Jan 14th 11:15am Update: The brackets for the girls basketball tournament have been released and are final. An email was sent to all coordinators and coaches at the time of release with information about the brackets. Best of luck to all teams participating this week/weekend!
Key Information
For better service, please use our Communication Form to communicate with the league. You can ask questions, share a positive experience, and report incidents of misconduct. By using the form, your questions will be routed to the appropriate people which will result in a quicker response to your questions and resolution of your issues!
Communication FormALL parents/guardians must fill out the GCCYS Liability Waiver form for each of their children. A copy of the filled out form will be sent to the email address you specify on the waiver. In addition, after submitting the form, you may choose to print it out for your own records.
Players will not be allowed to participate in league games until the waiver has been submitted. PLEASE NOTE, that a liability waiver only needs to be filled out once per school year. If your daughter participated in fall volleyball and is playing winter basketball, there is no need to fill out another form.
If you create a user account before you fill out a waiver form, you can view and edit your form from your Subscriber Portal. You must be logged into the web site when you fill out your waiver form to take advantage of this.
Liability Waiver FormPlease click on the PDF icons below to familiarize yourself with the rules for our boys and girls basketball and volleyball leagues.
Girls Volleyball Rules
Basketball Rules updated on 11/5
Boys Volleyball Rules
Codes of Conduct
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League Structure
Charter on Youth Athletics
GCCYS League Governance
Officer Roles/Responsibilities
New Member Application
Committee Nomination Form
Required Parish Info
Girls Basketball Tournament Info
1/14 4pm Update: Some games in the 3G Gold bracket were moved from Queen of Peace to Guardian Angels. Teams playing in this bracket, please check your bracket for new quarter-final game times.
REPORT 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:
- Seeding and bracket assignment were done mostly by winning percentage. These are based on regular season results that were reported as of 9pm on Sunday, January 13th. Any scores reported or changed after that time may NOT taken into consideration.
- Forfeits wins/losses are generally not taken into consideration when seeding as they don't provide helpful information to determine strength of a team.
- Some seeds were slightly altered to avoid intra-parish matchups or first round matchups between teams in the same zone (for 3rd-4th grades)
- Teams should pay the referee in the same way they do during the regular season.
- Coordinators, please check your gym schedule. Some changes have been made since the preliminary gym assignments were shared last week.
- All Sunday games are championship matches. Parishes hosting those games should plan on picking up trophies at All Saints starting on Thursday of tournament week.
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
click here to read more ...Game Reschedules
Coordinators and coaches, please read to familiarize yourself with the policy. Thanks.
Postponing
- Games will be postponed due to illness, school event, or gym closure. If a game cannot be played due to any other reason, it is considered a forfeit. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL THE LEAGUE REQUESTING A RESCHEDULE BECAUSE PARENTS ARE CHOOSING TO TRAVEL OR EVERYONE WANTS TO WATCH THE BENGALS GAME, etc ...
- Coordinators, not coaches, should contact the league as soon as they are aware of a legitimate reason to postpone the game
- The league will attempt to fill any gaps in the schedule at the gym by moving the first or last game of the day into that gym slot if the postponement is communicated to the league before 8pm on Tuesday for Thursday and Friday games, 8pm on Wednesday for Saturday and Sunday games. Please note that if the gap is in the middle of the day for a gym with a large amount of games, we will most likely not fill the gap as we don't want to reschedule a game by 5 hours with only 2 days notice
Rescheduling
- The coordinator of the team that postponed the game should get in touch with the coordinator of the opposing team to work out a reschedule
- Reschedules must be communicated to the league before Wednesday at 8pm for games that upcoming weekend (8pm on Tuesday night for Thursday and Friday night games)
- Games must be rescheduled adjacent to an existing set of games.
- Games can be rescheduled during the week if a time during the weekend does not work out for both teams (Monday and Wednesday nights are preferable) if at least two games are played that evening and must be communicated to the league at least 2 days before the game.
Game Day
All 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
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Greater Cincinnati Catholic Youth Sports was founded in 2015 to serve as a youth athletics ministry for the Catholic youth of Greater Cincinnati. Recreational and competitive leagues are offered for both boys and girls basketball and volleyball.
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Cincinnati, OH 45242
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