Boys Travel League Basketball

This program is designed for the most competitive and committed players grades 5 thru 8 in the Smithsburg school district.  Teams will compete against top players from Washington and Frederick Counties.  The season runs from November through March with skills assessments in late October.  Teams will meet multiple times per week (including Saturday/ Sunday) and travel to various locations for practices and games.

Players will be invited to join a travel team based upon the results tryouts.  The amount of playing time each participant receives is at the discretion of the coaching staff.  

SYA places teams in both the Washington County Middle School Basketball League and the Mid Maryland League.  These leagues have requires that all student athletes have no more than one grade below a 70%.  The league require copies of the athletes report cards at the beginning of the season and again in January after the 2nd marking period.  SYA athletes that are or become ineligible may still practice but cannot participate in league games,  

Registration: 
Registration for this program is a 2 step process.  Step 1 all player wishing to tryout must create an account on our website and register for the tryout.  No money is accepted at this step.  Step 2 after the tryouts players will be sent an e-mail telling them if the made a position on the team or not.  Those that made a position must then log back into our website and accept the position and pay the registration fee.  Players that were not offered a position are welcome and encouraged to register and play on our middle school in-house program.  The registration fee for the 5th 6th 7th and 8th grade travel teams is $150.  Registration fees must be paid before the first practice.

Registration for tryouts will open on Sept 1st.

Basketball Tryouts:
Tryouts will be held in the Leitersburg Ruritan Community Center gym 21427 Leiter Street Hagerstown MD 21742.  Players need to be dressed and ready to start 15 minutes prior to their assigned time.  They will be asked to sign in and receive a number for identification.  Players must be registered on our website prior to tryouts.