MPB SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE: Welcome

MPB SUMMER BASKETBALL 2011          CONTACT INFO - info@mpbsummer.com

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MARCH 14, 2012  UPDATE

GOOD NEWS....ON LINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GOT THE LAST FEW ITEMS DONE.  PLEASE USE THIS LINK FOR REGISTRATION :

HTTP://MPBSUMMER.COUNTMEIN.COM

THIS LINK WILL BRING YOU TO OUR NEW WEB PAGE SO BOOKMARK IT OR MAKE IT A FAVORITE FOR  FUTURE USE. 

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CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER FOR THE VALLEY CENTRAL GIRLS- SECTION 9 CHAMPIONS, THE PINE BUSH GIRLS, SECTION 9 RUNNER UP AND THE MARLBORO BOYS SECTION CHAMPIONS.  WE ARE ALL ESPECIALLY PROUD OF YOU SINCE MANYOF YOU HAVE PLAYED AT SOME OR ALL LEVELS OF THE MPBSUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE.  WAY TO GO...

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 IF YOU  COACHED, VOLUNTEER REFEERED, OR WORKED CONCESSION LAST YEAR PLEASE SIGN UP THROUGH THE WEBSITE SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE UPCOMING EVENTS/MEETINGS TO YOU.  IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE LEAGUE AND WISH TO COACH, REFEREE, OR WORK CONCESSION, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL AT INFO@MPBSUMMER.COM  AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU AND GET YOU STARTED.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT SUMMER SEASON...  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF MPB SUMMER BASKETBALL.                            ........UPDATED 3/14/12 6:50 JPR

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012   REGISTRATION UPDATE:  WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR SOME LAST MINUTE DETAILS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE LAUNCHING ON LINE REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER 2012.  WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND HOPE TO BE READY IN JUST A FEW MORE DAYS.   

February 19, 2012  On Line Registration for 2012 is still under construction.  We expect to have it up and running by 3/1.  Please check back here for details in the next few weeks.  Thannk you for your patience while we get setup.

September 12 2011

Check out these 2 websites for youth basketball leagues that MPB Summer basketball recommends.  Both the Directors of theses leagues are involved in the summer league and run great winter basketball programs.

http://www.eteamz.com/marlboroyouthbasketball

and

HTTP:\\WWW.VIKINGSYB.NET

THE WINNERS OF THE 2011 RAYMOND BOYLE JR CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE:

GIRLS PREP-  GREEN

GIRLS INT- YELLOW

GIRLS JR- BLUE

GIRLS  SR - YELLOW

GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL- VALLEY CENTRAL

WOMENS  ELITE- BLUE

BOYS PREP- RED 

BOYS INT 1  RED

BOYS INT 2 GOLD

BOYS JR WHITE

BOYS SR- BLUE

MENS ELITE  WHITE

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND ALL THE TEAMS AND PLAYERS FOR ANOTHER GREAT SEASON.  THE WEATHER CO-OPERATED MOST OF THE SEASON AND SEEMED TO GET BACK AT US IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS WITH SOME HOT NIGHTS AND HEAVY RAIN.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED HARD TO MAKE THIS A GREAT YEAR: ALL THE DIRECTORS, THE REFS, THE SCOREKEEPER AND CLOCK PEOPLE, THE COACHES, THE PARENTS, THE CONCESSION TEAM, OUR WEATHER SPECIALIST ( CHRISTINA FARONE) ,LAUREN WENDEL AND HER FUTURE STARS HELPERS, DAN STAUDLE AND TED SHEEHAN FOR THEIR WORK WITH THE OPEN REC BOYS, NICOLE WENDEL AND THE ELITE WOMEN, BILLY MICHELLA AND BRIAN MAHER AND THE ELITE MEN, CHELSEA MICHELLA FOR PUTTING UP WITH DR MASCI, A SPECIAL THANKS TO MRS OLLEY AND MRS MASCI FOR MAKING SURE THERE WAS PLENTY OF COLD DRINKS AND BURGERS, AND OF COURSE THE CONCESSION TEAM

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CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE:  HTTP:\\WWW.VIKINGSYB.NET FOR A GREAT WINTER BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN THE VILLAGE OF MONTGOMERY.  IT IS RUN BY TONY MAZZA AND BRUCE CHAPIN, WHO HELP US OUT AT MPB EVERY SUMMER.  THEY RUN CLINICS AND LEAGUES FOR PLAYERS FROM FIRST TO 10TH GRADE, BOYS AND GIRLS. 

The Championship Games  on saturday night are called the Raymond Boyle Championships after  one of our coaches who passed away during the early years of this league.  Ray was a coach, a parent, and friend of the league.  We recognize his contribution to the league by naming the Championship games after him.  

As the season comes to the end, please take a moment to thank your coaches, the concession workers and volunteers for all their hard work.  We can't run the league without them.  Also thanks to all the people who took the time to keep the score or run the time clocks.   There is a sign near the concession  sign listing all the high school and college  kids who have helped out this year.  There is also a sign on the back gate listing all the sponsors.  Please thank them by using their services. 

Wednesday July 27  Trivia of the day: Did you know that  during the 2011  season for  MPB Summer Basketball League ( no rainouts or power failures) we will play 304 games, including the finals and playoffs.   The total point scored by theses teams is over 15,000 !   

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SATURDAY  RAYMOND BOYLE CHAMPIONSHIPS-

5:00  COURT A GIRLS SR   Pink vs Yellow

         COURT B  GIRLS PREP Blue vs Green

         COURT C     BOYS INT 1  Red vs Maroon

6:00  COURT A    GHS   Highland vs Valley Central

         COURT B   BOYS PREP  Gold vs Red          

  COURT C  BOYS INT 2  Gold vs Gray

7:00  COURT A WOMENS ELITE     

         COURT B GIRLS INT  Yellow vs Pink    

         COURT C BOYS JR Orange vs White

8:00   COURT A MENS ELITE         

          COURT B GIRLS JR  Yellow vs Blue          

          COURT C BOYS SR   Gold VS Blue

2012 REGISTRATION INFORMATION:  WE WILL ONLY HAVE ON LINE REGISTRATION NEXT YEAR .  THERE WILL BE NO IN PERSON REGISTRATIONS, SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SIGN UP EARLY.  SOME DIVISIONS FILL UP QUICK SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE A SPOT IF YOU SIGN UP TOO LATE.  FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.  WE WILL EMAIL YOU A REMINDER BASED ON THIS YEARS REGISTRATION E EMAIL ADDRESSES.  

This past week, The MPB Summer Basketball League lost a great friend.   Dave Cocks, President of Walden Savings Bank, and a very active community supporter, passed away suddenly last weekend.  Dave was involved in this league from the beginning in 1998.  As the President of Walden Savings Bank he sponsored teams in the league every year and was instrumental in getting the new clock on Court A.  His children played in the league and he was in the stands as a proud parent  cheering on his kids.  His loss as a friend of the league is large but his loss to the Town of Montgomery  area as a community servant is immeasurable.  The League Directors  offer our deepest sympathies to Daves wife, children and family.  

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Wallkill Middle school is located 4 miles north ofMPB on Rt 208.  School is on left.

Ostrander: Take first left turn past Wallkill Middle School and then the first right turn.  School is straight ahead 2 blocks.

Sunday June 19 UPDATE:  Happy Fathers Day..

The season starts tomorrow (Monday June 20).  Future Stars, Boys Prep, Girls Prep, Girls Intermediate, Girls Juniors, Girls Seniors, and Girls High School all play.  Check your schedule below and on the left side under "Schedules and rules".  Please be a few minutes early for the first night.  Good luck to all the teams 

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THE SCHEDULES ARE NOW UPLOADED TO THE WEBSITE.  CHECK THE "SCHEDULES AND RULES " LINK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WEBSITE.

The season starts monday June 21.  Due to the large number of cars that will be on the school grounds, Please obey traffic signs.  Please drive one way from the back entrance, past the courts to the front parking lots.  Please drive slow and carefully. Use the sidewalks when coming back to the courts.  We do not allow you to drop off your kids at the top of the back parking lot.  Please drive to a parking spot before letting your kids out.  We need your help to keep everyone safe. Please watch your kids if they will be playing on the playground.

REMINDER:  NO GUM is allowed on the courts. Look for the trash cans. This rule is for everybody: players, coaches, and spectators.  No lawn chairs  or strollers inside the fence, no glass bottles, no smoking, no dogs please, no bikes or skateboards.   We do not allow inappropriate language from players, coaches, or spectators.  Please cheer on your kids and friends in a positive manner only.  We will ask anyone acting inappropriately to leave the courts. 

Please visit our concession stand for delicious burgers, hot dogs, cold drinks,  etc.  The concession stand helps defray the cost of running this league, we need your support. 

Good Luck to all the teams and have a great summer season.

Tuesday June 14 UPDATE

 Less than one week until the season starts.   Games starts 5:45 Monday June 20!

The General Schedule is as follows: Monday- Wednesday

5:45  Court B and C Future Stars

6:30  Court A  Girls High School  Court B Girls Prep  Court C Boys Prep

7:15  Court A  Girls High School  Court B  Girls Prep   Court C  Boy Prep

8:00 Court A     Girls Seniors   Court B  Girls Intermediate  Court C  Girls Intermediate

8:45 Court B      Girls Senior    Court B Girls Juniors            Court C Girls Juniors

Tuesday- Thursday

5:45  Court B and C  Boys Intermediate

6:30  Court A  Boys Open Rec     Court B and C  Boys Intermediate

7:15  Court A Boys Open Rec      Court B and C  Boys Junior

8:00 Court A Boys Open Rec       Court B and C  Boys Junior

8 :45 Court   A, B and C Boys Seniors

Daily schedules will be posted wednesday night 6/15

COACHES: you can pick up your team shirts friday night  June 17 from 6-8 at the courts.  Rich Wendel will be there to hand them out.

The waiting list is now CLOSED.  We have filled most division: boys intermediate, boys Junior, Girls Intermediate, Future Stars.  We have a lot of mailing list requests this year and unfortunately we will have to turn down many of them this year.  

If you need information on anything related to the MPB Summer league, please contact us through info@mpbsummer.com.   We don't always get emails or messages through other sources, and can't respond unless it is through our email.  Thanks

 Coaches:  Please email Tony Mazza for Practice times:  AMazza@us.ibm.com.  The courts are booked up for the first week. so we are asking all coaches to allow other teams to share a court.  Please allow a waiting team to share your court or the practice for 45 minutes instead of the 90 minutes reserved.   Thanks for your cooperation with this.

No practice can be scheduled for friday nights. 

The Future Star division (7-8) year olds in now closed. Please do not send emails to get on the waiting list for this age group.  Please check back for news on possible summer camps for this age group.   All other groups are open. email us to get on the waiting list: info@mpbsummer.com

Thanks

Monday May 5 UPDATE:

 Registration is now CLOSED.     As of Thursday May 5  you must send your name, phone, DOB, and Age as of August 1, 2011 to info@mpbsummer.com to be placed on a waiting list.  The list is first come first served.  We will place players off this list as needed to fill teams.  The late fee is $ 85.00.   EMail us at info @mpbsummer.com for questions. 

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 The 2011 season starts on June 20 and runs through July 30.  Future Stars, Prep Boys, Prep Girls. Intermediate Girls, Junior Girls, Senior Girls and High School Girls play on Mondays and Wednesdays.  Intermediate Boys, Junior Boys, Senior Boys: Rec and Varsity all play on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Future Stars division (7-8 year olds) will be run by Lauren Wendel again this year.  Lauren is a Most Precious Blood School graduate,Wallkill HS alumni, has played in the MPB Summer league since its inception and Coached for the last 4 years.  She had run the Future Stars camp for the last 2 years and has done a great job.   The Future Stars  will play on Mondays and  Wednesdays at 5PM before the regular games.  This division is for new players who need instruction in how to play the game and skills development.  Anyone who has already registered 7-8 year olds will be included in this group.  We would appreciate spreading the word to help fill this division.

ANNOUNCEMENT:  The Senior Boys and Open REC Boys groups will be back again this year.  Last year we did not have a Boys High School Division, instead we selected Varsity HS boys level players for  the Open Rec Division.  This divisions was drafted into 4 teams last year, there were no boys HS teams.  Everyone agreed that mixing the players from different schools was a success.  This division will be drafted with Varsity HS level players ( Juniors moving up and new Seniors on Varsity and players under 17 with appropriate skills.)  The Senior boys will be 15-17 year old players as in the past.  All players should register for the senior division and will be drafted into the appropriate division. 

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SPONSORS NEEDED:  We have strived to keep the cost of the MPB Summer League as low as possible.  In fact , it has not gone up in 4 years.  The cost of running the league continues to go up and we need your help to offset this.   Every year we seek team sponsors to help defray the cost of the league: Insurance, equipment, referee fees, uniforms, etc.  This year we have reduced the cost of a team sposor to $100.00.  The sponsor name is displayed on the Team Shirts, the schedules, and all over the website.  Hundreds of People each night and thousands of people over the season see your sponsors name.  If you have a small business or a community group that want to sponsor a team, please down load the sponsor form from the left side of the website under "Schedules and Rules".  Please ask at work if your company would like to help out as well.  If you have questions please email us at info@mpbsummer.com.  Thank you for your continued support of MPB Summer Basketball.    3/18/11  jpr

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MPB Summer League Info:  the 2011 league runs from June 20 to July 30.  All games are played at MPB on the 3 lighted courts behind the school.  We have alternative sites for nights when it rains.  The games run from 5:45 every 45 minutes, with the last games starting at 8:45.  Each Division plays 2 games per week on the same days ( mon-wednesday or tues-thursday) at or near the same time. We have seperate divisions for boys and girls ages 9 to 17.  This league promotes healthy competition, respect for others and a family environment.  This is a competitive summer recreation, meant to be place where our kids can have fun, work on thier basketball skills and make new freinds.   If you have any questions or concerns please email us at info@mpbsummer.com .

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On Line registration is open today- March 1, 2011!  The cost is that same as last year- $65.00 on line ($60.00 to MPB  and $5.00 for administration.)  In person registration in April will be $60.00.  Registration dates will be Saturday 4/30,  8:30 to 12:00   Monday May 2, 6-8pm, Wednesday May 4, 6-8pm, and Thursday May 5. 6-8pm.   All new players are required to attend a skills assessment ( Dates/times TBA).  The season run from June 20 to July 30.  More details to follow on this website.  Check back often.      2.28.11  jpr

8/1/10

The season is over, but not after a great Playoff and Championship Saturday.  The last 4 days gave us some upsets, some competitive games and some last minute winning shots.  All the teams played great and we had some of the best weather we have had since we started.  Congratulations to all the winning teams listed below.  As we end the season we also say goodbye to our Head Referee, John Nosig who has been with us since day one.  The estimate is he has refereed over 500 games at MPB.   We also congratulate all the people who worked hard to make this summer one of the very best:  Kelley Olley and Christine Masci and the best Concession Crew around, Pete Masci, Rich Wendel, Pat Clair, Ted Sheehan, Ed McLaughlin, Tom Mann, Christina Farone, Tony Mazza Rich Baskind, Ken Fisher, John Graham and Terrance Mahoney for thier hard work.  We also need to thank all our young coaches, referees and helpers that gave so much of their time: Lauren Wendel, Nicole Wendel, Richard Wendel, Chelsea Michella, Chris Michella, Kathryn Masci, Elizabeth Masci, Laura LT Tighe, Mickey Dennis, Ray Biggs, Brendan Mazza Meghan Graham, Keiely Miller,Mike McLaughlin, James Butler, and anyone else who I have missed.

This year we, as in past years, we had a 3 on 3 tournament to raise funds  to local charities,  we have set aside some of the proceeds to fund a scholarship that will help out our younger volunteers.  We have a great group of kids who have played or are still playing here. They are providing a great community service and are role models for the other kids.  We wish to encourage this spirit by providing some financial help towards college.   We had a great group of applications this year and the judges all agreed that the essays and letters of recommendations proved that we have the best group of young people here at MPB.  This years winners were Christina Farone, our resident "weather girl" who is attending Oswege College and Chelse Michella attending Holy Cross.  

Thanks again to everyone for a great year and check back here around the first of the year for info on registration for 2011!                        8.1.10  10:55 pm  jpr

Saturday July 31  Raymond Boyle Jr Championships

5:00 Court A Boys Open Rec- White   

         Court B  Girls  Prep   Purple  

         Court C  Boys Int    Blue

6:00  Court A High School Girls :  Highland

         Court B  Boys Prep   Green 

          Court C  Boys Jr  Maroon 

7:00  Court A Elite Men  Red 

          Court B Girls Int  Purple

          Court C Girls Sr    Pink

8:00   Court A Women Elite   Green 

           Court B Girls Jr  Blue 

            Court C Boys Sr  Gold 

Thursday July 29  Update: