Hello Upward Parents, Coaches, Volunteers!

We are gearing up for another wonderful season of Upward Basketball & Cheerleading, and wanted to provide an update to all of the families and volunteers from last year of the upcoming season details.

First of all, there are going to be a few changes to this upcoming season, that we wanted to make everyone aware of beforehand.

1. Upward Basketball & Cheerleading will now be from KINDERGARTEN - 5th GRADE. (no more 6th grade)

2. Upward Basketball will be having practices ONLY on Tuesday & Thursday (no more Monday practices)

3. Upward Basketball this year will be cutting the # of teams that we have. We typically have 36 basketball teams, for this year we are scaling back and doing 24 teams. By having 12 less teams, this means that our league will shrink in size, and have 96 less players. 

So what this means for parents of players, our league is going to fill up very FAST, 192 spots are available for registration Kindergarten - 5th grade, which mean unfortunately not everyone who played last year will have a spot on a team this year. We are very sorry about this, not being able to accommodate everyone, however our league is very volunteer heavy, and last year we had a shortage of volunteers for coaches and refs, and gym support staff, which makes running the league very difficult when you don't have enough volunteers. So our goal for this year is to scale back, to a more manageable size while we restructure and reorganize the league and fill volunteer roles so we are properly staffed, with the goal of next year going back up to 36 teams and adding Monday night practices back in.

As an incentive we want to make a special REGISTRATION OFFER to any parent who is willing to volunteer as a BBALL or CHEER Coach, Assistant Coach, Referee, Or Gym Support (setup, cleanup, timer clock etc.).

If you are willing to volunteer in one of the roles mentioned above, you will be able to register 1 WEEK BEFORE regular registration signups, essentially GUARANTEEING your child a spot on a team.

Click here to sign up to be a volunteer  

-- those individuals on this list that sign up to coach/ref/gym will be sent a special registration link 1 week before registration opens up!

Important Dates: Upcoming Registration and League Details

Volunteer Sign-Ups: Going on now!!

Early Registration for Volunteers: Opens up, Monday, October 14th  (sign up to volunteer, and get access to early registration 1 week ahead of everyone else!!)

General Registration: Opens up, Monday, October 21st

https://registration.upward.org/UPW69948

The registration cost per child for basketball or cheerleading is $85

Basketball & Cheer Evaluations & Jersey Sizing Days: (only need to attend 1 of the days)

Thursday, November 21st - 6pm - 8pm

OR

Saturday, November 23rd - 10am - 12pm

First Practices: Will start the week of January 7th, 2020 (practices on Tuesdays or Thursdays)

First Game: Saturday, January 25th

Picture Day: Saturday, February 1st
Last Game: Saturday, March 7th

Awards Celebration: Sunday, March 7th or 8th TBD

League Contacts:

Josh Wiley: 530-510-3277 (coaching & referee volunteers)

Cristy Ellis: 530-209-2170 (registration & general information)