grades K and 1st
  • Beginners - Grades 2 and 3
  • Juniors – Grades 4, 5, and 6
  • Middle School – Grades 7 and 8
  • Boys High School – Grades 9/10 and 11/12
  • Girls High School – Grades 9-12

Eligibility

Players in 1st through 12th Grade are eligible to participate in SYA Winter & Summer Basketball. All must register to be placed on teams. In addition to registration, players in 4ththrough 12th Grade must participate in a skill evaluation. See the House Skill Evaluation Schedule to find your evaluation date.

 

 

 

 

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TRYOUTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR

SYA ELITE AAU BASKETBALL PROGRAM

 

2024 SYA Spring Basketball Season Information

Girls 5th Grade

Boys 7th Grade

SYA Spring AAU basketball aims to develop advanced players in a competitive environment. The season will run from mid-March to mid-June. Practice will take place twice a week in the Centreville/Clifton area.   Teams will play in 5-7 local weekend AAU tournaments.  Uniforms will be provided to players without SYA travel uniforms.

TRYOUT SCHEDULE

GIRLS 5th GRADE                          Head Coach: Justin Leiser  justin9697@yahoo.com

Sun, Feb 18th          1:00-2:30        Liberty Middle School 

Wed, Feb 21st          6:00-7:30       Stone Middle School

 

 

BOYS 7th GRADE                            Head Coach: Phil Livingston  philip.livingston@goldbelt.com

Sat, Feb 10th           10:30-12:00     Deer Park Elementary                        Open Gym 

Fri, Feb 16th             6:00-7:30         Liberty Middle School

Sat, Feb 24th            10:00-11:30     Deer Park Elementary

 

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WINTER HOUSE LEAGUE BASKETBALL  2023-24 

Registrations is now closed, teams have formed, and practices are underway for grades 2nd-12th.  The K/1st grade league will begin in January.

Team practices will take place Sat, Dec 9th - Fri, Dec 15th and will resume after the winter break, starting Jan 2nd.   Games will begin Sat, Dec 16th and then resume after the winter break the weekend of Jan 6th-7th.

All games and practices will be held in local Centreville/Clifton area schools.

Please note that the SYA Basketball website is a valuable resource for information throughout the season.  Team game schedules and results, playoff brackets, picture day schedule, will be posted on the Game Schedule link.  Open gyms and trainings will be posted on the Clinics/Open Gyms link. The SYA rule book can be found in the Resources link, under "Coaches Resources".  Please also check out the "Parent Resources" section.

In order to participate in games and practices, all players must bring their own basketball and wear shorts WITHOUT pockets.

If you have any questions throughout the season,  please feel free to reach out to your child's age group commissioner below or email   COMMISSIONER@SYABASKETBALL.ORG

            

 League

 Grade  Age Group Commissioner  Email
 Travel  5th-8th  Josh Purdy  commissioner@syabasketball.org
 Coed  K-1st  Gary Flather

 ceo@syasports.org

 Boys  2nd  Dee Gutierez

deersxs@gmail.com

 Boys  3rd   Meghan Rubio

 meghan.rubio@gmail.com

 Boys  4th  David Cho

familycho@gmail.com 

 Boys  5th  Kristi Purdy

purdyks@yahoo.com

 Boys   6th  Monny Saini

monnysaini@gmail.com

 Boys   7th  Renee Macri

 renee_macri@yahoo.com

 Boys   8th  Renee Macri

renee_macri@yahoo.com

 Boys   9th-10th  Aimee Wells

aimeebwells77@gmail.com

 Boys   11th-12th  Sultan Ludd  sludd@cox.net 
 Girls  2nd  Kristi Purdy  purdyks@yahoo.com
 Girls   3rd/4th  Kristi Purdy  purdyks@yahoo.com
 Girls   5th/6th  Lucy Hickey

lulu9252@yahoo.com

 Girls   7th-12th  Ed McCarthy  bigedmccarthy@gmail.com

 

SKILLS EVALUATION SCHEDULE WINTER 2023

(Note: Skills evaluations are not required for 1st & 2nd grade)

Boys

 3rd Grade

 Sat, Dec 2nd 8:15 a.m.

Stone Middle School

Boys   4th Grade

 Sat, Dec 2nd 4:45

Stone Middle School

Boys   5th Grade   Sat, Dec 2nd 3:30 Stone Middle School
Boys   6th Grade  Sat, Dec 2nd  11:45

Stone Middle School

Boys   7th Grade  Sat, Dec 2nd 10:15 Stone Middle School
Boys    8th Grade  Sat, Dec 2nd  9:15 Stone Middle School
Boys  9th/10th Grade  Sun, Dec 3rd  12:00-2:00 Centreville High
Boys  11th/12th Grade  Sun, Dec 3rd  2:00-4:00 Centreville High
Girls  3rd/4th Grade

 Sat, Dec 2nd   1:00

Stone Middle School

Girls   5th/6th Grade  Sat, Dec 2nd  2:15 Stone Middle School
Girls  7th-12 Grade  Mon, Dec 4th  6:00 Stone Middle School

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WINTER TRAVEL BASKETBALL  2023-24

Tryouts for SYA Winter Travel Basketball will held the very beginning of October.  The tryout schedule is posted below.  In order to be considered for a travel team, players must attend at least two tryouts.  Open gyms will begin early Sept and are posted here.  Open gyms are an opportunity for players considering trying out for a travel team to come out, meet the coaches, and experience basketball drills and scrimmages. It is also an opportunity for travel coaches to get to meet the players who will be trying out.  In order to tryout, players must register for "Basketball - Travel Tryouts - Winter" at syasports.org.  There is no cost for registration for Travel Basketball Tryouts.

In addition to open gyms, SYA will be offering complimentary training to players who are registered for "SYA Travel Tryouts".  Please see the "Clinics/Open Gyms" tab here for dates and times.

Teams will be formed and practices will begin early/mid October.  Games will begin late November and continue through the first week of March with a two week break during the FCPS winter break. SYA participates in the Fairfax County Youth Basketball League,FCYBL Games will be held in Fairfax County school gyms on weekends.  It should be noted that Travel League games will not necessarily be in the local Centreville area.  Please email any questions you might have to Josh Purdy at commissioner@syabasketball.org.

Winter Travel Tryout Schedule 2023

Girls 5th

 Mon, Oct 2nd     6:00-7:30

 Thurs, Oct 5th     7:00-8:30

 Tues, Oct 10th,    7:00-8:30

 London Towne Elem

 Cub Run Elementary

 Deer Park Elementary

Girls 6th

   Tues, Oct 3rd,  6:00-7:30

    Wed,Oct 4th   6:00-7:30

    Mon, Oct 9th  7:30-9:00

 Cub Run Elementary

 Colin Powell Elementary

 London Towne Elem

Girls 7th

   Mon, Oct 2nd,    7:30-9:00  

   Tues, Oct 10th,   6:00-7:30

   Thurs, Oct 12th,   6:00-7:30

 London Towne Elem

 London Towne Elem

 London Towne Elem

Boys 5th

  Mon, Oct 2nd, 6:00-7:30 

  Wed, Oct 4th, 6:00-7:30 

  Mon Oct 9th, 6:00-7:30

 Deer Park Elementary

 Deer Park Elementary

 Deer Park Elementary

Boys 6th

  Mon, Oct 2nd, 7:30-9:00

  Wed, Oct 4th, 7:30-9:00

 Thurs, Oct 5th, 6:00-7:30

 Deer Park Elementary

 Deer Park Elementary

 Deer Park Elementary

Boys 7th

  Tues, Oct 3rd    6:00-7:30

  Thurs, Oct 5th   7:30-9:00

  Mon, Oct 9th     6:00-7:30 

 Deer Park Elementary

 Deer Park Elementary

 London Towne Elem

 Boys  8th

  Mon, Oct 9th       7:30-9:00

  Wed, Oct 11th     6:00-7:30

  Fri,  Oct 13th      7:00-8:30

 Deer Park Elementary

  Colin Powell Elem

  Stone Middle School

 

 

 

  

 

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