If you have a team playing at SportsPlus this season, please read the PDF which includes protocol for entering and existing the facility as well as a few maps that show the best place to park and best paths to get to and from the courts.

 SportsPlus Court Access Map and Protocol

For those teams playing at Sports Express this season, please read the following information about guidelines that will be followed at that facility.

- Doors will open when courts are ready for each game time (1st game of day may arrive 20 minutes before game time)
- Parents are asked to stay in cars with their player until the gate opens signalling that the courts are ready
- Subsequent games will have doors open after courts are cleaned
- 1 spectator per player
- $3 door charge (paid by credit card preferably)
- Temperature checks as people enter building (under 100.4)
- Face coverings on every person not actively playing
- Seats are pre-distanced and must stay in their pre-defined spot
- Teams must bring their own balls
- Teams are asked to exit quickly so we can let the next set of games in
- HOME TEAM takes near side of court, AWAY TEAM is far side. Teams do not switch sides of court.

Per the Health and Safety Guidelines for all GCCYS 2020-21 school season sports, each player can have a maximum of two adults attend their games this season. However, there are some facilities that, due to their size, have different more stringent guidelines.  Also, please note that when we say two adults, that means that nobody else can attend a game (no siblings, cousins, etc ...).  It doesn't matter who the adults are with the player (can be grandparents, etc ...) but no children.

The following facilities will only allow ONE adult per player:

1. All CHCA gyms (Middle School and Elementary School)
2. Guardian Angels (Old gym only)
3. St. Margaret of York (MPR only)
4. St. Mary (NEW as of 12/30/2020)
5. Summit Country Day School

Parish/School Coordinators,

Timelines for the upcoming girls volleyball season have been finalized and published on the web site.  Here are the highlights:

1. The season will begin on the weekend of August 28th
2. Matches WILL be played on Labor Day weekend this year
3. The season-ending tournament will be on the weekend of October 8th
4. Gym availability and parish level schedule conflicts should be entered now and are due by July 30th
5. Teams should be registered between August 1st and August 8th.  August 8th is a hard stop.  Teams not registered by midnight on that date will not be entered into the league this season.  Team level schedule conflicts are due by 8/8 as well.
6. A full timeline is now available on the Girls Volleyball page.

This information will be discussed on our league Zoom call on January 20th, but here are the timelines for the first basketball tournament (all girls and boys 3rd-5th) this season.  We hope to have a preliminary gym usage schedule available to all parishes by Monday, January 25th.  This won't be final, but will give all parishes/schools information to start planning.

Girls Tournament

1. Bracket assignment and seeding will take place beginning at 8pm on Monday, January 25th.  Please have all scores reported!
2. Schedule will be released on Friday, January 29th
3. Tournament will take place from Feb 1st-7th.  The goal will be to have the top bracket for 5th-8th grade play their entire tournament Monday (2/1) through Friday (2/5).  All others may begin their tournament as early as 2/1 (although most won't begin until later in the week) and have their championship games on Sunday, 2/7.  Once we have the schedule mapped out (by Sunday 2/24), we will know timing of all brackets.
4. For 3rd-5th graders, top bracket of 12 teams, other brackets will be 8-10 teams depending on number of teams playing in that grade.  6th-8th grade brackets will closely mimic regular season playing divisions with a few exceptions.
5. No consolation games

Boys 3rd-5th Tournament

1. Bracket assignment and seeding will take place beginning at 8pm on Sunday, January 31st.  Please have all scores reported!
2. Schedule will be released on Tuesday, February 2nd by noon
3. Tournament will take place from Feb 3rd-7th.  All championship matches will take place on Feb 7th, no consolation games.
4. Top bracket of 16 teams, other brackets will be 8-12 teams depending on number of teams playing in that grade

WOMEN’S CROSSTOWN SHOOTOUT

CINCINNATI BEARCATS vs. XAVIER MUSKETEERS

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2019 – 2:00 P.M.

CINTAS CENTER
 

1. Amerileagues is pleased to partner with Xavier Athletics to provide the opportunity for all participating girls (grades 2-8) and families to attend the women’s Crosstown Shootout at no charge to CPYBL and GCCYS teams.
2. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis and available while supplies last.  Tickets can be requested online only at GoXavier.com/WBBTix with special offer code WBXTOWN
3. All community coordinators and team coaches are overwhelming supportive of this and encourage all girls to attend this as a team activity.
4. This is an important event and one of our city’s best platforms to celebrate and grow women’s athletics in our community and beyond.

As girls volleyball teams are approved and assigned to divisions/zones, they will appear on the Standings page.  Please note the following about how this process works.

6th-8th Teams

6th-8th grade teams are registered by their coordinator into Level 1, 2, 3, or 4 with level 1 being the most competitive division and level 4 being considered as a recreational division which plays by a different set of playing time rules.  Our girls volleyball commissioner reviewed the registrations and we had a league meeting on June 24th to discuss with all volleyball coordinators.  Some teams were moved up or down a level from where they registered to try and find the best level of play for each team based on how that team finished last year and how their roster looks for the upcoming season.

3rd-5th Teams

A survey was sent out to all girls volleyball coordinators asking them to re-affirm (or not) the methodology used to group these teams into zones.  The results of the survey overwhelmingly confirmed the approach the league has taken since its inception four years ago.  Since all of the teams in 3rd-5th grade are considered to be "balanced" teams (i.e. talent is spread evenly across teams if a league member has multiple teams for a given grade), our member's first priority is to reduce travel time to away games for parents, players, and coaches.  Thus, teams are assigned to zones mostly be geography.  We would like to have fewer teams per zone (ideally 11 teams), however, it is also a high priority for our members to not play other teams from the same parish.  Since some of the larger parishes can have 3 or 4 teams per grade, we are forced to create larger zones with enough teams to avoid intra-parish matchups and to also avoid a team playing another team twice in the regular season.

We hope you find this information useful!

The girls volleyball tournament is fast approaching and we have put together a list of preliminary site assignments for the tournament. The tournament schedule will be released on Thursday, October 3rd.

Tournament Gym Assignments

All parents and coaches should take a moment to read this letter that the OHSAA recently sent to all high schools in the state of Ohio regarding fan behavior at OHSAA-sponsored sporting events. It is a stark reminder the direction fan behavior is heading and how it might affect the ability for children to play in organized sports in the future.

OHSAA Fan Behavior Letter

The schedule for the 2020 girls volleyball season has now been released (8/20 at 8:30am) and is available for viewing from the Schedule menu and all portals.  This schedule should be considered "frozen".  Any comments or questions about the schedule should be directed to parish/school coordinators at this point.

Parents should continue to fill out Liability Waivers (your player absolutely cannot play until a waiver has been filled out correct on our web site).

Please read updates to the GCCYS Health and Safety Guidelines and Rules Addendum for basketball and a recent winter sports update from the OHSAA

Please read the GCCYS Health and Safety Guidelines for the 2020-21 basketball season as well as an addendum for the existing GCCYS Basketball rules.  For those parishes that did not sign the Health and Safety Guidelines during the fall volleyball season, they must do so to participate in the basketball season.  In addition, all parents must check a box on the GCCYS Liability Waiver indicating that they have read this document and agree to abide by its directives.

 GCCYS Health and Safety Guidelines (11-15-20)

 GCCYS Basketball Rules Addendum ( NEW 12-7-20)

 OHSAA Winter Sports Update (11-24-20)

The following email was sent on 11/30 to all boys basketball coordinators, athletic directors, and boys basketball coaches for whom we have a valid email address. Best of luck to all boys basketball teams this season. A similar email will be sent to girls coaches and coordinators in a few weeks.

The Ohio Department of Health has announced new legislation referred to as Lindsay's Law which addresses Sudden Cardiac Arrest in youth athletes.  The law went into effect on August 1, 2017.  GCCYS sent an email to all parishes during the week of August 1st to provide guidance regarding how this should be implemented for our member coaches, athletes, and parents.  You can read more about Lindsay's Law on the Ohio Department of Health web site:   READ ABOUT LINDSAY'S LAW 

We have included links to resources below which might be helpful for our members, but please note that it is the obligation of the parish/school to make sure everyone for their program is trained and in compliance with the Ohio state law.

The following resources were developed to implement Lindsay’s Law:

For parents/guardians and youth athletes:

• Required video
• Required SCA Informational Handout
• Required Signature Form

For coaches:

If you are a coach for an interscholastic sport and are licensed by the Ohio Department of Education, please visit their website for information about their training requirements around Lindsay’s Law.

If you are a coach in a community program, please use the following resources:

• Required video
• Required SCA Informational Handout

All parents should take a moment to read "10 Things Parents Need to Know" which is a great reminder to all. Coaches, if you need help tracking playing time for basketball, please print out and use the Basketball Player Tracker. League specific information is available under the Leagues menu.

Also as a reminder, the maximum gate fee that a parish/school may charge is $5/family (meaning two adults for this year) or $3/adult

Basketball Rules Basketball Player Tracker 10 Things Parents Need to Know

All league fees ($110 per team for all leagues) can be paid to "GCCYS" and sent to the following address:

GCCYS
PO.Box 42376
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242

On August 8th, all teams for the fall volleyball season were set to "Approved" status which triggers the creation of web site account for coaches (or an update to your existing account). If you received an email from the web site with account information but did not reply within 24 hours OR you never received an email, you need to claim your account. To do so, please request a new password by navigating to the Password Reset Page and enter the email address that your coordinator gave the league. If you are not sure which email address this is, then go to the Teams Page on the Organization menu and look for the email address associated with your team. When you request a new password, if the system does not recognize your email address or you never receive a subsequent email (it should happen within 30 minutes), please Contact Us and we will get it sorted out. Thanks!

Account registration is now open for those that want to follow and subscribe to teams. To register, please click on the Register link in the upper left corner of the web site. You will be asked to choose a user name, password, and enter your first and last names and email address. Choose the organization you are affiliated with and then one of more teams (winter league teams will not be available until late October/mid November) from the parish/school that you want to follow. You can also choose to subscribe to a number of different email and text message notifications.

Once you have created your account, you can login to the web site and will now notice a Portals menu which has a Subscriber option. By choosing that option, you will see your own personal portal with information about the teams you are following. PLEASE NOTE ... that coaches and coordinators have accounts with higher level access created for them. Coaches and coordinators CAN create their own account if they like, but PLEASE USE THE EMAIL ADDRESS that your school/parish supplied to the league. Coordinator or coach privileges will be added to your account after your organization contact information or team information has been communicated to the league.

Regular account holders can choose to subscribe to the following types of notifications:

1. Game Change Notifications - receive an email or text message any time a scheduled game is changed (new location or time), added, or removed from the schedule.
2. League Announcements - receive an email of any league wide announcements that are published on the web site.
3. Score Reporting Reminder - Coaches can choose to receive an email with a link to the score reporting form which will be sent during the game.