Winter League
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**This league is intended ultimately to prepare kids for high school and junior high basketball. We ask that you form your teams based on junior high and/or high school boundaries.  
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Dates: January 7th to March 3rd

Divisions:
5th Grade Boys, 6th Grade Boys, 7th Grade Boys

Game Locations:
 
Blackfoot, Shelley, Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Driggs

Click Here to View Schedules

Teams are responsible to check their schedules periodically for changes. Coaches will be notified by phone regarding changes made less than 12 hours from game time.

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FORMAT
* League is intended for competitive teams
* High School Basketball rules will be in effect
* Certified officials will be used
* 8-minute quarters
* Play longer - Start/Stop time on dead balls
* Most games will be played on weeknights (night will vary from week to week)
* Some games will be played on Saturdays
* Schedules will be written with an effort to minimize travel
* Teams must provide their own jerseys with alternate color

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REGISTERED TEAMS

Boys 5th Grade
1. Hillcrest Knights (ID)
2. Idaho Falls Predators (ID)
3. Madison Cats (ID)
4. Pocatello Tar Heels (ID)
5. Rexburg Wildcats (ID)
6. Rigby Trojans (ID)
7. Shelley Black (ID)
8. Shelley Red (ID)
9. Snake River (ID)
10. Soda Springs (ID)
11. Teton (ID) 
12. Westside Grizz (ID)

Boys 6th Grade
1. Blackfoot Broncos (ID)
2. Bonneville Bees (ID)
3. Eagle Rock (ID) 
4. Idaho Falls Grizz (ID)
5. Madison Cats (ID)
6. Pocatello Hoopsters (ID)
7. Rexburg Nuggets (ID)
8. Rigby Trojans (ID)
9. Shelley Black (ID)
10. Shelley Red (ID)
11. Snake River (ID)
12. Teton Redskins (ID)

Boys 7th Grade
1. Bonneville Bees (ID)
2. Idaho Falls Grizz (ID)
3. Jackson Cowboys (WY)
4. Madison Red (ID)
5. Madison White (ID)
6. Pocatello Longhorns (ID) 
7. Pocatello Suns (ID)
8. Rigby Ballers (ID)
9. Sandcreek (ID)

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RULES

All games will be played under the rules of the National Federation of
High School Basketball with the following noted exceptions:

  1. Coaches and team managers are responsible for the behavior of their parents and spectators. Please share these rules with them.
  2. Enjoy the league and display good sportsmanship. Respect the game, your team and your opponents.
  3. Please keep all cheering in a positive manner and show good sportsmanship. Please cheer “for” your team. Please do not cheer “against” the opposing team (For example: Don’t yell “miss it” when the opposing team is shooting the ball, or don’t cheer when a player on the opposing team is called for a traveling violation, makes a bad pass etc.).
  4. No bouncing of balls on the sidelines while games are in progress is permitted. Please keep young children from running through the facilities. Everyone (especially young children) must remain in the gym during the games.
  5. There will be no whining, berating, fighting, offensive/unsportsmanlike conduct, foul language or swearing. These acts will not be tolerated whether during the game or afterwards. Anyone breaking these rules faces a technical foul, possible disqualification from the league and a potential fine. Our officials have been instructed to have “zero tolerance” for misconduct by teams and spectators.
  6. Any player, coach or spectator ejected from a game will not be allowed to participate in the following game.
  7. The home team must provide someone to do the scorebook at the score table. Someone will be provided to run the clock.
  8. Team jerseys must be matching and teams are not allowed to put tape on the jerseys to alter numbers. Teams must have jerseys with a number on at least the back and must have an alternate color (dark/light). We ask that your players wear matching shorts. Please respect the game by looking “sharp” as a team.
  9. A high school regulation 29.5 size ball will be used. Teams will need to provide a ball for the game. Teams are responsible for playing with the correct size.
  10. Players are only permitted to play on one team per division. Players are allowed to play up a grade and play on more than one team. Players are never allowed to play down a grade.
  11. Clock will stop on all dead ball situations. Exception: If the point margin is 15 or more points in the 4th quarter, the clock will not stop on any dead balls.
  12. Pressing full court is not allowed with a lead of 20 or more points.
  13. Eight-minute quarters, three-minute half time, one minute between each quarter.
  14. Each team is allowed three “Full” and two “30-second” timeouts per game.
  15. Overtimes will be two minutes long and will start with a jump ball. Each team will be given one 30-second timeout for the overtime period. Unused time-outs will not carry over.
  16. Teams must have a minimum of four players to start a game. Teams are allowed a five-minute grace period if four players have not arrived.
  17. Home team is the team listed second on the schedule. Home team may choose their jersey color (dark or light).

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SCHEDULES

Click Here for Schedules

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GYM ADDRESSES/DIRECTIONS

Bonneville High School - 3165 East Iona Road – Idaho Falls, ID
From Northbound I-15 take the Idaho Falls Broadway Exit 118. Go East 1 mile to Yellowstone Hwy. 26. Turn Left and take Yellowstone Hwy northeast 3.5 miles to Iona Road. (There is not a light at Iona Road). It is just north of the railroad tracks. Turn right and take Iona Road East 1 mile to Bonneville High School. Aux. gym is on the northeast side of the school. Enter the building on the east side.

Rocky Mountain Middle School - 3443 North Ammon Road - Idaho Falls, ID
From I-15 take the Idaho Falls Broadway Exit #118. Turn right and go east on Broadway to Yellowstone Hwy. Turn left and go north on Yellowstone 3.5 miles to Iona Road. Turn right and go east on Iona Road about 1 mile. Rocky Mountain Middle School is just east of Bonneville High School. School is on northwest corner of Ammon Road and Iona Road. Enter on the back side of the school through a locker room on the north side.

Navy Gym - 2125 Monticello Dr. - Idaho Falls (ID)
Gym is a brown brick building west of the Grand Teton Mall off Channing Way and Monticello. Directly west of the USA Lube Service on Channing. Just north of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel.

Madison High School - 134 Madision Ave - Rexburg (ID)
Take Main Street east to 2nd Street E. Take 2nd Street E. north to 1st Street N. Take 1st Street N. to Madison Ave. 

Teton Middle School - 481 North Main - Driggs (ID)
Take Highway 33 to Driggs. Highway 33 is Main Street in Driggs.

Snake River Jr. High School - 918 West Highway 39 - Blackfoot (ID)
From I-15 take Blackfoot Exit 93. Go right onto US 26. Go left onto SR-39.
 

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