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.
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2025 - 2026 Season Registration
Registration in now closed for the season. Please check back later for updates on the 2026-2027 season. Thank you.
2025 - 2026 Adaptive League
Registration is now closed.
From the Kase Project would like the following for their description for Adaptive Basketball: Adaptive basketball with CYBA is brought to you by The KASE Project's FLASH program. FLASH is an adaptive sports initiative for children ages 4-10 with intellectual and physical disabilities. Athletes will focus on basic basketball and social skills while working with volunteers and peer models. Please visit www.thekaseproject.org for more information.
Please note: the FLASH adaptive team will only meet for practice sessions and will not compete in games. All sessions will be 45 minutes in length.
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 2025-2026
The YBA would like to thank the local businesses that are sponsoring our league this year. Our 2025-2026 leagues sponsors are listed or have a logo below.
-The Andrew Family
-Tom and Samantha Roy
-The Dickerson Family
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2025-2026 League Sponsors
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.
Chatham YBA Board
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
