Announcing the NEW 2020 ELEV8 Fall Outdoor Basketball League

Sept 18-19 through Oct 31, 2020

Hello ELEV8 Families!

We hope you are staying healthy during the COVID-19 epidemic and look forward to the next time we see you. We’re still hopeful about our 2020-21 winter basketball season and currently have our online registration open for it. However, we realize there’s a chance that federal/state/local medical restrictions may prevent that from occurring. Stay tuned for more information on that decision. In the meantime, the ELEV8 Leadership Team (LT) has been brainstorming on ways to get our young boys and girls onto the basketball courts for fun and healthy competition.

We’re happy to announce that ELEV8 is offering our first ever fall outdoor basketball league! All games will occur on Columbia Presbyterian Church’s new outdoor half-court, located in the church’s back parking lot. Registration is now open.

Click HERE to register for the ELEV8 2020 Fall League!

Important Details

  • 7-week program starting Friday September 18 (grades 9-12) and Saturday Sept 19 (grades 5-8)
  • First week – get together with team, one practice to cover new 3-on-3 half court rules (no additional practices)
  • Next 5 weeks – 3-on-3 half court games (more details below)
  • Last week – tournament-style games
  • One game for each team per week (if rained out, no makeups), no weekly practices
  • Cost: $50 per participant (all players will get a t-shirt and mask)
  • High School games will occur on Friday evenings: 5, 6, 7, or 8 pm
  • Middle School games will occur on Saturdays: times TBD
  • Post-game coach’s circle for game summary, devotion and encouragement
  • League will be limited in number of teams (with 6 players per team)
  • Grades 9 - 12 – Boys (6 teams) and Girls (2 teams)
  • Grades 7 - 8 – Boys (6 teams) and Girls (2 teams)
  • Grades 5 - 6 – Boys (6 teams) and Girls (2 teams) 
Game Day Flow
  • Players/Coaches/Referees/Game Day Coordinators (GDCs) must pass COVID protocol to enter game bubble and participate
  • Everyone will sanitize their hands when entering bubble (after passing the COVID protocol)
  • Players must bring their own hydration (Water, Gatorade, etc.)
  • Players have no physical interaction with anyone outside the game bubble while playing
  • Players warm up with coaches
  • Play game
  • After game, meet up for post-game coach’s circle
  • Leave bubble

COVID-19 Protocol

Applies to anyone entering game bubble (no parents, only ELEV8 LT, coaches, players, referees, GDCs):
  • Must truthfully answer and pass health questions for self and household, mask distro (if forgotten), temperature check
  • Mask must be worn at all times in the bubble except for a quick hydration break

All Federal, State, and County COVID-19 constraints will be followed and can change daily.

League Rules

  • Games: 3-on-3 players
  • Two 20-minute halves, each half with running clock. Substitutions at the 10-minute mark of each half
  • Referees at each game, with a foul called for mask removal inside bubble
  • Visiting team gets ball at half court to start game, team behind gets the ball to start the second half
  • Each player gets 5 fouls max for entire game
  • Players are ranked for substitution purposes (foul out or injury)
  • Player fouled in the act of shooting gets 2 or 3 foul shots
  • Removal of COVID mask is a foul (two occurrences inside the bubble and the player will be removed from the bubble)
  • Change of possession must take ball back behind 3-point line before offense can occur
  • Running clock, only stops on referee’s call (player substitution, injury, technical/ flagrant fouls, etc.)
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