Saturday, January 12, the 5th grade girls WBDA team played in the Mustang Basketball Tournament in Stanton, NE. The girls played Battle Creek, Norfolk Catholic and Wisner.  The team went 2-1 for the day with wins versus Norfolk Catholic and Wisner earning them 2nd place in the tournament.  Congrats players and coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Saturday, January 19, the 4th Grade WBDA girls competed in the Crofton Booster Club Tournament in Crofton, NE. The team played in a 4-team round robin division.  Wayne played three hard fought games and finished the tournament with 2 wins and 1 loss earning them 2nd place in the tournament.  Congratulation players and coaches! #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, January 13, the 4th Grade Boys Wayne White Team competed in the Mustang Basketball Tournament in Stanton, NE. The team played in a 4-team round robin division.  In the 3 games the team played, they came away with 3 wins and 0 losses earning them 1st place in the tournament.  Congratulation players and coaches! #wayneyouthbasketball

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

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!