This will be a different season. We want to make this work so we can safely bring basketball to the youth of Dulles South. Participation will require face coverings, modifications to the practices and games, and cooperation across the board. Please review the COVID-19 plans to ensure you agree to abide by all of the restrictions in the plans to allow us to have this season. Our team of volunteers have been working hard to make this happen, and we need your cooperation!
Winter 2020-21 Registration: Registration will continue until October 1, 2020 for kids in grades 2-8. For the High School House League, Registration will continue until December 10, 2020. Waiting lists will be formed after the registration ends, and late fees will apply for those who register after the deadline. Click Here to register now!
Coaches and Team Manager Registration: We have an online application for those who are interested in volunteer to coach, assistant coach or be a team manager. In addition to the coaches and assistants, we will need Team Managers to help with the additional administrative requirements as it relates to the COVID-19 protocols that we have put in place. Please click here to complete an application and thank you for volunteering. For more information, visit our Coaches Page and our Team Manager Page.
Referee Pre-Registration: We are recruiting Adults and High Schoolers to officials for the upcoming season. Referees are paid as independent contractors and officiate Elementary House, Middle School House, High School House, Elementary Select and 3rd Grade Developmental games. Experience preferred, but not required. We will have a registration clinic in mid-November and will be holding on-court training in December. For more information, visit our Referee Page.
Developmental League (Grades 2-3): We will be forming teams in early-November for the Developmental Divisions. Practices for the Developmental Division will begin the week of November 29, 2020. Each Developmental Division team will be assigned 1 trainer-led clinic session which will be scheduled for a Saturday in December. On the remaining Saturdays in December, teams will be given a practice. In January after the Winter Break, we will hold a scrimmage the first weekend in January, followed by eight games which will run through the first weekend in March. The second weekend in March will be reserved for snow makeups.
Elementary House (Grades 4-5): We will be holding our pre-season evaluations the weekend of October 16-19, 2020. Every player will sign up for an appointment to run through the evaluation process. Appointment signups will be posted in early-October. The results of the evaluation process will help us determine who will qualify for the Select Division (see additional details below) as well as helping us to maintain parity within the house league. We will be forming teams for the Elementary House divisions in mid-November with practices beginning the week of November 29, 2020. House teams will practice one weeknight and one Saturday through the Winter holiday break. In January after the Winter Break, we will hold a scrimmage the first weekend in January, followed by eight games which will run through the first weekend in March. The second weekend in March will be reserved for snow makeups. We will not have a post-season house league tournament this year.
Elementary Select (Grades 4-5): Players who are interested in the Elementary Select program must first attend the pre-season evaluations the weekend of October 16-19. Appointment signups will be posted in early-October. The Travel Board will review the results of the Pre-Season Evaluation and determine a pool of select players that will be used to form the select division. Those players will be invited to a Select workout the weekend of November 7-8, 2020 and the select teams will then be formed the week of November 9. Select practices will begin on Sunday, November 15, 2020. Select teams will practice one weeknight per week, plus one Saturday practice. Games will be held on Sundays beginning on Sunday, January 10. The season will run until early-March. Should Loudoun County determine not to allow us to hold games, we are looking at other potential options including Slam City for the select teams to have competition this Winter. Depending on the situation with COVID-19, we will make a determination at a later date if we will have a end of season tournament for the select teams. We will be looking at the potential to have teams participate in tournaments throughout the season. Additional fees for the Select Program will be posted to the account and due by December 1, 2020.
Middle School House (Grades 6-8): We will be holding our pre-season evaluations the weekend of October 16-19, 2020. Every player will sign up for an appointment to run through the evaluation process. Appointment signups will be posted in early-October. The results of the evaluation process will help us determine who will qualify for the Travel Teams (see additional details below) as well as helping us to maintain parity within the house league. We will be forming teams for the Middle School House division in mid-November with practices beginning the week of November 29, 2020. House teams will practice one weeknight and one Saturday through the Winter holiday break. In January after the Winter Break, we will hold a scrimmage the first weekend in January, followed by eight games which will run through the first weekend in March. The second weekend in March will be reserved for snow makeups. We will not have a post-season house league tournament this year.
Middle School Travel (Grades 6-8): This season, we will be forming Travel teams for each of the Middle Schools (Lunsford, Mercer and Willard) to participate in the Loudoun County Travel League. Players who attend these middle schools, or those in private schools who reside in those attendance boundaries are eligible for the Middle School Travel Program. Players who are interested in the Middle School Travel program must first attend the pre-season evaluations the weekend of October 16-19. Appointment signups will be posted in early-October. The Travel Board will review the results of the Pre-Season Evaluation and determine a pool of select players that will be invited to Travel Tryouts which will be held between October 29 and November 1. Travel Teams will be formed the week of November 2. Travel practices will begin on Monday, November 16, 2020. Travel teams will practice one weeknight per week, plus one Saturday practice. Games will be held on Sundays beginning potentially as soon as early-December. The season will run until early-March. Should Loudoun County Travel League determine not to participate, we are looking at other potential options including Slam City for Travel Teams to participate. Additional fees for the Travel Program will be posted and due by December 1, 2020.
High School House (Grades 9-12):
Currently, the plan from VHSL is to allow the basketball teams to begin workouts on December 7. We estimate that the school teams will be formed that week, so we intend to hold our pre-season evaluations the weekend of December 12-13 and will be finalize the teams on December 15. Teams will hold practices the weekend of December 19-20, and we will kick off our season immediately following the Winter Break in early-January.
We will be finalizing the specific evaluations times and locations in early-November and will follow up by mid-November with additional details.
Tell a friend! Registration has been extended to December 10, 2020 to allow players to tryout for their High School teams!