Registration is OPEN for 24-25 season

For information please contact:

Upward League Commissioner
Justin Miller 

or

North Main Pastor & Upward Coordinator
Melissa Hickman at   or (office) 724-332-7813.

The registration link is: https://registration.upward.org/UPW87862

Registration for our 4-6th grade basketball league is now open plus we are excited to announce CHEERLEADING! Every team will play 6 regular season games plus an end of season tournament. We tried to start the league towards the tail end of the elementary travel basketball season but want to finish before Easter and spring sports. We are allowing 3rd graders who played for their school team to play in our 4th grade division. Besides the 3rd graders, we are not going to allow any players to play up this season.

Games

in this league will be played full court with the presence of a PIAA referee (or two volunteer referees). Tournament games will have two referees per game.

Cost and Payment Details

Cost will be $95 (the extra $10 is for referees) plus an optional $14 for shorts or cheer turtlenecks. There is also a sibling discount of $15 per child. If the sibling participated in the k-3rd grade basketball and cheerleading league, please enter the sibling discount code SIBLING25 when registering. Scholarships are available for those in need (email us at or call/text 724.679.1755 for more details). We are asking all families to pay online when they register which is different from what we had in the past. If there is an issue where you can't participate then we will issue a full refund.

Mandatory Evaluations for Basketball

Instead of an evaluation day like we’ve done in our K-3rd grade league, we will be having MANDATORY evaluation nights which will be an open gym/scrimmaging concept on the following nights:

6th Grade - Tuesday, February 4th (6-7:30)

5th Grade – Wednesday, February 5th (6-7:30) 

4th Grade – Thursday, February 6th (6-7:30)

You must attend the evaluation night in order to play (your travel coach will understand). After the evaluation for each group, the coaches will be drafting teams. This is a concept that has proved successful in past seasons and in other Upward leagues to make the teams more competitive and balanced for older age groups. To accomplish this, we will not be allowing carpool links (except for siblings) or practice night exclusions. (If your child has a crazy schedule, please sign up to be a coach so you can pick your practice day and time) There will also be an initial coach meeting Tuesday, January 28th from 6:30-8 PM (coaches only).

Cheer

We are so excited to introduce cheer to our league! Cheerleaders must be 4-6th grade. Practice day and time is to be determined. We will also have a welcome day to make sure your contact information is up to date and correct any uniform sizing issues plus you will get to meet our amazing coaches!!

Other Important Dates and Information

• First week of practice will be the week of February 10th.
• Teams will have an optional practice Saturday, February 15th.
• First game will be Saturday, February 22nd. We will start the games late morning and run into the evening depending on the number of teams to limit competing with other sports.
• There will be no games the March 15th due to a church function so enjoy a weekend off!
• Awards ceremony (last regular season game) April 5th.
• Tournament will be April 11-13. Depending on the number of teams, games be Friday night, all day Saturday and possibly Sunday afternoon. This will give each team 6 games plus a tournament; therefore, guaranteeing at least 7 games for the season.
• Unfortunately, there will be no snow make up games.
• The Snack Shack will be open this season!

Volunteers

WE NEED COACHES!! Please let us know asap if you are willing to coach or be an assistant coach. We also know many of you have someone at your church (or maybe yourself!) who would be great at giving halftime devotions. Please feel free to pass along their name and contact information. You can also register at https://registration.upward.org/UPW87862/volunteer

God Bless and GO UPWARD!!

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