A meeting will be held at All Saints on Wednesday, October 17th at 7pm to finalize the placement of boys 6th-8th grade teams into Levels 1 through 5. During the registration process (which closes on 10/16), coordinators should be registering for a specific level for each team but during this meeting we will validate all of the registrations and make sure everyone is in the right place.  All boys basketball coordinators who have teams in 6th-8th grade should attend this meeting.  Dave Caldwell will be reaching out separately to girls coordinators via email.

As a reminder, volleyball tournament trophies will be available for pickup for those hosting championship and consolation games on Sunday, October 21st. Information on the trophy pickup and placement meeting will be emailed to all coordinators this week.

McNicholas High School - 10/2

Join McNicholas HS for their grade school night on  October 2nd. Any student K-8 wearing their grade school spirit wear will get in free for all Freshman, JV, or Varsity games! Games begins 430, 530, and 630. Rockets versus Roger Bacon Spartans!

Fenwick Volley for Cure - 10/2

Bishop Fenwick High School will be participating in the Volley for a Cure on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 6:30pm (4855 State Route 122 Franklin, OH 45005).  They are pleased to invite all grade school volleyball players to this event FREE of charge when they wear their school's volleyball jersey. 

If you get a minute, watch this great media clip with Frank Martin, the head mens basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. He really puts youth sports into perspective!  Click on the GCCYS logo to view the video clip.

An updated Rules Document has been posted on the web site so please review.  Remember that there will only be a single referee for all 3rd-5th grade matches as well as 6th grade Silver matches this season. If you have any questions about our boys volleyball program, you can check out the boys volleyball page (League menu) or please contact Derrick Rahe, the GCCYS boys volleyball commissioner at boysvolleyball@gccys.org

Please note the following changes to referees and how they are paid.  Programs are not Required to pay referees double if only 1 shows up for 6th Gold – 8th grade.

1. 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Silver:  Only ONE referee will be at each match.  ONE referee will be paid $20 total (coaches from each school should pay $10 at each match)
2. 6th Gold: Two referees will each be paid $20 each, $40 total (coaches from each school should pay $20 total at each match)
3. 7th & 8th: Two referees will each be paid $25, $50 total (coaches from each school should pay $25 total at each match

Each player must have a waiver form on file with the league that is filled out by their parent or guardian.  These are only required once per school year so there is no need to fill one out if your son played in the GCCYS basketball league.

Liability Waiver

The full season schedule for girls volleyball is now available (8/9 1pm).  These schedules were reviewed by the coordinators from each parish and feedback was provided to the league before the schedule was finalized.  Thank you to all parish coordinators for their feedback, almost all of which was incorporated into the schedule.

Schedules can be found in a variety of formats from the Schedule menu (by Team, by Date, by Gym).  If you are a coach, you can also view a pre-filtered version of the schedule which only shows your team from your Coach Portal.  Others who created an account on the web site and subscribed to a team or teams, can view those schedules on their Subscriber Portal.

It is important to note that now that the schedule is live, making changes to it will be very difficult.  Any feedback a coach might have with the schedule should be directed to their parish coordinator and not the league.  League coordinators are instructed to inform the league of any issues that might arise with the schedule and to work with the league and the coordinator of their opponent on reschedules.  The league will ignore any direct requests from coaches to reschedule or cancel matches.

Thanks and have a great season!

GCCYS and Amerileagues

Archbishop Moeller High School is hosting their 27th annual Youth Basketball Coaches Clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday October 20, 2018 at the school.  The clinic is designed for those who are coaching boys and girls in third through eighth grade.  Please read the flyer for more information.

Moeller Coaching Clinic Flyer

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

The schedule has now been released!  All coordinators were sent an email on Monday 10/8 giving them the opportunity to confirm their gym schedules.  REPORT YOUR TOURNAMENT SCORES IN A TIMELY MANNER.  Teams are advanced through the tournament based on a score being reported.  Good luck to all teams!

NEW this year is a physical bracket which shows teams as they advance through the tournament.  In years' past, we displayed a static bracket which showed the game times and the first round matchups.  This new bracket will show the teams as they advance through the tournament (scores must be logged to advance the teams on the bracket) and will also show the scores of completed games.  Please note that this is not a responsive bracket and while you can view it from a mobile device, it is best viewed from a computer or tablet.  Horizontal and vertical scroll bars are available to help you view the entire bracket.   In some cases, the consolation game is not displayed on the initial view of the bracket.  You can view this by scrolling to the right.  All brackets have a consolation game.

Also new for the fall volleyball season is a way to easily locate the bracket your team is playing in.  Choose the Find My Bracket link, enter the last name of your coach or your entire team name, and a listing of teams in your bracket will appear along with their seeding and record.  You can easily click on the bracket name to display the physical bracket.

Check out the links below.  You can also access this tournament information from the Post Season Tourney option on the Schedule menu.  

Find my Bracket Schedule by Bracket Schedule by Gym Physical Bracket

NEW DESIGN!! Here are the order forms for winter league division and tournament champions! Coaches or coordinators must order shirts by March 11th! Late orders will not be accepted.

Division Champion T-Shirts Tournament Champion T-Shirts

Here are several ways for the winning coach to log their game score.

1. Subscribe to the Score Reporting Reminder notification and receive an email during your game with a link to the report score form (most coaches were auto-subscribed to this)
2. Login to your Coach Portal and find games that need scores logged in the upper right hand corner of your portal (Coach option on Portals menu)
3. Login to your Coach Portal and log or edit your game scores from your team schedule
4. Your coordinator also has the ability to log your game scores if you are having difficulties

Please note that you must have an account with coach level access in order to access a Coach Portal or subscribe to the Score Reporting Reminder notification. Accounts were created for all coaches. IF YOU CREATED YOUR OWN ACCOUNT, you most likely do not have coach level access unless you discussed this with the league. Game scores can be edited up to 14 days after your game in case they have been reported incorrectly. If you are the coach of the losing team and the score has not been logged after 3 days, please help us out and log the score yourself. Thanks!

Now that the initial schedule has been frozen for the fall leagues, we are going to activate game change notifications. From this point forward when a scheduled game has a change in location, a change in game time, or either of the two teams are changed, you can receive an email or SMS text message notification. In addition, when a new game is added to the schedule or a game is removed from the schedule, canceled, or postponed, you will also receive a notification

In order to receive notifications, you must have a user account on the web site. Simply choose the organization you are associated with and then choose the teams you want to follow (up to 5). You can then choose the types of notifications you would like to receive. Please make sure you enter a valid email address and if you want to receive SMS text message notifications that you enter a valid phone number including area code

A quick note about game statuses. A game starts out as "scheduled" and then when the game has been completed it will change to "completed" or "forfeited" if one of the teams does not show up. If one of the teams cannot make the scheduled game but the game will be rescheduled, it will be placed in "postponed" status. If the location or time of a game is changed, the status of the game will be changed to "rescheduled".