Remaining Schedule, and More ...

The following is the remaining schedule for the Binghamton Travel teams for the 2012-2013 regular season:

* CANCELED (will not be re-scheduled) Friday, February 8 - Red vs. M-E, 6 p.m. at Keeler Gym
* Wednesday, February 13 - Blue vs. JC, 7:15 p.m. at JC YMCA

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A selected 6 team will play in the upcoming Slim Sylvester League Tournament the weekends of February 16-17 and February 23-24. That team's schedule:
* 9 a.m. Sunday, February 17 vs. M-E at All Saint's in Endicott
* 11:20 a.m. Sunday, February 17 vs. St. Joe's at All Saint's in Endicott
(Sunday, February 24 - two more games, schedule will depend on February 17's results.)

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There are two other tournaments available for our players. Because there are so many different basketball ventures under way for the springtime, someone would need to step forward to take a 5th-grade team to a Homer Tournament (March 16) ... or a 5th OR a 6th-grade team to a Cortland Tournament (March 2). Both of these are solid tourneys. Our program is defending champions at the Homer Tournament, and we were runner-up, losing a close championship game at the Cortland tourney.

If you are interested in fielding a team of some of our players, send me an e-mail at jensens@oacsd.org.

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Congratulations to 7 of our Travel Basketball players, who have been selected to play for Southern Tier Rage teams during the spring AAU season.

Binghamton Travel players Devon Herman, Brandon Sterling and Jamique Duggins secured 3 of the 10 roster spots available for the Rage 6 team this year. Gabriel Whiteman, now of Vestal, and who we still consider one of ours since he played for Binghamton three seasons before transferring schools last year, occupies a 4th roster spot for the Rage 6s.

Binghamton Travel players Joshua Duggins, Enzo D'Alessando and Alex Creagh accepted three of 10 available roster spots on the Southern Tier Rage 4/5 team.

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In other AAU news, 6th-graders Vito Ferranti and Kobe Bogart will play up with a new 7th-grade club called the B.C. Bolts. Former Binghamton Travel players Sam Zahka-Stern and Gracie Jensen are also members of the Bolts, and former Binghamton Travel player Jordan McGahy plans to play some tournaments for the Bolts, splitting time on this AAU team and his other Binghamton-based AAU group, coached by Pat Van Putte. CYO all-star and West Middle 7th-grader Nick Nieves will also play for the B.C. Bolts this spring.

Playing for Coach Van Putte's group in the spring AAU season are the following former Binghamton Travel players: Jordan McGahy, Brandon Sprouse, Pat Van Putte, Devin Tyler, Jaylin Ragsdale and Jalil Butts.

Former Binghamton Travel player Devin Young will re-join his Rage 8 team this year, coached by Mark Meier.

AAU Rage Tryouts This Weekend and Next

Just a heads up that the Rage AAU program will hold its tryouts for players in grades 4-7 this weekend, and for players in 8/9 NEXT weekend.

 

All these sessions will be held at the Highland Park Gym in Endicott.

 

It will be conducted as a "skills session," and players must pay $10 to attend the sessions.

 

Here is the schedule for tryouts:

* Sunday, February 3 - 10 to 11:45 a.m. for boys in 4th and 5th grades

* Sunday, February 3 - 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for boys in 6th and 7th grades

* Sunday, February 10 - 10 a.m. to noon for boys in 8th and 9th grades

 

To pre-register, send an e-mail to Tony Lindsey at tlindsey@strage.org with the subject line: REGISTER.