Fall Youth League (Grades 2-4)

The Goshen Basketball staff runs a fall youth league for boys in grades 2-4.  The league runs for six weeks on Saturdays.  It starts the first weekend in October and runs through the second week of November.  A skills evaluation night takes place two weeks prior to the league beginning and allows the staff to make the teams as even as possible. 

Boys in grade two participate in the NAIA division where they use Junior size basketballs and an 8 1/2  foot basket.  Boys in Grade four participiate in the NCAA division.  This division uses a womens size ball and regulation size baskets.  Boys in grade three choose to play in either the NAIA or the NCAA division, based on their skill level.

Each Saturday there is a 30-minute practice, followed by a game of four 8-minute quarters.  The score is kept, but it is erased at the end of each half.  Each half begins with each player on each team shooting a 1+1 free throw.  This allows each player to score points for his team.  Playing time is divided equally for every player.

Informational flyers are distributed to each boy in grades 2-4 in September of each school year.  Contact Coach Bechtel if you want more information regarding the Fall Youth League.

Team Pictures from 2011