Saturday, March 4th, the 4th grade WBDA boys played in the Hop’s Hoops Classic in David City.  The boys division included 4 teams, Wayne, David City Explorers, David City Aquinas, and Seward.  The boys lost their first game versus David City Aquinas (36-13), but finished the day with 2 solid wins against the Explorers (30-12) and Seward (22-14).  By winning the last two games, Wayne finished with 2nd place.  Congratulations to the Players on a Great Tournament!  #wayneyouthbasketball

This was the final tournament of the year for the 5th grade girls.  The season culminated, in what is becoming an annual event for this team, with the coaches post-season water bottle shower.  See the video Here!

Sunday, March 5th, the 8th grade WBDA team competed in the Hop’s Hoops Classic in David City, NE.  The 8th grade girls division consisted of four teams, Wayne, Boone Central, David City Explorers, and David City Aquinas.  The tournament was close throughout with most games won by less than six points.  Wayne finished with 2nd place by beating both Aquinas and Boone Central.  Congratulations players and coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Saturday, Feb. 25, the 6th Grade WBDA girls’ team competed in the Hartington Cedar Boosters Club Tournament.  The 6th grade division included Wayne, Hartington Cedar, Wakefield, Wausa, Crofton and Yankton.  Wayne played two games in the tournament.  Wayne’s first game was a win versus Crofton, but lost their second game versus Yankton.  By going 1-1 in the tournament, the girls finished with 2nd place.  Congratulations to the players and coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Saturday, Feb. 25, the 7th Grade WBDA Boys team played in the Wahoops Basketball Tournament in Wahoo, NE.  Wayne first played David City Aquinas Pride winning 47-18.  In their second game of the day, Wayne played Logan View/Scribner-Snyder winning 43-35.  In the final game of the day, the Wayne boys played Wahoo Bishop Neumann winning 39-32.  The 7th Grade team placed 1st in the tournament.  Congratulations Players and Coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Saturday, Feb. 25, the 7th Grade WBDA girls’ team competed in the Norfolk Catholic Tournament.  The tournament was a four-team round robin including Wayne, Crofton, Battle Creek and Norfolk Catholic.  Wayne went 2-0 in their first two games, beating Crofton 35-31 and Battle Creek 36-26.  Wayne’s final game was versus Norfolk Catholic.  At half time, the score was 20-12 with Norfolk leading and after 3 quarters, the score was 25-13.  Wayne fought back in the 4th quarter coming within 4 points of Norfolk, but came up short in the end losing 32-25.  Wayne finished the tournament with a 2nd place finish.  Congratulations to the players and coaches on a great tournament!  #wayneyouthbasketball

February 18/19, 2017.

This year’s Wayne WBDA Youth Basketball Tournament was a Great Success.  The tournament started on Saturday at the Community Activity Center with the 4th grade boys & girls teams along with the 5th grade boys teams.  The City Auditorium hosted the 5th grade girls while the 6th grade boys and girls teams competed at Wayne High and Wayne Elementary gyms.  On Sunday, Jr. High teams competed with the 7th and 8th grade girls at the Community Activity Center while the 7th and 8th grade boys competed at the Wayne High and Wayne Elementary gyms.  The tournament brought over 3000 people to Wayne America to experience 100 games between 66 teams, representing 19 towns in 2 days.

The WBDA Board would like to extend a special thank you to the over 200 Volunteers, Tournament Sponsors, WBDA Sponsors, Referees, and the Tournament Committee for making the tournament a special and memorable experience for all those who participated and attended.  Without ALL of you, this tournament would not be possible.

Below are pictures that were taken throughout the weekend.  If you have pictures you like to share, please email them to [email protected]

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Thanks Again to everyone that was involved in making the tournament a success!

-WBDA Board of Directors

Sunday, Feb. 19, the 7th Grade WBDA boys’ team competed in the Wayne Tournament.  The tournament was a four-team round robin division including Laurel, Clarkson, Crofton and Wayne.  Both Wayne and Laurel went 2-0 in their first two games, which setup a late day game between the two teams for the championship.  Wayne came out on top beating Laurel 38-30, taking 1st place in the tournament.  Congratulations to the players and coaches!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, February 19th, the 7th Grade WBDA Girls competed in the Wayne Youth Basketball Tournament.  The 7th grade division included two pools of teams.  The blue pool included Pender, Wayne and Elkhorn Valley and the red pool included Norfolk Catholic, Hartington Cedar and David City.  Wayne finished as the top seed of the blue pool beating Pender 23-14 and Elkhorn Valley 29-9. In the red pool, Norfolk Catholic came out as the top seed.  Wayne and Norfolk Catholic met in the Championship game.  Wayne led at half time 10-6, but could not hold off Norfolk Catholic eventually losing 24-15 to take 2nd place in the tournament.  Congratulations to the Players and Coaches on a Great Tournament!  #wayneyouthbasketball

Sunday, February 19th, the 8th grade WBDA girls played in the Wayne Tournament.  The girls competed in an 8-team bracket beating Osmond in their first game.  In their second game, the girls came up short losing to O’Neill.  The loss put them in the 3rd place game versus Hartington Cedar where Wayne came out on top winning 26-25.  Congratulations to the Players and Coach Chamberlain on your 3rd place finish!  #wayneyouthbasketball