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2024 - 2025 Season

Registration for the 2024-2025 Chatham YBA season is now closed. 

Thank you to all our participants for this upcoming season!

 

 

 

New Board Members

The Chatham YBA is seeking new board members to assist in the operation of the YBA’s youth sports program. The opportunity is available to all within the community who seek to promote good sportsmanship, teamwork and the teaching of a wonderful game.  Board members can contribute to the different facets of the YBA’s operations including organization, scheduling, supplies, rules, hiring and gameday operations.  Please reach out to chathamyba@gmail.com for details.

YBA on Social Media

The Chatham YBA has an account on Facebook. Please follow for updates on current YBA activities.

YBA Sponsors 2024-2025

The YBA would like to thank the local businesses that are sponsoring our league this year. Our 2024-2025 leagues sponsors are listed or have a logo below. 

-The Roy Family

-The Dickerson Family

-Chatham Township

 

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

-If there is no school on a day, then the YBA does not practice that night at any facility including the community center.

-You cannot pick your coach or team; coaches cannot predetermine teams. YBA is run through a draft format to keep teams balanced, recreational, hopefully "fair," and to support interactions amongst the three elementary schools. The only guaranteed team players would be the child of the coach and assistant on the team. That being said, your child will absolutely be okay if their best friend is on a different team (sometimes it actually works out better) and they will meet new people.

-Games are generally on Saturday, starting as early as 8am and running through 5pm start times. Similar to above, no, we do not have a schedule for that yet. We need to see how many kids are registered in order to know the number of teams that go into the schedule for play at each grade.

Chatham YBA

The Chatham YBA oversees recreational basketball teams in Chatham, Illinois. The YBA holds recreational leagues for boys and girls grades K-8 in the Chatham school district.  

Each season hundreds of Ball-Chatham students participate on YBA teams. Thank you to all the parents who volunteer to coach teams, the school district for its assistance and the local businesses that sponsor the league. Without your effort the YBA would not be able to provide the opportunities it does.

Ball-Chatham School District

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The Chatham YBA would like to thank the Ball-Chatham School District for use of facilities during the competitive and recreational season. The support of the school district is crucial in allowing the YBA to provide hundreds of Ball-Chatham students the opportunity to play youth sports.

Chatham YBA Board

Contact Us

YBA Board:  

  • President: Rico Swain
  • Secretary: Sharon Swain
  • Treasurer: Raegan Hennemann 
  • Social media oversight: Andy Dickerson
  • School/Security Coordinator and Liaison: Rico Swain
  • Practice/game schedule organizer and Uniform orders: Sharon Swain
  • YBA Communications/email: Sharon Swain & Michelle Lowry 
  • IT Specialist and website development: Ryan McCulloch