New Bees Basketball League Starts Sunday at MSUB (Sept. 25, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – The inaugural Billings Bees Boys’ Basketball League sponsored by the Billings Gazette will hold its registration, draft and first practice sessions this Sunday, September 28, at Alterowitz Gymnasium.  Registration begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Alterowitz lobby.  The league is a separate activity from the annual Billings Bees youth clinics.

The Bees Basketball League is for boys in grades 5-8.  Participants will be divided into two divisions according to skill level and experience at this Sunday’s fundamentals practice and draft.  The league will be limited to the first 80 to register, with participants being broken-up into eight ten-player teams.  All teams will be coached by current Yellowjacket men’s basketball players. 

League play will begin October 5 and continue for four consecutive Sundays (Oct. 12, 19 and 26).  League games will be played from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. each night with teams guaranteed seven 32-minute games.  A single-elimination league tournament will be held November 2 with the championship game played prior to the Yellowjackets’ November 10 exhibition game.

For more information or to register for the Bees League, call Yellowjacket Athletics at 657-2369, or print off a REGISTRATION FORM and return it to Yellowjacket Athletics.