Youth Basketball Tryouts

Tryouts for the Woods Cross Youth Basketball Program will be held on Tuesday, September 11 and Wednesday, September 12 from 7:30-9:00pm in the brand new, beautiful WX gym. Please get the word out to the community to check the blog out and to get a lot of players at the tryout. This tryout is for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders that must live in Woods Cross boundaries.

WX Youth Basketball

The Woods Cross Basketball Program will be going into this 2012-2013 season with the thought on “Building on Tradition” as our focus.  Woods Cross has had a very strong basketball tradition for many years making it to the state tournament 8 straight seasons and a Final Four appearance in 2011. I believe the only way to continue that tradition of excellence is to have a strong foundation of youth basketball teams wearing the Woods Cross name across their chest and having pride in that every time they walk onto the floor. The following will be an outline of what I’m hoping as far as the amount of teams we will have (depending on numbers), the amount of coaches needed, the tournaments we would like to play in, and what is expected from the different entities that will make this youth program a success.  

Who:

·       6^th- 8^th Grade boys who live in the Woods Cross boundaries only. We would like to get at least 2 teams per age group with about 8 players per team.

What:

·       These are the tournaments we would like all teams to play in and are all sanctioned by the AAU:

o   Fall Opener – September 9^th & October 6^th

o   Thanksgiving Tournament – November 23^rd & 24^th

o   Christmas Tournament – December 26^th, 27^th, 28^th

o   Presidents Day Shootout – February 15^th, 16^th, 17^th

o   AAU State Championships – March 6-20^th

o   High School Prep League – December 1^st- Feb 23^rd

o   AAU Spring Fling – April 22^nd- May 17^th

Where:

·       Practices will be held at either Woods Cross High School or South Davis Jr. High at least once a week (hopefully twice) depending on gym availability.

·       Most games will be played at either West Jordan High School or Bingham High School. 

When:

We will be holding a two-day tryout sometime in early September with the dates and times TBD. 

Woods Cross Boys Athletics Class

Here is a heads up to all members of the Woods Cross Boys Basketball Program that this years Athletics/Conditioning class will be held during 1st period. This is a good thing for us even though it is different for all of us. It fits the schedule of the administration better than any other period so we will make the best of it. It is very important to our basketball program that all basketball players take this class if it fits into their schedule and keeps them on track for graduation. I realize the members of the football program will have a difficult time taking this class because one of their two football classes will be held during 1st period but we will worry about that when it comes. This class will not only be used for conditioning and weight lifting to get ready for the season, but it will also be a great team building opportunity for all of us. I am excited to get ready for this upcoming school year and season and hopefully all members of the team are also.

Summer Shootout Champions

Woods Cross Boys Varsity wins the AAU Summer Shootout at Bingham High School.  After winning our pool against Hillcrest, Union, and the WJ Strokers, we beat Jordan High School in overtime to win the championship. The Junior Varsity team also played in this tournament and played hard against varsity competition and got better every game which is the main goal of any tournament Woods Cross plays in.