On November 26th, AAU Basketball in the Wenatchee Valley will take a step in the right direction in bringing an organized League (Boys & Girls Grades 3-8th) to North Central Washington. From Orville to Quincy teams will play every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at different gyms throughout North Central Washington. Last year there were more than 3,000 members and 250 Teams from Wenatchee to Tonasket. This means it would be impossible for teams to drive three hours to Wenatchee every weekend for league ball. Which means every week there will be a north gym (Pateros/Brewster), south gym (Quincy) and central gym (Wenatchee) to help parents cut travel time.
There has been tremendous interest in this league before it hit the AAU web site @ www.ieaau.com by many teams from far south as Tri Cities and east as Grand Coulee. The Apple Valley League will start Boys & Girls at 3rd Grade and up to 8th Grade (sorry 9th Graders). Hopefully, next year we will have enough interest to move the start age to 2nd Grade and eventually get down to 1st Grade like the Spokane and Yakima Leagues. Many teams down in the valley use their league for prepping time for the tournaments(like a pre-season).
Hopefully, we will be able to get at least one team from each division: Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Cashmere, Quincy, Ephrata, Leavenworth, Entiat, Manson, Waterville, Chelan, Pateros, Omak, Brewster, Methow Valley, Okanogan, Omak, Tonasket, Orville, Grand Coulee, Bridgeport, Mansfield and many other teams out of the area willing to drive to the South Gym(Quincy). If the league is able to get all 250 teams to enter this would bring roughly 20 teams per division. So get ready cause it’s going to be a lot of fun. By the end of this year we will have a website for coaches, parents, kids and officials to check out information about games. Another idea we are hoping to achieve is for every season to be able to get enough sponsors so we would be able to send the best players from each division to represent them during AAU National Tournaments throughout the summer.
Spread the word about The Apple Valley Basketball League...... it’s going to be fun for the kids!
For Information email leaguechamp@hotmail.com or go to www.ieaau.org for a entry form. The Cost for the League is $250 and each team will play a min. of 7 games.
There has been tremendous interest in this league before it hit the AAU web site @ www.ieaau.com by many teams from far south as Tri Cities and east as Grand Coulee. The Apple Valley League will start Boys & Girls at 3rd Grade and up to 8th Grade (sorry 9th Graders). Hopefully, next year we will have enough interest to move the start age to 2nd Grade and eventually get down to 1st Grade like the Spokane and Yakima Leagues. Many teams down in the valley use their league for prepping time for the tournaments(like a pre-season).
Hopefully, we will be able to get at least one team from each division: Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Cashmere, Quincy, Ephrata, Leavenworth, Entiat, Manson, Waterville, Chelan, Pateros, Omak, Brewster, Methow Valley, Okanogan, Omak, Tonasket, Orville, Grand Coulee, Bridgeport, Mansfield and many other teams out of the area willing to drive to the South Gym(Quincy). If the league is able to get all 250 teams to enter this would bring roughly 20 teams per division. So get ready cause it’s going to be a lot of fun. By the end of this year we will have a website for coaches, parents, kids and officials to check out information about games. Another idea we are hoping to achieve is for every season to be able to get enough sponsors so we would be able to send the best players from each division to represent them during AAU National Tournaments throughout the summer.
Spread the word about The Apple Valley Basketball League...... it’s going to be fun for the kids!
For Information email leaguechamp@hotmail.com or go to www.ieaau.org for a entry form. The Cost for the League is $250 and each team will play a min. of 7 games.