Star of the Sea Catholic School Basketball 2022-23

Dear Parents,

Welcome to basketball season! We have finalized the practice schedules starting the week of November 21st. Practice times are separated into “Before Christmas Break” and “After Christmas Break”. See all practice times HERE and below.

Complete game schedules will be available by December 15, 2022.

All confirmed practices and games are also added to the school calendar.

Please remember that the boys and girls MUST be in full gym strip with proper runners (no skateboard shoes) at all practices and games. Socks must be white or black/navy blue. Socks that are not school colours are not permitted. Game jerseys can be worn for practices, as well.

For all games, each player must play one quarter and sit one full quarter. It will be at the coach’s discretion which players will play more than one quarter. This will often depend on the attendance of players at practices.

Please note that coaches and referees have the discretion to remove players from the court or shorten their playing time if the players pose behaviour concerns.

Expected Behaviour:

  • Positive language / cheering

  • Encouraging your teammates

  • Respect for opponents, sportsmanship

  • Proper uniform for games and practices (see above)

  • Listening and respecting coaches during practices and games. Coaches have the discretion to site players based on behaviour.

  • Respect for the referees and score/timekeepers (please note that parents are not permitted to speak to the scorekeepers).

  • There will be zero tolerance for players, coaches and parents who argue with the referee. Referees are permitted to call technical fouls and/or game ejections for players and coaches, and are permitted to remove parents from the gym who do not follow the list of expected behaviours.

For your reference, please review our Athletics Guiding Principles

At this time, the number of teams has not been set. We will have a better idea of how many teams we will have after permission forms have been collected.

Practices before the Christmas Break will be “getting to know you” practice sessions. This time will allow coaches to evenly divide teams in Grades 5 and 6, while (if numbers allow), a league team and development team in Grade 7.

Gr. 5 is a developmental year. Teams will play exhibition games and take part in a tournament hosted by Star of the Sea.

 Gr. 6 teams will participate in league play. If we have enough players to make two teams, they will be divided up with the intent of having two balanced teams.

 Gr. 7: If we have enough players, we will divide them into two teams: competitive and developmental. The developmental teams will play exhibition games while the competitive teams will play league games.

If your child will not be able to make a game or practice, please notify the coaches on the day before so that we can properly plan.  

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Pasta.

Coaches:

 Grade 5 Girls: Mrs. Allen, Mr. Wu

Grade 5 Boys: Mrs. Waithe, Ms. Koh, Mr. Dieleman

Grade 6 Girls: Mr. Borkowski, Mr. Iannuzzi, Mr. Olson

Grade 6 Boys: Mr. Pasta, Mr. Payne

Grade 7 Girls: Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Dadson

Grade 7 Boys: Mrs. Cristiano, Mr. Wu, Mr. Payne

DEADLINE to submit the permission form is: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

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