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PDF versionThe 7th and 8th grade All Star game will take place this year at St. Xavier High School on Sunday, February 23rd. The 8th grade game will start at 5:30pm immediately followed by the 7th grade game.
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionOur member parishes/schools agreed on the following season dates for the 2024-25 basketball and girls volleyball seasons during our league meeting on 4/17. Dates listed represent the weekends games will be played. More decisions made during the meeting can be found here: Spring 2024 Meeting Notes Timelines on all of the league pages on the website have been updated to reflect the dates for the 2024-25 school year.
Girls Volleyball
8/24, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12 (tournament)
Girls Basketball
11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 12/7, 12/14, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18 (tournament)
Boys Basketball
12/7, 12/14, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15 (tournament)
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionPrinter-friendly versionPDF versionAs inclement weather is expected this weekend, please familiarize yourself with our policies and procedures. As a reminder, the league does not cancel games unless there is a significant weather event, which may or may not occur on Friday.
Inclement Weather InfoPrinter-friendly versionPDF versionPrinter-friendly versionPDF versionPreparations are underway for the season-ending girls volleyball tournament which will take place on October 20-22. First round matches (for brackets with more than 8 teams) will be played on October 20th, quarter-final, and semi-final matches will be played on October 21st while championship matches will be played on October 22nd. Teams will be assigned to brackets and seeded based on full regular season results as of 10pm on Sunday, October 15th so coaches, please report your scores in a timely manner!
Here are a few other reminders:
Printer-friendly versionPDF version8/21 Update: Schedule is out and can be found by clicking on the Tournament Web Site link below. All coaches participating were sent an email this afternoon
Amerileagues will be hosting a girls volleyball tournament for 3rd-6th grades and skill levels on August 26-27. This tournament will feature teams from our league as well as the Cincinnati Premier Youth Volleyball league.
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Printer-friendly versionPDF versionThank you to all our member parishes/schools for putting together your wish lists regarding Girls Volleyball & Basketball timelines for 2023-24 season. 32 member parishes/schools cast their ranking vote. This vote had an overwhelming majority supporting the Girls Basketball season starting and finishing earlier than the Boys season. We can visit again next year and continue to try to grow both sports participation.
Timelines for basketball and girls volleyball for the 2023-24 school year have been updated on the league pages (under the Leagues menu).
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionBased on a recent league vote, there will be some changes for the 2022-23 girls basketball season. Due to declining numbers, the GCCYS wants to be proactive and provide fewer obstacles for girls who want to play basketball but also play another sport. The hope is that these changes result in increased numbers for girls basketball.
Here are the changes for the upcoming season:
A season timeline can be found on the girls basketball page. Please note that in order to start earlier, teams must be registered earlier so parishes/schools need to pay close attention to the timelines and hold tryouts/evaluations (if applicable) earlier than in past seasons.
This information was emailed to all league members in the spring. If you have any questions, please contact the league. Thanks!
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionUPDATED 2/4/25 12pm: Bottom of PDF was cutoff on first release (St. Veronica, St. Xavier HS, and Summit Country Day have gym times assigned) Also, some parishes/schools withdrew gym time yesterday. Any gym time on PDF that is highlighted in yellow was changed in v2.
The boys basketball tournament (February 13-16) is fast approaching and we have put together a list of preliminary site assignments for the tournament. Please note that when a time is listed such as 5:30-8:30, that means the first game starts at 5:30pm and the last game starts at 7:30pm, meaning that we hope the last game ends by 8:30pm. All teams will be seeded and assigned to brackets beginning late on Sunday and the schedule will be no later than Tuesday at 6pm (we are shooting for noon). All first round games (for brackets greater than 8 teams), will be played mostly on Friday with a few Thursday games. Quarter-final and semi-final games on Saturday, and championship matches on Sunday.
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionAmerileagues will be hosting a Holiday Tournament again this year. This tournament will take place from December 29th through January 1st. More information is available on the Ameritourneys web site for more information!
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Printer-friendly versionPDF versionHere is some information about the fall girls volleyball season:
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionPlanning is underway for the season-ending tournament that will take place from Thursday, October 10th through Sunday, October 13th.
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionA reminder that registration for the boys volleyball season closes on February 14th. At that time, all team registrations must be in along with gym availability and schedule conflicts for the upcoming season. We will begin approving teams when registration is closed and they will show up on the Standings page when this happens. In addition, coaches will receive emails to claim their accounts. Coordinators, please make sure you put in the correct email address for your coaches when registering your teams. During the registration process, coordinators can view their teams under the Registered Teams section on their Coordinator Portal.
Registered Teams by Grade/Skill Registered Teams by Organization
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The boys volleyball tournament is fast approaching and we have put together a list of preliminary site assignments for the tournament. These will be emailed to all parishes/schools on 4/15. Please note that when a time is listed such as 6pm-9, that means the first game starts at 6pm and the last game starts at 8pm, meaning that we hope the last game ends by 9pm. Most parishes/schools hosting Wednesday or Thursday matches will be hosting championship games. Those hosting championship games will be notified in a separate email. Trophies will be available for pickup at All Saints on April 29/30.
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionCoordinators and coaches, please read to familiarize yourself with the policy. Thanks.
Postponing
Rescheduling
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionThe following are key dates for the upcoming boys volleyball season:
| 2/1-14 | Team Registration Period |
| 2/17 | Practices May Begin |
| 3/5 | Regular Season Schedule Released |
| 3/5 | Rosters and Liability Waivers Due |
| 3/10 | Season Begins |
| 4/14-18 | No Games - Holy Week |
| 4/21-25 | No Games - Spring Break |
| 4/28 | Tournament Schedule Released |
| 5/2 | Regular Season Ends |
| 5/5-9 | Season Ending Tournament |
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionThe full schedule for the 2024-5 boys basketball season and the December and January schedule for the girls season has now been released (11/22 at 5pm) and is available for viewing from the Schedule menu and all portals. This schedule should be considered "frozen". Any comments or questions about the schedule should be directed to parish/school coordinators at this point. Thank you to all parish and school coordinators that participated in the schedule review process.
Parents should continue to fill out Liability Waivers (your player absolutely cannot play until a waiver has been filled out correct on our web site).
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionThe full season schedule for girls and boys basketball is now available (11/17 8pm). These schedules were reviewed by the coordinators from each parish/school and feedback was provided to the league before the schedule was finalized. Thank you to all coordinators for their feedback, almost all of which was incorporated into the schedule.
Schedules can be found in a variety of formats from the Schedule menu (by Team, by Date, by Gym). If you are a coach, you can also view a pre-filtered version of the schedule which only shows your team from your Coach Portal. Others who created an account on the web site and subscribed to a team or teams, can view those schedules on their Subscriber Portal.
It is important to note that now that the schedule is live, making changes to it will be very difficult. Any feedback a coach might have with the schedule should be directed to their parish/school coordinator and not the league. League coordinators are instructed to inform the league of any issues that might arise with the schedule and to work with the league and the coordinator of their opponent on reschedules. The league will ignore any direct requests from coaches to reschedule or cancel matches.
Thanks and have a great season!
GCCYS and Amerileagues
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionThe Ohio Department of Health has announced new legislation referred to as Lindsay's Law which addresses Sudden Cardiac Arrest in youth athletes. The law went into effect on August 1, 2017. GCCYS sent an email to all parishes during the week of August 1st to provide guidance regarding how this should be implemented for our member coaches, athletes, and parents. You can read more about Lindsay's Law on the Ohio Department of Health web site: READ ABOUT LINDSAY'S LAW
We have included links to resources below which might be helpful for our members, but please note that it is the obligation of the parish/school to make sure everyone for their program is trained and in compliance with the Ohio state law.
The following resources were developed to implement Lindsay’s Law:
For parents/guardians and youth athletes:
For coaches:
If you are a coach for an interscholastic sport and are licensed by the Ohio Department of Education, please visit their website for information about their training requirements around Lindsay’s Law.
If you are a coach in a community program, please use the following resources:
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionREPORT YOUR TOURNAMENT SCORES IN A TIMELY MANNER. Teams are advanced through the tournament based on a score being reported. Good luck to all teams!
Here are a few notes about the tournament:
This physical bracket will show the teams as they advance through the tournament (scores must be logged to advance the teams on the bracket) and will also show the scores of completed games. Please note that this is not a responsive bracket and while you can view it from a mobile device, it is best viewed from a computer or tablet. Horizontal and vertical scroll bars are available to help you view the entire bracket.
There is also a way to easily locate the bracket your team is playing in by clicking on the Find My Bracket link, enter the last name of your coach or your entire team name, and a listing of teams in your bracket will appear along with their seeding and record. You can then easily click on the bracket name to display the physical bracket.
Check out the links below. You can also access this tournament information from the Post Season Tourney option on the Schedule menu.
Find my Bracket Schedule by Bracket Schedule by Gym Physical Bracket Rules
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionAll parents should take a moment to read "10 Things Parents Need to Know" which is a great reminder to all. Coaches, if you need help tracking playing time for basketball, please print out and use the Basketball Player Tracker. League specific information is available under the Leagues menu.
Also as a reminder, the maximum gate fee that a parish/school may charge is $5/family (meaning two adults for this year) or $3/adult
Basketball Rules Basketball Player Tracker 10 Things Parents Need to Know
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionAs the GCCYS is informed of gym closings by parish/school coordinators (they can do this via the contact form or by contacting Amerileagues or GCCYS commissioners directly), this information will be shared on the front page of the web site. In addition, games will be marked as postponed or cancelled which will trigger email and SMS text notifications to those that subscribe to Game Status Change notifications for teams affected. If we have a very large weather event, the web site might be put into maintenance mode in order to handle traffic. If this is the case, listings of closed gyms will appear.
GCCYS Policy: Games/matches may be postponed due to extreme inclement weather where the safety of the coaches, players and spectators are at risk. It will be the responsibility of the parish/school site representative and coordinator, at the hosting school, to make the decision regarding the closing of their facility. The coordinator must provide notification to GCCYS a minimum of 90 minutes prior to the start of a game/match. All subsequent games/matches will be cancelled except in cases where it may be possible to re-open later in the day. If a host team's gym is open but the visiting team decides not to participate it will result in a forfeit. Request for postponement and reschedule will be accepted from coordinators only. As always, every person/family is in charge of their own safety. If you feel uncomfortable driving, then don't.
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionAll league fees ($110 per team for all leagues) can be paid to "GCCYS" and sent to the following address:
GCCYS
PO.Box 42376
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionJust a quick word about score reporting. The coach of the winning team is responsible for reporting the score of the game within 48 hours of the game being played. Coaches can access score reporting from several places:
Please note that you must have an account with coach level access in order to access a Coach Portal or subscribe to the Score Reporting Reminder notification. Accounts were created for all coaches based on the email address your coordinator used to register your team (in some cases your coordinator used a different email address than the coach was expecting OR mis-spelled the email address). IF YOU CREATED YOUR OWN ACCOUNT, you most likely do not have coach level access unless you discussed this with the league. Game scores can be edited up to 14 days after your game (via the My Team Schedule section of your Coach Portal OR by resubmitting the score reporting form that was emailed to you if you subscribe to that notification) in case they have been reported incorrectly. If you are the coach of the losing team and the score has not been logged after 3 days, please help us out and log the score yourself. Thanks!
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionIn early August all teams for volleyball season were set to "Approved" status which triggers the creation of web site account for coaches (or an update to your existing account). If you received an email from the web site with account information but did not reply within 24 hours OR you never received an email, you need to claim your account. To do so, please request a new password by navigating to the Password Reset Page and enter the email address that your coordinator gave the league.
If you are not sure which email address this is, then go to the Teams Page on the Organization menu and look for the email address associated with your team. When you request a new password, if the system does not recognize your email address or you never receive a subsequent email (it should happen within 30 minutes), please Contact Us and we will get it sorted out. Thanks!
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionNow that the initial schedule has been frozen for the fall leagues, we are going to activate game change notifications. From this point forward when a scheduled game has a change in location, a change in game time, or either of the two teams are changed, you can receive an email or SMS text message notification. In addition, when a new game is added to the schedule or a game is removed from the schedule, canceled, or postponed, you will also receive a notification
In order to receive notifications, you must have a user account on the web site. Simply choose the organization you are associated with and then choose the teams you want to follow (up to 5). You can then choose the types of notifications you would like to receive. Please make sure you enter a valid email address and if you want to receive SMS text message notifications that you enter a valid phone number including area code
A quick note about game statuses. A game starts out as "scheduled" and then when the game has been completed it will change to "completed" or "forfeited" if one of the teams does not show up. If one of the teams cannot make the scheduled game but the game will be rescheduled, it will be placed in "postponed" status. If the location or time of a game is changed, the status of the game will be changed to "rescheduled".
Printer-friendly versionPDF versionAccount registration is now open for those that want to follow and subscribe to teams. To register, please click on the Register link in the upper left corner of the web site. You will be asked to choose a user name, password, and enter your first and last names and email address. Choose the organization you are affiliated with and then one of more teams (winter league teams will not be available until late October/mid November) from the parish/school that you want to follow. You can also choose to subscribe to a number of different email and text message notifications.
Once you have created your account, you can login to the web site and will now notice a Portals menu which has a Subscriber option. By choosing that option, you will see your own personal portal with information about the teams you are following. PLEASE NOTE ... that coaches and coordinators have accounts with higher level access created for them. Coaches and coordinators CAN create their own account if they like, but PLEASE USE THE EMAIL ADDRESS that your school/parish supplied to the league. Coordinator or coach privileges will be added to your account after your organization contact information or team information has been communicated to the league.
Regular account holders can choose to subscribe to the following types of notifications:
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ALL HEAD COACHES AND ASSISTANT COACHES must complete the NFHS Concussion Training course before their first game. As a head coach, after you have completed the free, on-line training course on the NFHS web site, you can edit your coach account (after it has been created for you) on the GCCYS web site and specify the course completion date. This training is valid for up to 3 years upon completion of the course so if you have already completed the course in the past 3 years, you should simply enter your course completion date. In order to take the course, you must first register yourself and create an account on the NFHS web site. You will then be able to take the course.
Please note that it is the obligation of the parish/school to make sure everyone for their program is trained and in compliance with the Ohio state law.
NFHS Registration Take Course Check Completion Edit My GCCYS Account