Pembroke Youth Basketball Travel Team Tryout Schedule

Pembroke Youth Basketball Participates in travel basketball for boys and girls grades 4 through 8.  If your child loves the game and is looking for additional basketball to play, the travel teams are a fun and competitive environment where they can face competition from surrounding towns.  The travel season lasts for approximately 4 months (November – February) and usually involves 2-3 events per week (either practices or games).  Each team in addition to regular season play will also participate in up to 2 tournaments.   Travel Fees for the season will be approximately $200.00 for the 2009-2010 season.       

At this time there is no coach for the Girls 5^th Grade Team, if you are interested please contact Rob Raleigh at rob_raleigh@yahoo.com or call at 781-696-3028. 

The tryout schedule for all teams is listed below:

Tryout Schedule

Boys Grade 4: Tuesday 10/13 7:00-8:30 at North Elementary & Wednesday 10/14 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville.

Boys Grade 5, Friday 10/16 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville & Monday 10/19 7:00-8:30 at North Elementary.

Boys Grade 6, Thursday 10/15 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville & Friday 10/16 7:00-8:30 at North Elementary. 

Boys Grade 7, Monday 10/19 5:30-7:00 at Bryantville & Thursday 10/22 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville.

Boys Grade 8, Wednesday 10/14 5:30-7:00 at Bryantville & Monday 10/19 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville.

Girls Grade 4, Thursday 10/15 at Bryantville 5:30-7:00 & Wednesday 10/21 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville. 

Girls Grade 5, Friday 10/16 5:30-7:00 at North Elementary & Thursday 10/22 5:30-7:00 at North Elementary. 

Girls Grade 6, Tuesday 10/13  5:30-7:00 at North Elementary & Thursday 10/15 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville.

Girls Grade 7, Tuesday 10/13 5:30-7:00 at Bryantville & Tuesday 10/20 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville.

Girls Grade 8, Tuesday 10/13 7:00-8:30 at Bryantville & Tuesday 10/20 7:00-8:30 at North Elementary. 

If you have any questions we please contact Robert Raleigh at 781-696-3028 or via e-mail at rraleigh@braintreelabs.com.

 IN-TOWN LEAGUES           SKILLS CLINICS

1992 USA  Woman’s Basketball Bronze medal winner, Medina Dixon, stopped by a recent skills session to give the kids some insight and tips to improve their game. Medina knows her hoops and has the experience to prove it! She played her high school ball for Cambridge Rindge and Latin and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. She was a member of the Old Dominion University 1985 NCAA Woman’s National Championship team.

There will be a limited registration available for a 6 week skills session which will be conducted in the middle of the “In Town” Winter Season.  Enrollment will be limited to 45 children for both the boys and girls skills groups.

Registration for the Pembroke Youth Basketball Boy’s and Girl’s

 Winter “Skills Sessions” will take place on:

 Tuesday, October 6, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday, October 7 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Saturday, October 10 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

All registrations will be conducted at the Pembroke Town Hall, in the Veteran’s Hall. 

Skills fee will be $35.00.

Please check back for more details !

Coaches and players prepair for the next drill at a recent Summer Skill Session

On Thursday, August 6th the semifinal round of the Boys Grades 4,5 & 6 Summer Divisioin was played.  In the first game, Team 8 (Spencer/Anderson) defeated Team 4 (Snell/Clark) 38-24.  Team 8 was led by the scoring of Vince Mitchell who led all scorers with 14 points.  Team 4 played a solid game and was led in scoring by Joe Tarquini with 8 points.

In the second game, Team 5 (McCarthy/Ross) defeated Team 2 (Griffin) 41-16.  Team 5 was led by the scoring of Ben Abrahamson (14 points) and Mike Fahie (14 points).  Joe Sargent also pitched in 8 points.  Team 2 put up a valiant effort and was led by Jake Griffin who dropped in 6 points.

The championship will be played at 7:00 on August 13th between Teams 5 and 8.  Good luck to all.

Boys 4-5-6 Standings as of 7/27

                  Points 

          W   L   Against

Team 8    4   1   98

Team 5    4   1   102

Team 2    4   1   128

Team 4    3   2   99

Team 3    2   3   125

Team 1    2   3   132

Team 7    1   4   195

Team 6    0   5   183

The Championship game took place on March 31st and there was a thrilling game between Team 7 (Ponte) and Team 2 (McCarthy/Ross).  Team 2 came away with a hard fought victory 22-18.  Both teams played a hard nosed game and concluded the season in exciting form.  Congratulations Team 2.

Final Regular Season Standings
The thrilling regular season concluded on Friday and now it is on to the playoffs (see the playoff schedule). Playoff Tie breaker. If teams have the identical record entering the playoofs the head to head record was the first tie break and the second was points scored for each team. The PF number in the standings is each teams points for. See the calendar on the Boys 3/4 home page for the playoff schedule.

1st Place

(Ponte, Team 7: 6-0, PF 183),

2nd Place

(Lagner/Roy, Team 6:5-1, PF 100),

3rd Place

(Visser/Benoit, Team 8: 4-1-1, PF 125),

4th Place

(McCarthy/Ross, Team 2: 4-2, PF 147),

5th Place

(Raleigh, Team 1: 4-2, PF 132),

6th Place

(Kelner/Zeoli, Team 3: 2-3-1, PF 115),

7th Place

(Spencer, Team 5: 1-5, PF 93),

8th Place

(Considine, Team 4: 1-5, PF 89),

9th Place

(Wengryn, Team 10: 1-5, PF 76),

10th Place

(Malone, Team 9: 1-5, PF 75).

Pembroke Youth Basketball reaching out to Other Pembroke’s PYB Shirt Drive

In these difficult economic times many youth sports and other nonprofit organizations are struggling to make ends meet. Pembroke Youth Basketballs Tim Riley (Director for the Girls grades 5 and 6 in town division) decided to reach out to other communities that share the same municipal name as our very own Pembroke. As a result, Tim is spearheading an extras shirt drive.

There are hundreds of families in Pembroke who every season gets for one or multiple children a crisp new Pembroke Youth Basketball reversible shirt. After they are worn in the heat of competition these shirt are usually retired to the bottom of a drawer of the back of a closet.

If you have extra shirts please contact: Tim Riley at 781-293-0395 or via email at mojoagogo@msn.com.

Additionally, you can bring your extra shirts to your child’s basketball game and give them to your teams coach and we will arrange pickup. Please put the shirts in a bag labeled “PYB Shirt Drive”.

Please have all shirts turned in by March 27h.

The organizations that will put these shirts back in to the heat of competition with kids who need them are:

The Boys and Girls clubs of Canada, Pembroke, Ontario

Boys and Girls Clubs are community generated, “grass roots” organizations governed by volunteer boards of directors. Boys and Girls Clubs across the country offer a wide range of programs and services to young people. Each club determines for itself what programs will be offered, based on the needs and desires of children and youth, and services already available in a community. All Boys and Girls Club services are participatory in nature and non-competitive, so that all who get involved fully enjoy the benefits of having fun in a safe and friendly environment.

Odum Home – Pembroke Area Family Services, Pembroke, North Carolina
Odum Home in located in Pembroke NC provides residential care for school age boys and girls whose ages range from about 7-18. Odum Home offers an environment in which a child and his/her family can bring problems, conflicts, and themselves into a partnership with staff and peers to find solutions. Odum Home offers residential and emergency care services.

Recreation Department, Pembroke, New Hampshire
Pembroke is a town of 9,372 that offers summer programs staffed by volunteers. All facilities are maintained by the Department’s summer employees and by volunteers from the community. The Department also supports programs conducted by other volunteers including the Suncook Youth Soccer League, Suncook Little League, Suncook Rod and Gun Club fishing derby

When: Friday, April 17 6:00-8:30 PM
Where: Pembroke Community Middle School

Open to boys and girls in grades 3-8. An opportunity to show off your basketball skills. Participants will:

1. Shoot from designated areas of the court and score as many
points as possible in 1 minute.

2. Navigate a ball handling obstacle course and be timed for speed
and graded on passing accuracy.

Prizes will be awarded to winners in each age group. $12.00
registration fee includes t-shirt. Proceeds to benefit the Sgt. Kenneally Family Fund.

Please make check payable to PYB and mail forms to Ginger Comeau, P.O.
Box 532, Bryantville, MA 02327. Registrations will be allowed the night of
the event, but t-shirts can not be guaranteed. If possible please RSVP by e-mail to rraleigh@braintreelabs.com or gcomeau@newenglandvillage.org.

Registration Form
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Pembroke Youth Basketball Shootout Challenge
Name of Participant_________________________Grade_____
Phone___________________Email ________________________
T-shirt size (circle one) child-med./Child-lge/adult-small/adult-med.
Parent/Guardian Signature_________________________________