FAQs

• Online (starting September 1^st): shepnazbasketball.org/register
• In-Person in the Shepherd Church Lobby:
  • October 1^st (8:00am-11:00am)
  • October 22^nd (8:00am-11:00am)
  • November 12^th (11:00am-3:00pm)

This depends on the grade level of your player.

• Kidergarten-2^nd Grade: $100 per player (new Upward jersey included in the registration fee)
• 3^rd/4^th Grade Girls and 3^rd Grade boys: $100 per player ($10 discount for using a ShepNaz jersey—blue and yellow reversible)
• 4^th Grade Boys, 5^th/6^th Grade Girls, 5^th/6^th Grade Boys, 7^th/8^th Grade and High School: $125 per player ($10 discount for using a ShepNaz jersey—blue and yellow reversible)

The cost for cheering leading is $100. 

• • There are 10 spots for 10 Kindergarteners cheerleaders for the Kindergarten basketball games that are at 8:00am on Saturday mornings starting in January 2023
  • There are 10 spots for 10 either 1^st or 2^nd grade cheerleaders for the 1^st/2^nd Grade Girl’s basketball games that are at 9:00am on Saturday mornings starting in January 2023
  • There are 10 spots for 10 either 1^st or 2^nd grade cheerleaders for the 1^st Grade Boy’s basketball games that are at 10:00am on Saturday mornings starting in January 2023
  • There are 10 spots for 10 either 1^st or 2^nd grade cheerleaders for the 2^nd Grade Boy’s basketball games that are at 11:00am on Saturday mornings starting in January 2023

This depends on the grade level of your player/cheerleader. Practice for all leagues will start the week of November 28.  There are NO PRACTICES the week of December 26^th.  This means that there will be 5 practices for each team before the first game.

• Kindergarten—both basketball and cheerleading—Mondays from 6:15pm-7:15pm
• 1^st/2^nd Grade Girls—both basketball and cheerleading—Tuesdays from 6:15pm-7:15pm
• 1^st Grade Boys—both basketball and cheerleading—Fridays from 6:15pm-7:15pm
• 2^nd Grade Boys—both basketball and cheerleading—Fridays from 7:15pm-8:15pm
• 3^rd/4^th Grade Girls—Mondays or Tuesdays from 7:15pm-8:15pm
• 3^rd Grade Boys—Thursdays from 6:15pm-7:15pm or 7:15pm-8:15pm
• 4^th Grade Boys—Thursdays from 6:15pm-7:15pm or 7:15pm-8:15pm
• 5^th/6^th Grade Girls—Mondays from 6:15pm-7:15pm or 7:15pm-8:15pm
• 5^th/6^th Grade Boys—Tuesdays from 6:15pm-7:15pm or 7:15pm-8:15pm or 8:15-9:15pm (rotation)
• 7^th/8^th Grade—Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays from 8:15pm-9:15pm
• High School—Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays from 9:15pm-10:15pm

Game Schedules (games to start January 5^th, 6^th and 7^th):

• Kindergarten—both basketball and cheerleading—Saturdays at 8:00am
• 1^st/2^nd Grade Girls—both basketball and cheerleading—Saturdays at 9:00am
• 1^st Grade Boys—both basketball and cheerleading—Saturdays at 10:00am
• 2^nd Grade Boys—both basketball and cheerleading—Saturdays at 11:00am
• 3^rd/4^th Grade Girls—Saturdays at 8:30am
• 3^rd Grade Boys—Saturdays at 9:30am
• 4^th Grade Boys—Thursdays at 6:15pm or 7:15pm
• 5^th/6^th Grade Girls—Saturdays at 11:00am or 12:00pm
• 5^th/6^th Grade Boys—Fridays at 6:15pm, 7:15pm or 8:15pm
• 7^th/8^th Grade—Saturdays at 5:00pm. 6:00pm or 7:00pm (NOTE THE GAME TIMES!)
• High School—Saturdays at 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, or 4:00pm (NOTE THE GAME TIMES!)

This depends on the grade level of your player.

Kidergarten-2nd Grade
As we continue our partnership with Upward Sports, a new system allows us to run the players through an evaluation process and enter each player’s evaluation score into a data-base that will divide the teams equally, based on skills, to provide healthy competition.

3rd/4th Grade Girls and 3rd Grade boys
Teams are randomly put together.

4th Grade Boys, 5th/6th Grade Girls, 5th/6th Grade Boys, 7th/8th Grade and High School
All registered players are run through an assessment with all the coaches in attendance. After the assessment, the players are dismissed, and the coaches enter “The Draft Room” and draft their teams. All registered players that did not attend the assessment will be assessed by the coaches/ShepNaz Basketball personnel and ranked based on athleticism/skill level. After the drafting of the players that attended the assessment is complete, the list of ranked registered players will be used in completing the draft. Lastly, any player that coaches/ShepNaz Basketball personnel do not know, their names will be put “in a hat” and blindly drawn and assigned to the team with the next pick. 

Coaches (both Head Coaches and Assistant Coaches) kids are automatically placed on that coach’s team starting with the 3rd round pick…this process MAY change.

This depends on the grade level of your player.

Kidergarten-2nd Grade
Register your player and encourage others to do so as well! Mark your calendar! PLEASE BE SURE TO ATTEND ONE OF THE SESSIONS LISTED BELOW:

November 12th (11:00am-3:00pm)
Last names A-L from 11a-1:00p
Last names M-Z from 1:00p-3:00p

– or –

November 14th (6:00pm-8:00pm)
Last names A-L from 6p-7p
Last names M-Z from 7p-8p

Bring your player to Shepherd Church anytime between the hours listed above to have them run through the evaluation process. We are estimating that once in the gym it should take between 15-20 minutes for a player to complete the evaluation but be prepared that it may take longer. This will also be a time to size your player for a jersey.

3rd/4th Grade Girls and 3rd Grade boys
Register your player and encourage others to do so as well!

4th Grade Boys, 5th/6th Grade Girls, 5th/6th Grade Boys, 7th/8th Grade and High School
Register your player and encourage others to do so as well! Mark your calendar to attend the assessment:

November 19th
4th Grade Boys—8:00am in the FLC
5th/6th Grade Girls—8:00am in the CC
5th/6th Grade Boys—10:00am in the FLC
7th/8th Grade—10:00am in the CC
High School—12:00pm in the FLC

These times are the starting times of the assessment, please arrive 15-20 minutes early to get checked in for your assessment. This is not a registration time!

All players should hear from their coach no later than November 27th as practices start the week of November 28th.
NOTE! If you have not heard from your coach by Sunday, November 27th, please be sure to contact me ASAP!

Mike Taylor
mtaylor@shepnaz.org
614-944-8803 option #5, option #1