2024-25 BOYS AND GIRLS YOUTH BASKETBALL
GRADES 2 - 8
***REGISTRATION CLOSED FOR THE 2024-25 SEASON***
2024-25 Fee 2nd-4th Grade (Boys and Girls): $280 per player
2024-25 Fee 5th-8th Grade (Boys and Girls): $300 per player
Fee Includes: Gym Space (practice and Home Game), Scheduling Fees, Officials, DRSA Admin Fees, 2024-25 Season Scholarships, and Season End Tournament T-Shirt Contributions.
***RETURNING PLAYERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PURCHASE A NEW JERSEY UNLESS ONE IS NEEDED. ALL NEW PLAYERS TO THE DRSA BASKETBALL PROGRAM MUST PURCHASE A NEW JERSEY....NO EXCEPTIONS. SHORTS ARE ALWAYS OFFERED, BUT THEIR PURCHASE, FOR NEW AND RETURNING PLAYERS ALIKE, IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. PLAYERS MAY WEAR ANY SOLID NAVY OR WHITE SHORT THAT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR JERSEYS***
***UNIFORMS ARE SOLD SEPARATELY THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT VENDOR AND ARE NOT PART OF THE 2024-25 BASKETBALL FEES.....
Players in DRSA participate in the JPS (Just Play Sports) League. This is a Jefferson County Conference League. Teams from Green Mountain, Arvada West, Chatfield, Columbine, Conifer, D'Evelyn, Evergreen, Lakewood, Mullen, Pomona, Ralston Valley, Standley Lake, and Wheatridge, all participate within this league. Practices should begin the week of November 4, 2024 (SOME TEAMS MAY CHOOSE TO BEGIN PRACTICES AT AN EARLIER DATE PRIOR TO WHEN LEAGUE PRACTICES BEGIN). Practices will be held at locations within the Dakota Ridge community. Games should begin sometime the week after Thanksgiving 2024.
The season will conclude with the End of Season Tournament that usually takes place the last couple of weeks of February (2025) (usually top 8 teams in each division).
DRSA teams (Grades 5-7) also have the option of registering and playing in the Gold Crown League, IN ADDITION TO, playing within the regular JPS league. This will be a team decision, and the registration and payment for this extra league will be done through the Gold Crown website by the team coach and it's players.
2024-25 BUDGET
14 WEEKS
11/4/24 - 2/21/25
(2023-24 Total Numbers For Reference)
2023-24 2nd-4th Grade: 72 Players
2023-24 5th - 8th Grade: 98 Players
Total Players Boys/Girls: 170
2023-24 2nd-4th Grade Teams Boys/Girls: 7
2023-24 5th-8th Grade Teams Boys/Girls: 10
Total Teams Boys/Girls: 17
GYMS...
LILLY GULCH (T,W,TH,F) $65 Per Hour.....Average 2.5 Hours/Day = $9100 14 Weeks
THE RIDGE (F) $60 Per Hour.....2 Hours/Day = $1680 14 Weeks
COLLEGIATE ACADEMY (M,W,F) $45 Per Hour.....4 Hours/Day = $7560 14 Weeks
POWDERHORN ELEMENTARY (M-F) $17 Per Hour.....3 Hours/Day = $3315 13 Weeks
WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY (M-F) $17 Per Hour.....3 Hours/Day = $3315 13 Weeks
SUMMIT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL (M,W) $23 Per Hour.....2 Hours/Day = $1196 13 Weeks
OFFICIALS...
2nd - 4th Grade....1 Official Only.....5 HOME GAMES.....$46 Per Game....(Based on 2023-24 Teams of 7...35 Home Games) = $1610
5th - 8th Grade....2 Officials.....6 HOME GAMES.....$74 Per Game.....(Based on 2023-24 Teams of 10...60 Home Games) = $4440
JPS GAME SCHEDULING FEE...
$5 Per Home Game (Based on 2023-24 Total Home Games....95 Home Games) = $475
DRSA ADMIN FEE...
Website, Internet, Phone, Office Manager Salary, Office Rent, Office Supplies, Credit Card Processing, Background Check Fees, misc. supplies/expenses) = $13,600
SCHOLARSHIPS...
4 Scholarships Offered (Dakota Ridge Area Players Only...Not For Outside Area Players) = $1160
LIABILITY INSURANCE...
$10 per player
DAKOTA RIDGE TOURNAMENT T-SHIRT AREA CONTRIBUTION...
Each Area Must Contribute To The Cost of Tournament T-Shirt Production = $185
2024-25 2nd - 4th Grade Fee: $280 per player
2024-25 5th - 8th Grade Fee $300 per player
ALL FEES MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY THE DATE SET FORTH BY DAKOTA RIDGE SPORTS ASSOCIATION. IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY MAKING YOUR PAYMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT US AT THE DAKOTA RIDGE SPORTS ASSOCIATION OFFICE AT 720-407-4359.