The Winston-Salem Stealers Girls Basketball Program

Since 1996.


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2012 Season Information Page.

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2012 Age Determining Dates.
Information for all our 2012 teams and programs is beginning to post on this page.

Keep checking back for information on tryout dates, teams offered, potential tournament schedules, coaches for teams, and much more.

This page will be continuously updated throughout October 2011-February 2012.

2012 Age Determining Dates for 3rd-7th Grade Teams:

What Grade Division Am I In?

Grade Divisions (Taken from the www.aaugirlsbasketball.org page):

Competition Divisions for District Qualifying Tournaments, Super Regional Tournaments and National Championships.

Competition in girls’ basketball shall be determined by the following:


2ND GRADE DIVISION
An athlete must be in the 2nd grade as of October 1, 2011 and can be no older than 9 on August 31, 2012. For an
athlete that is in the 3rd grade as of October 1, 2011 wanting to play down, they can be no older than 8 on August 31,
2012.
3RD GRADE DIVISION
An athlete must be in the 3rd grade as of October 1, 2011 and can be no older than 10 on August 31, 2012. For an
athlete that is in the 4th grade as of October 1, 2011 wanting to play down, they can be no older than 9 on August 31,
2012.
4TH GRADE DIVISION
An athlete must be in the 4th grade as of October 1, 2011 and can be no older than 11 on August 31, 2012. For an
athlete that is in the 5th grade as of October 1, 2011 wanting to play down, they can be no older than 10 on August 31,
2012.
5TH GRADE DIVISION
An athlete must be in the 5th grade as of October 1, 2011 and can be no older than 12 on August 31, 2012. For an
athlete that is in the 6th grade as of October 1, 2011 wanting to play down, they can be no older than 11 on August 31,
2012.
6TH GRADE DIVISION
An athlete must be in the 6th grade as of October 1, 2011 and can be no older than 13 on August 31, 2012. For an
athlete that is in the 7th grade as of October 1, 2011 wanting to play down, they can be no older than 12 on August 31,
2012.
7TH GRADE DIVISION
An athlete must be in the 7th grade as of October 1, 2011 and can be no older than 14 on August 31, 2012. For an
athlete that is in the 8th grade as of October 1, 2011 wanting to play down, they can be no older than 13 on August 31,
2012.
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All ages 8th-12th Grades in our program will play either on one of our Travel Teams or on the Stealers Too!!! Team.


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The above teams will play in AAU Regional and State Tournaments and, should they qualify, AAU Nationals.

Descriptions of other teams that will be offered for the 2010 Season are listed below.  Teams that have "292 TEAM" posted in their description are 292 Teams.

292 Teams play in college-exposure events and must have members of their team (some, not all) that are in the 292 Program to play in these events. 

Participants on our 292 Teams do not have to be in the 292 Program, however only those registered in the 292 Program will receive evaluation forms from those events (registration meetings took place between August 1, 2011 - October 31, 2011).

Information on our 292 Program can be found on the "292 - Travel Team, Skills and More" Page.

Frequently Asked Questions.

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1) What if my daughter plays another sport (soccer, softball, etc...) and can't make every basketball practice, how do we handle that? Answer: We encourage players, especially 12-and-under players, to play more than one sport. The majority of kids do not know what they would like to play or what sport they are good at yet (12-and-under ages) and our program does not want to limit kids to just one sport, or keep them from exploring new activities.  Do understand, however, that our organization is a basketball program and if your daughter misses practice or a game(s), she'll have to catch up to the others so that she can play.

2) What if my daughter has school sport conflicts or school-related activities that may interfere with Stealers' Basketball Practice? Answer: You always, 100% attend your school-related activity first. It is the same policy with missing a practice or a game as above, she'll have to catch-up or be able to keep-up with the rest of the team in order to get playing time.

3) Can you define your different level teams? Answer:

  • Our 9, 10, 11, 12-and-under spring teams (or 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Teams) practice & play January-June and then, if they qualify, will play in a national tournament either in June or July.  There are also fall season teams for these teams, but the team roster typically changes as these teams are seasonal.
  • Our year-round teams practice and play March-October with our teams with high school age players taking the month of June off, and then go with a light practice schedule in August. Those with non-high school age players practice in June.
  • Our 7 Month Teams & 3 Month Teams are run through our 292 Program. The majority of the tournaments they play in are college-exposure events. The 7 Month Team stays together from March-October (with June being off), while the 3 Month Team is a seasonal team running March to Mid-May, then Mid-May to July, then August-Mid-October.
  • Our Stealers Too!!! Program is for middle or high school age teams (typically 8th grade and up) that want to play locally, and not play in college-exposure or national tournaments. This is probably the best option for those who would like to keep their 9-12-and-under AAU teams together as they move closer and into high school years.
  • Our Stealers 3 Program is for 7th-12th Grade Players and is our 3 on 3 program. More information is posted below.  3 on 3 is a new AAU Sport and FIBA (Olympic) World Championship Sport.
4) Why is the Stealers Too!!! Team better for keeping (at least the core if not all of) our 9-12-and-under Team together than a 292 College-Exposure Team?  Answer: The 292 College-Exposure Teams are for those who are serious about wanting their daughter to be on the best teams possible with the best players available.  The 292 Teams are set-up to help our players learn to play with different players / teams in our program from year-to-year while trying to keep them under the same system (very similar to how a player would experience from freshman-senior years of college). No future college player plays with the same set of girls every year in college, and having to learn how to adjust and work with new players, and (sometimes a) new coach, while still trying to perform at a high level is something that will give college coaches an added trait to evaluate when viewing players (and a preview of the type of kid they might be adding to their team). Plus, the internal team competition keeps players hungry to get better which is always a good thing and leads to better external results. The Stealers Too!!! Team is not a college-exposure team and since there is no qualifying for AAU Sanctioned Events (Regional, State or Nationals), it makes this team the better for those looking to keep a team  (or its' core) together.

5) What paperwork needs to be turned in for my daughter? Answer: Once the forms are posted below for each team, decide which one you would like your daughter to tryout for.  Fill out the form and return with the "Intent To Tryout Form" which is posted below. Please read the instructions associated with the "Intent To Tryout Form" carefully.

6) Why do you require at least one or two 292 Members to be on each travel team for that team to be able to play in a college-exposure event? Answer: 292 Members have been through meetings, seminars and clinics provided by the 292 Program, and should have a better understanding of what the rules, goals, and expectations are from the (292) program. From experience, we have had more issues with non-292 Members at travel team events with their expectations at events and how they have conducted themselves on the bench, in the stands and elsewhere around the playing facilities. 292 Members, again, have been at least prepped for certain things at these events and have been good at helping others from game-to-game and tournament-to-tournament.

2012 Intent To Tryout Form.

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The 2012 "Intent to Tryout Form" will be posted below sooon.

The form needs to be turned in before your daughter attends a tryout for any of our 2012 Teams.

Please read the form carefully.

You can mail this form back with your registration form for the team you are trying-out for. The registration form for our 8-12s and Stealers Too!!! Teams will be posted on the front page of this site in November 2011. The 7 Month or 3 Month Teams Intent form will also be posted on the "292 - Travel Team Tryout Information" Page as well.

2012 Practice Schedules.

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 The 2012 Spring Season Practice Schedule will be posted below:

2nd/3rd Grade:
4th Grade:
5th Grade:
6th Grade "Eggers" Team: Tuesdays and Thursdays at TBA from 6:00-7:30.
7th Grade (Not 2017 Team):
Stealers Too!!! (8th Grade) Team:
3 Month Spring Team:
2017 Year-Round Team: Tuesdays and Thursday at Westchester Country Day School (High Point) from 6:00-7:30.
7 Month "Coach Grant" National Travel Team: Tuesdays and Thursdays at Westchester Country Day School (High Point) from 6:00-7:30.
7 Month "Coach Lyons" National Travel Team: Tuesdays and Thursday at Westchester Country Day School (High Point) from 7:30-9:00.
7 Month "Coach TBA" Travel Team:
7 Month "Coach TBA" Travel Team:
7 Month "Coach TBA" Travel Team:


SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO UNFORESEEN GYM CONFLICTS AND COACHES SCHEDULES.

2017 Year-Round Team.

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Year-Round Team Information.
292 TEAM

The 2017 Year-Round Teams held an interest meeting on October 12, 2011 at Westchester Country Day.

The meeting covered:

  • Tryout dates
  • Length of the season
  • Potential practice days
  • Goals of the team
  • Cost of the team
  • Coaches
  • And more...
"Intent to tryout" forms will be handed out at the meeting

The team will hold tryouts on:
  • Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23 (Information on the front page).

2012 National Tournament Dates.

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The 2012 DI, DII, and DIII National Tournament Dates can be found soon clicking here.

GO STEALERS!!!

National Teams - 2012.

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292 TEAM 

The 2012 National Team tryout dates are listed on the "Travel Team Tryout".

There will be an interest meeting for players interested in trying out for this team in January 2012.

This team will be for players that would like to play coast-to-coast in July of 2012. The team runs from March 2012 - October 2012, but will travel nationally in July.

If there are enough players registered to try-out, there will be more than one National Team.

You do not need to be a member of the 292 Program to be part of this team.

This team plays four (4) tournaments in the spring, and four (4) in the summer and two (2) in the fall seasons for a total of ten (10) tournaments.

Regional Team - 2012.

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292 TEAM

The 2012 Regional Team tryout day are posted on the "2012 Travel Team Tryout" page.

There will be an interest meeting for players in January 2012.

This team will be for players that would like to play in an area ranging from Washington, DC / New Jersey to Nashville / Louisville to Atlanta in July 2012.  This team runs from March 2012 - October 2012.

If there are enough players registered to try-out, there will be more than one Regional Team.

This team plays four (4) tournaments in the spring, and three (3) in the summer and two (2) in the fall seasons for a total of nine (9) tournaments.

You do not need to be a member of the 292 Program to be part of this team.

Local Team - 2012.

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292 TEAM 

The 2012 Local Team tryout dates are posted on "2012 "Travel Team Tryout" page.
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There will be an interest meeting for players in January 2012.

This team will play in a three state range in July of 2012 (Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.)

If there are enough players registered to try-out, there will be more than one Local Team.

This team plays four (4) tournaments in the spring, and three (3) in the summer and two in the fall seasons for a total of nine (9) tournaments.

You do not need to be a member of the 292 Program to be part of this team.

Olympic Team - 2012

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292 Team

The 2012 Olympic Team tryout dates are posted on the "2012 Travel Team Tryout" page on this site.

There will be an interest meeting for players in January 2012.

This team will be for players that are interested in playing basketball overseas in the future.

This team will play in two (2) tournaments in the summer, more than likely in August.

You do need to be a member of the 292 Program to tryout for this team.

Spring / Summer / Fall Three Month Team.

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292 TEAM 

The 2012 three month spring team will have their tryout dates posted on the "Travel Team Tryouts" page.

There will be an interest meeting for players in January 2012.

The team is for high school age players that want to play March-May. This team will play in four (4) tournaments, one being a Division I college-exposure evaluation event.

Players that are in the 8th grade can tryout for this team, but again, this will be a high school age team.

This team plays regionally.

The 2012 summer 3 Month Team opens registration on May 1st and runs until May 20th. The team will play in three (3) tournaments, all of which will be Division I College Evaluation Events. Registration forms will be on the front page of the web site in April 2012.

Registration for the 2012 Fall 3 Month Team will start in July 2012. Forms can be found at the bottom of this page at that time.

Stealers Too!!! Program.

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This team is for players that do not want to play in any qualifying events such as regional or state association sanctioned tournaments. This team will not play in college-exposure events.

This team plays locally and is seasonal (tryouts in the spring, then tryouts in the fall).

This team plays in six (6) tournaments in the spring season.



Tryouts for this team for 2012 will be posted on the front page of the web site by February 2012.

STEALERS 3 - 2011.

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This was a new program for the 2011 Season and will continue in 2012.

Stealers 3 is a 3 on 3 league for girls ages 7th-12th Grade.

Both AAU and FIBA (Olympics) have added 3 on 3 to their organizations.  

Teams will have rosters of five (5) players.

The season will return in the Fall of 2012.

Buddy / Mentor Program.

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One of the more popular programs we have, the Buddy / Mentor System is designed to partner up a younger player in our organization with an older player in our organization.

The program's goal is to introduce our younger players to the older ones and vice-versa so that the younger one can begin to see what she is working towards and allow the older ones to set the proper example on and off the court to the next generation of players.

Buddy and Mentor Assignments will be announced via email once all of our teams are selected.

This program will return in the spring of 2012.

Grade-Based Skills Program 2011-12

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The fourth season of grade-based skills begins in November 2012.

The purpose of the grade-based skills are to help our program's participants improve their knowledge of our team's offensive and defensive systems as well work on their individual skills for players 4th-8th Grades.  This will be a seven month program (November-May).

The goal is to be able to put together the pieces of individual work with the offensive and defensive concepts to help each player become a better player.

292 Program Participants will have an option package to register for grade-based skills for November 2011 - May 2012.  Registration begins for non-292 members in September 2011 and you can email skills@wsstealers.org for a form to register.

Former Stealer, University of Maryland and Marist University Player Katheryn Lyons will run these sessions.

A participant registered list for grade-based skills for 2011-12 Year will be posted below. There will be a limit of twenty-four (24) participants.

The participants will be split-up based on Coach Lyons' discretion. Groups will be 4-6 participants at a time.

Grade-Based Skills Groups (For November 2011):


Winter & Summer Stealers Program.

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The Winter & Summer Stealers Program is an intramural-style league designed for 5th-8th grade players.  The league is an all-girls league, open to program and non-program participants.

Each participant receives a team T-Shirt, and is guaranteed at least ten minutes of playing time in each game. 40 participants in the maximum for the league.

The teams are split as evenly as possible and the league typically runs for two months, playing two games a week with only one practice which takes place before the season starts. This is a play-league, not a practice-then play-league.

Winter Stealers' Registration is currently open.

2011 Post Player Camp.

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Christian Papp, the head coach at Bryan College in Tennessee,  hosted a post-player camp for rising 8th grade participants-and-up, in 2010 and 2011.

Coach Papp will host another camp for our program in the summer of 2012.

GO STEALERS!!!

2011-12 "Developing Dribblers" - 5-8 Year Old Fundamental League.

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Little Stealers Program.
Our program's "Little Stealers" program is designed to introduce future basketball players to the game.

The program is a strictly fundamentals league, with no games.

The next of season of "Developing Dribblers" will come in 2011.

Check back here for more information at a later date.

GO "LITTLE" STEALERS!!!

292 / Triad Coaching Clinics.

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2010 Coaching Clinic Coming In September.
Our 10th Annual "Triad Coaching Clinic" will return in 2012.

The "Triad Coaching Clinic" features college coaches speaking on a variety of topics from on-court offenses and defenses, how their program evaluates players, and how parents need to approach the college-recruiting process.

Some of our past speakers have included: Amanda Butler (University of Florida Head Coach), Katie Meier (University of Miami-Florida Head Coach), Gale Valley (Assistant Coach at the University of Texas), Annette Watts (Former Head Coach at Davidson), Mike Petersen (Head Coach at Wake Forest University), Richard Barron (Assistant Coach at North Carolina State), Karen Barefoot (Head Coach at Elon University), Heather Macy (Head Coach at East Carolina University), Jonathan Richardson (Former Head Coach at Winston-Salem State Uniersity),  Al Brown (Assistant Coach at Duke University), Mandy King (Head Coach at Washington & Lee),  Cristi McKinney (Former Head Coach at Clemson), Bob Clark (Assistant Coach at Wake Forest University), Kellie Jolly-Harper (Head Coach at North Carolina State University), Jeff House (Former Assistant Coach at University of Virginia), Jonathan Tsipis (Assistant Coach at Notre' Dame), Andrew  Calder (Assistant Coach at UNC-Chapel Hill), Christian Papp (Head Coach at Bryan College), and Barbara Nelson (Head Coach at Wingate University).



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