Saturday, February 2nd, the 5th Grade WBDA Girls Team played in the Arlington Invitational Tournament in Arlington, NE. The team played in 3 games, beating G.A.C.C 24-22 in overtime in their first game, the losing to Millard 18-26 in their second game. For their final game, the girls beat Arlington 28-19 . With the 2 wins and 1 loss in the tournament, the team finished in 2nd place. Congrats players and coaches! #wayneyouthbasketball
Saturday, January 19, the 6th Grade WBDA boys competed in the Crofton Booster Club Tournament in Crofton, NE. The team played in a 3-team round robin division, which included Wayne, Norfolk and Yankton. Wayne’s first game was against Norfolk where Wayne led throughout. Next Wayne faced a tough Yankton team. The second game was close scoring through two-thirds of the game with Wayne pulling out the win in the end with tough defense. For the final game of the tournament, Wayne faced Yankton for a second time. In the final game, Wayne led for most of the game coming away with a strong win earning them 1st place in the tournament. Congratulation players and coaches! #wayneyouthbasketball
Saturday, January 12 and Sunday January 13, the 6th Grade WBDA boys competed in the Bennington Badgers Shootout in Bennington, NE. The team played in a 4-team round robin division, which included Wayne, Wildcats, Bennington and Norris. Wayne’s first games on Saturday was against Norris, where Wayne started slow but finished the game with a strong 36-17 win. For the second game of the tournament, Wayne faced Bennington. Wayne keep the lead throughout the game with strong defense winning 39-24. For the final game of the tournament on Sunday, Wayne faced the Wildcats. The game was close through the first part of the game but Wayne pulled away in the end winning 38-24 earning 1st place in the tournament. Congratulation players and coaches! #wayneyouthbasketball
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On May 4 through May 6, Breakthrough Basketball held a 3-day Attack & Counter camp at the Wayne Community Activity Center hosted by the WBDA. Over 50 area players attended the camp which was led by Don Kelbick. In the camp players developed footwork, post moves, perimeter moves, guard play, ball handling, fast break skills, shooting and screening/cutting. Throughout the camp, Coach Kelbick focused heavily on footwork and mentality, which are two of the most important aspects of becoming a better player.
Breakthrough Basketball will hold another camp July 17 through July 19 in Wayne aimed at Basketball Essential Skills such as ball handling, shooting, layups, defense, rebounding and passing. This camp is for boys & girls, 4th – 9th grades and is sold out with 60 players planning to attend. The camp will be at the Wayne Community Activity Center.
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The Kyle Straight Memorial Basketball Award is presented to an 8th Grade Wayne Boys Basketball Player who best exemplifies the love of the game and a positive attitude that Kyle displayed.
This year the WBDA Board selected Brandon Bartos as the 2018 recipient.
In the picture from left to right are:
Brett Kramer, Molly Redden, Craig Sharpe, Brandon Bartos, Jeremy Bartos, Jen Bartos, and Kyle Nelsen.
The plaque displaying past recipients is at the Wayne Community Activity Center.
Congratulations Brandon!
April 27, 2018 – At the Wayne High Honors Night several students were acknowledged for their hard work and dedication. The WBDA Board of Directors planned to award two $500 scholarships to recognize a female and male Wayne High student who had shown dedication in the classroom, to the community and to the sport of basketball. The Board took special consideration to those individuals who played in the Wayne Basketball Development Association (WBDA) and continued to be involved in basketball through High School.
The recipients of this year’s WBDA Scholarship Award were Kylie Hammer and Jack Evetovich.
Congrats Kylie and Jack!
Saturday, March 17th and Sunday, March 18th, the 8th Grade WBDA Girls competed in the MIT (Midwest Invitational Tournament) in Lincoln, NE. The tournament consisted of 325 teams in 16 age groups in 60 brackets. Wayne was placed in a 6 team pool play bracket. The red pool consisted of Wayne, Springfield and Diller-Odell. The blue pool consisted Pierce, Falls City and the Lincoln Comets. On Saturday in Wayne’s first game, they played Diller-Odell. Wayne shot the ball at a high percentage and excelled at their transition game to beat Diller-Odell 45-8. On Sunday morning, Wayne faced Springfield. The game was started slow but picked up pace with Wayne’s continued ball pressure which led to turnovers helping Wayne to a 48-25 win. By winning both their pool play games, Wayne was set to play in the Championship game versus Pierce. Both teams played well and the game was close going into half time. In the second half, Wayne pulled away from Pierce winning 33-17 and taking 1st Place. Congrats players and coaches on a great season! #wayneyouthbasketball
Saturday, March 17th and Sunday, March 18th, the 7th Grade WBDA Boys White team competed in the MIT (Midwest Invitational Tournament) in Lincoln, NE. The tournament consisted of 325 teams in 16 age groups in 60 brackets. The boys competed in a 5 team division versus Omaha Warriors, Tri County, Raymond Central and Nebraska City. On Saturday in Wayne’s first game, they faced a tough Omaha Warriors team but came out with a 47-44 win. For their second game of the day, Wayne faced Tri County. The Wayne team was too much for Tri County to handle winning 61-28. On Sunday morning, Wayne first played Nebraska City winning 57-25. In Wayne’s final game of the tournament, they faced Raymond Central. Wayne played great fundamental basketball and held off Raymond Central for a 46-22 win. With the final win, Wayne finished the tourney in 1st place finish. Congrats players and coaches on a great tournament! #wayneyouthbasketball
Saturday, March 17th and Sunday, March 18th, the 7th Grade WBDA Girls competed in the MIT (Midwest Invitational Tournament) in Lincoln, NE. The tournament consisted of 325 teams in 16 age groups in 60 brackets. Wayne was placed in a 6 team pool play bracket. The blue pool consisted of Wayne, Nebraska City and the Omaha Heat. The red pool consisted of Beatrice, Sutherland and Pender. In Wayne’s first game, they played a tough Omaha Heat team. The game was close throughout, but Wayne finished with the win 23-19. In their second game, they played Nebraska City, which ended with Wayne winning another close game 31-30. By winning both their pool play games, Wayne was set to play in the Championship game versus Beatrice. Wayne competed hard and battled throughout the game, but fell short losing the final game. Congrats on the 2nd place finish players and coaches! #wayneyouthbasketball
