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

The WBDA will be sponsoring the movie Glory Road at the Majestic Theater in Wayne on Saturday, November 17th at 3:00 pm.

The movie is FREE to the public and all that come can enter our drawing to win multiple WBDA apparel items.  We will also be holding 1 of 3 player registrations for the upcoming season prior to the movie and after.  Click Here for other registration dates.

The movie is rated PG.  Here is the storyline….

In 1965, the coach of the high school girl basketball team Don Haskins is invited by the Texas Western Miners to be their coach. Despite the lack of budget, Haskins sees the chance to dispute the NCAA and moves with his wife and children to the college dormitory. He recruits seven talented and rejected black players to play with five Caucasian players and formed a legendary team that won the 1966 national championship against the powerful Kentucky.

We hope to see everyone at the Movie!

#wayneyouthbasketball

Summer Camp Time in Wayne, America!

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.

Click Here for details.

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

Sunday, March 4th, The Wayne 6th grade girls wrapped up their season with a 3rd place finish at the David City tournament.  They trailed 11-0 early in the first game against the RC Mustangs, but came all the way back to win 13-12 allowing only 1 point in the second half.  Wayne was defeated, by eventual champion, Cross County 34-22 in game 2.  Then Wayne finished off the year with a 23-19 victory over Twin River in the 3rd place game.  This team closed out their season in usual fashion with their year-end coaches water dump, click here to see the video.  Congrats players and coaches on a Great Season! #wayneyouthbasketball