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Welcome to YOUTH ADVANTAGE!
Thursday, October 30 Bros 4 Life, Will North & ECC/Middle College South Buffalo Heroes Tourney 2008 Champions!
On an exciting evening of basketball, Brothers 4 Life, Williamsville North & ECC/Middle College were winners in their respective championship contests. In the JV (ages 13-15) Division, Brothers 4 Life easily defeated Tapestry Charter 56-18. In the Varsity A (ages 16-18) Williamsville North survived overtime to overcome the Macks to win their first-ever Youth Advantage title by the score of 54-48. In the Varsity B (ages 16-18) ECC/Middle beat Bennett in a closely contested game 69-57 to also win their first-ever crown. The All-Tournament, MVP & Christian Conduct awards: Junior Varsity All-Tournament Aaron Frasier (Brothers 4 Life) Aaron Williams (Brothers 4 Life) Andre Frasier (Brothers 4 Life) Aaron Nevins (Canisius JV) David Bass (Tapestry Charter) MVP Deon Artis (Brothers 4 Life) Dwayne Bray Memorial Christian Conduct Dion Barnes (Tapestry Charter)
Varsity A All-Tournament Mark Balsom (Williamsville North) Carl Larson (Williamsville North) Tamar Redden (Macks) Shaquille Holman (Macks) Aaron Martin (Macks) MVP Alex Barth (Williamsville North) Dwayne Bray Memorial Christian Conduct Mansa Habeeb (Macks)
Varsity B All-Tournament Darale Young (ECC/Middle College) Davon Alexander (ECC/Middle College) Davonte Amos (ECC/Middle College) DJ Stuckey (Bennett) Devron Hall (Bennett) MVP Justin Stokes (ECC/Middle College) Dwayne Bray Memorial Christian Conduct Amir Vance (Bennett) Special thanks to our hosts Principal Terry Shuta & Engineer Mike Miranda from Southside Elementary School. Thank You to our sponsor South District Common Councilmember Michael P. Kearns.
Sunday, January 14 Ultimate / Cross Training Football is HOT! More winter session excitement! Youth Advantage is playing Ultimate / Cross Training Football again! Every Sunday afternoon (after church), two YA teams travel to Sweet Home High School for one of the most exciting events ever ... Ultimate / Cross Training Football. A free flowing, physical and action packed games that Youth Advantage loves to play. It is unfair to describe the game here, to understand it ... you have to see it and play it. A six week season begins on Sunday afternoons with a 2:15 start on the Impact Division (13-15 yr old) games. At 4:00 PM, the Top Gun Division (16-18 yr old) plays some of the best athletes in WNY. Thank you Coach Mike Masters for this great opportunity. Check www.crosstrainingfootball.com for all info and pics. Saturday, January 6 Youth Advantage Joins the Western New York Christian Basketball League! More winter session excitement! Youth Advantage has placed two teams in the Western New York Christian Basketball League (formerly the South Buffalo Christian Basketball League). For ten weeks, the Expressway A/G church van will carry two teams (one junior, one senior) to the Hub at the Wesleyan Church of Hamburg to compete in a fifteen team league. The hub is probably the best youth facility in Western New York and Commissioner Mark Jentsch makes each game an event. Thank you Commissioner Mark for making it possible for us to participate! Stay tuned for schedule, standings and pics. Our Mission Our mission is to reach out to teens and address the problems they face. We believe that providing opportunities for recreation, mentoring & community supervision offer a positive answer for their needs and problems. Are YOU a Team Player? Everyone loves to be a winner, but even the most selfish player knows that he needs help from his teammates to win games. Are you helping your team win ... are you hurting your teams winning efforts? Ask yourself the following questions: #1. Do I rush to the scorebook during and/or after a game to see how many points I had? (even if we lost!) #2. Do I blame my teammates for making mistakes in games? #3. Do I try to draw as much attention to myself when I play? (for example, excessive celebration after I score or talking to the crowd) #4. Do I believe that I know more than my coach? #5. Do I blame the referees for my mistakes? (No referee has ever missed a lay-up; taken a stupid shot or committed a dumb foul!) #6. Do I shoot or dribble the ball, when I should pass it to a teammate? #7. Do I quit or get angry when things don't go my way? #8. Do I need to win to feel good about myself? Let's be WINNERS ... Be`smart ... Don't quit ... pass the ball ... encourage your teamates ... show respect for your coaches & officials ... act like you've scored a bucket before ... Do your best ... feel good about yourself because you're giving 100% ... think about the feelings of others. Questions??? Call Executive Director Russ Kingsbury @ (716) 602-7546 (cell) or e-mail russkingsbury@wzrd.com. OR try something NEW & leave a message on our website's Suggestion Box. What are YOU going to do after high school? Monday, October 30 The Buffalo Panthers are the Fall 2006 Youth Advantage Champs! On Monday October 30th, The Buffalo Panthers led by Glenroy Carr and Terrell Rankin outscored Lafayette to win the Youth Advantage Fall 2006 Championship. Glenroy Carr - MVP Terrell Rankin - Sportsmanship All Tournament Team John Whitlock - Lafayette Victor Arroyo - Lafayette Steve "Boo" Roberts - Buffalo Panthers Eric Schnirel - Buffalo Panthers Congratulations to Coach Paul Schintsius and Coach Al Parker on a great season! Sunday, October 29 Lafayette Wins the First-Ever South Buffalo Heroes Tournament Crown! John Whitlock's block of a Kevin Roth three-point attempt with 10 seconds left preserves a 57-55 win for Lafayette over St Francis in the First Annual South Buffalo Heroes basketball Tournament at Southside Elementary School. Tuesday, October 31 South Buffalo Church League Tip-Off Clinic - Rescheduled! Youth Advantage is teaming with the South Buffalo Christian Basketball League to conduct a Tip-Off Clinic. On Saturday Novemer 11th @ 9:30 AM, registration begins for a full day of coaching, fun and inspiration. The day begins with a skills & drills clinic run by some of the top high school coaches in WNY. After that, the league and Hamburg Wesleyan Church are showing a video featuring Bay Forest, a former NBA player with the Phoenix Suns. After the Bay Forest video, a mini-tournament will be held ending at 5:00 PM. The event is free, but pre-registration is required. Call Russ Kingsbury @ (716) 602-7546 for details. Monday, September 11 Youth Advantage Fall 2006 Basketball Season Begins! It's that time of year again. NO - NOT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON! It's the Youth Advantage Fall 2006 Basketball League. Sixteen varsity begin the journey to Championship Monday at the First Trinity Lutheran Gym. Old favorites like St Joes, Riverside, Grover and Tech join new teams Ken-West, Niagara Catholic, St Francis and Orchard Park to challenge defending Champion Lafayette for the Fall League title. The games are on Monday nights at the Expressway A/G and First Trinity gyms. Special thanks to Players Sports Lacrosse Superstore, Buffalo Common Council members Bonnie Russell and Michael Kearns, Jim's SteakOut restaurants, The Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation, McGard Innovative Security Products, Houghton College, Kingdom Bound Ministries, The Tabernacle in Orchard Park and Attorney William Moran for supporting our league. Come on out, support the players and be part of some great basketball action!
Friday, June 16 The Salvation Army Summer Basketball League Youth Advantage will be conducting an eight-team basketball league for boys ages 13-16 at the Salvation Army Community Center beginnig July 8th, 2006. Games will be played at 10, 11, noon & 1 PM every Saturday. Players will need a signed permission slip, proof of age and a $10 player fee. Call Russ @ (716) 602-7546 for details. Thank you, McGard Innovative Security Products for being our league sponsor.
Tuesday, August 15 Lackawanna is Hot! Youth Advantage and the Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority ran a sports camp at the Jeffrey Taggart Playground in the sizzling summer of 2006. Basketball, NFL flag football and growth were the themes. Twelve sessions that attracted over 115 campers filled the park with excitement. Special thanks to LMHA Director Tom Radich, Rec Director John Mack and Tracy McGee who provided the means for these great summer days. Check for pics on the photos page. Friday, June 16 Kid's Summer Sports Camp at The Father Belle! Youth Advantage will be conducting a summer sports camp for boys & girls ages 6-12 at the Father Belle Community Center beginning Monday July 10th 2006. The excitement begins at 10:00 every morning. Basketball, flag football & lacrosse will be featured over five-weeks of fun! Saturday, April 8 Spring Wellness Basketball Begins! Spring Wellness (non-varsity) basketball has begun on Thursday nights at the Expressway A/G gym. So far, six teams: Cleve-Hill; Expressway; Greater Emmanuel Temple; Langfield; Tech and Potomac Methodist are tearing up the courts. The league could be expanded to eight teams. Call Russ @ (716) 602-7546 for details! Monday, March 20 Youth Advantage Big Spring Basketball 2006 is HERE! Starting Monday March 20th, the MADNESS begins again! More teams, more gyms and more great basketball! Get your team together and be part of the fun. A coaches meeting will be held at the Expressway A/G church at 7:00 PM on Monday March 13th. Three age divisions - High School Girls (ages 13-18), Boys JV (ages 13-15), Boys Varsity (ages 16-18). Games are at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 & 9:00 PM on Monday evenings. Cost is $175.00 per team. Boys games are played at Expressway A/G, First Trinity Lutheran, Nazareth Lutheran & The Pratt-Willert Community Center. Check Gyms & Directions to get there! Questions??? Call Russ Kingsbury (716) 602-7546 for info or e-mail him at russkingsbury@wzrd.com Monday, August 8 Youth Advantage Fall 2005 High School Basketball Season Rocks! The Youth Advantage Fall High School Basketball Season Rocks! Twenty-four teams, three gyms, some 240 players in three divisions rockin' every Monday & Tuesday nights. Watch this website for standings, stats & pics! Call Russ @ (716) 602-7546 or e-mail @ russkingsbury@wzrd.com to play, register a team or donate to the cause! Youth Advantage Attends Kingdom Bound & Buffalo Bills Training Camp Two of the Youth Advantage sponsors, Kingdom Bound Ministries and the Buffalo Bills, have invited our workers and teens to great events! Seventy-seven Youth Advantage adults and teens will attend Kingdom Bound at Six Flags Darien Lake. Kingdom Bound on Tuesday August 2nd 2005 in a five day Christian music & speaker festival held each year at Six Flags Darien Lake. This is the second year that Youth Advantage has been invited by the Sis. Donna Russo, Bro. John Mika and wonderful people at Kingdom Bound. On Wednesday August 3rd 2005, the Bufalo Bills have invited fifty Youth Advantage workers and teens to attend training camp in suburban Rochester as their guests. Access to some (unnamed) players, a gift bag, lunch and NFL excitement is guaranteed on that day! Thank you to Gretchen Geiter, Michelle Roberts, Chris Lewis and Ashley Reves for your support! Why Support Youth Advantage? Four Reasons! #1. The Location: The area we serve is centrally located in Western New York with great suburban access, thanks to route 33. #2. The Method: VALUE-ADDED recreation. Teens want to play basketball & football. That's great ... but that's not enough. Cross-Training, college guidance & vocational help, as well as wellness projects add value to our games. #3. The Need: The area we serve lacks access to gymnasiums & leagues. Team practice time to develop skills is almost non-existent. #4. The Kids: The East Buffalo, Kenfield-Langfield, Kensington-Bailey & East Delavan Planning District house 26% of Buffalo's population. IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, 51% ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18! Serving this HUGE concentration of great kids is why Youth Advantage exists. Saturday, July 9 Youth Advantage Athletes Attend Houghton College Basketball Camps! Twenty boys and six girls from Youth Advantage traveled some 65 miles south to beautiful Houghton, NY to attend the school's basketball camps. The camps offered an incredible schedule of games, competitions, individual instruction and clinics designed to improve an individual's conditioning & skills. Players played in three games each day, two hours of stations, one hour of game observation, one hour of team practice, one hour of competitions (free throw shooting, 1 on 1, hot shot etc) and one hour of clinical instruction. Daily devotions & thoughts for the day were also an important part of the camp activities. Athletic Director & Women's Coach Harold "Skip" Lord and Men's Varsity Coach Brad Zarges supervised a staff of over 50 coaches and two camps with over 540 campers. Coach Russ Kingsbury and Coach Joe Scott from Youth Advantage attended and were involved in officiating, coaching and supervision. Campers included: Keon King, Darreus Davis, Dejon Scott, Steven Means Jr., Erick Cox, Julius Rudolph, Nick Torrance, Justin Johnson, Brandon Clark, Jake Fladd, Jason Bonasera, Max Denisco, Kyle Denisco, Josh Robinson, Louis Megna, Dwight Barlow, Chris Hillman, Cody Collins, Julius Bryant and Zachary Kane. Thank you to Houghton College for providing a way for our athletes to improve their games, see this beautiful college and make some good friends. Tuesday, July 5 Youth Advantage Women's Summer League Begins! Youth Advantage is conducting a women's summer basketball league at the D'Youville College gym. Some of the premier women ball players in WNY are playing in this 10 team league. Games are played on tuesdays and thursdays throughout the summer months. Check this website for schedules, standings & details. Monday, May 23 Lil' Saks Wins Title In Thriller! Mike Williams & Riverside ThreePeats! Championship Monday proved exciting as Lil' Saks wins the 13-15 championship on a last second shot, and Riverside narrowly escapes OT in winning its third consecutive 16-18 Youth Advantage title. Lil' Saks, in its first Youth Advantage season defeats Coach John Cusack's Greater Emmanuel Temple squad 45-44. With Lil' Saks down by one with less than three seconds left, Co-MVP Steve Means from Lil' Saks hit a jump hook from the baseline dashing Greater Emmanuel Temple's hopes for a first title. Co-MVP David McCarley(GET)'s deperation shot at the buzzer fell short and the celebration began. Congratulations to Coach Alfred Washington & GM Amarita McClam on a great season! In a very tight contest, Riverside outscores Showdown 55-53 for their third consecutive Youth Advantage Championship. In a seesaw game that saw both teams hold slight leads, it seemed as if the game was a personal duel between Showdown's Rashawn Pennick (McKinley) and Riverside's Michael Williams. Rashawn finished with 18 hard fought points as he hit the floor many times scrambling for loose balls, making steals or simply absorbing contact after scoring. His leadership inspired everyone as he won the sportsmanship award. MVP Mike Williams, as he has done all season, put the Riverside team on his shoulders and scored 21 points (3 - 3pointers). Probably the strongest high school athlete in WNY, Mike played center on defense and brought the ball upcourt on offense (who's gonna take it from him?). Josh Harris (South Park) and Darnell "Nubs" Mobley each scored 11 for Showdown. Josh Covington added 8 for Riverside. This game included a bizarre finish when with 2.8 seconds left Showdown's Julius Bryant hit a baseline jumper that apparently tied the game at 55. Referee Darryl "Juice" Carter was on the play & quickly blew his whistle denying the basket. It turned out that just prior to the basket a Showdown player had called loudly for a timeout! The timeout was given, the game-tying basket taken away and a last second Rashwan Pennick attempt fell harmlessly away. Even though Coach Bill Russell's Riverside teams threepeat is incredible ... it has happened before. McKinley won three in a row with Therreon Blackwell, Purnell Lindsey, Keith Parker, DiMario Williams, Gerald Hunley, Anthony Coronado & Ricky Lawson and others. NFL Flag Football Makes A Big Splash At Roosevelt Park! It was cold & rainy, but that couldn't stop the Youth Advantage devoted football fans from taking the field on Saturday morning. The first-ever NFL Flag @ Roosevelt Park football league began on Saturday April 30th amid 40 degree temperatures and driving rain. About 40 players and 10 adults braved the football-like conditions to experience a tremendous event. A registration tent provided some shelter as players signed up, got their mouthguards & flags and hiked, rushed, passed & caught wet footballs for NFL Flag Football glory. There will be open registration every saturday, so come out to Roosevelt Park. You need a signed player registration form, a mouthguard and a good attitude. Watch for more details each week!
Tuesday, March 8 NFL Flag Football Comes to Youth Advantage! The Buffalo Bills & The NFL are teaming with Youth Advantage to bring NFL Flag - 5 on 5 non-contact Flag Football to the City of Buffalo. NFL Flag will begin with a Registration & Demonstration Day on Saturday April 23rd at the Expressway A/G church 260 Eggert Road Buffalo, NY 14201. Player registration and a game demonstration will take place at noon. Registration will be open throughout the season to allow new players to join! The NFL Flag League will begin on Saturday April 30th or Saturday May 7th depending on field conditions ( it really rains in the spring! ). Youth Advantage & NFL Flag will play at Roosevelt Park. The age brackets will be 6-8 co-ed, 9-11 co-ed, 12-14 boys, 12-14 girls & 15-18 boys. The cost will be $5.00. Many free or partial scholarships are available for players. Everyone who wants to play will play! PLAYER REGISTRATION FORMS & TEAM ROSTERS are available on this website at the " Forms You Need " button. Players must have mouthguards, and mouthguards will be available for $1.00. Check out www.nflyouthfootball.com for rule info & click on the NFL Flag logo. Two 9-11 boys, two girls 12-14, & three boys 12-14 have registered already! Register a player or team, see the game demonstration on our Registration & Demonstration Day on April 23rd @ noon! Accessing All Pages If you are having problems accessing some pages, you must register as an ETEAMZ member ( it's free ) & send me your email address. Your email address will give you member status on this site. Email your email address to me at russkingsbury@wzrd.com Questions? call Russ Kingsbury (716) 852-4681 home (716) 602-7546 cell or e-mail russkingsbury@wzrd.com |
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