"Be At Your Best When Your Best is Needed"
- John Wooden
MISSION
The Wauwatosa East Girls Jr Raiders Basketball Club exists to provide a positive, competitive environment where girls can learn and develop basketball and critical life skills. Our mission is:
PHILOSOPHY The Wauwatosa Basketball Club (WBC) is designed to provide a competitive option for girls in grades 3 through 8 and living in the Tosa East attendance district. The ultimate goal is to prepare the interested student-athletes for high school competition with Wauwatosa East High School Girls Basketball. Summer time play and tournament competition is a major focus for the development of WBC players and teams. For further information contact club directors Josh Blakely and Tom Oleniczak
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2024/2025 Season
Summer session League play (12 games) begins June 10 and ends late July 26. There will be practices for 4th grade teams and open gym skill sessions for other players beginning in May, unless other coaches choose to have practices. Winter session League play (16 games) beginning in early November and continuing through February. The number of tournaments depends on age and decisions by coaches. Younger teams generally have with 3-4 tournaments and increase through the ages to teams that and tournaments. Winter session starts with practices in October ( 1-2 practices a week depending on availability). Leagues and tournaments start in mid November and will run into the first half of March. 2024/2025 Fees Summer session: $150 - This covers league play, 3/4 of our gym costs and insurance. Winter session: $300 - This covers league play, tournament, and remaining gym costs. Uniform fees: $90 - Based on feedback from players and parents, we are upgrading our uniforms. We are moving to a single layer reversible jersey and shorts with sublimated printing. This new uniform should be lighter and breath better with more opportunity for fun designs. The fee will only apply to teams that are getting new uniforms. The new 4th grade teams will receive these uniforms for this summer season. The 5th-8th grade teams will receive these prior to the winter season. Uniforms will be updated every two years thereafter. BASKETBALL SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES - SUMMER 2024 Little Dribblers (1st and 2nd Grade completed) Jr. Raiders and High School Varsity Coach Mary Merg are running a Little Dribblers program twice per year (Summer and Winter) through the Rec Department. Please review the Rec Department website and guide for more information. The summer 2024 camp is June 3-July 29, 7-8pm at Tosa East. You can find it on page 13 of the guide and it is number is 468030-06. Raiders Basketball Camps (K4-7th Grade completed) - summer 2024 Coach Merg and high school players will be running the annual Raiders Basketball Camps again this summer June 17-20 at Tosa East. You can register for this camp through the Rec Department. This information is on page 13 of the guide. K4 - 2nd (completed) - 1:15 - 2:15pm (468030-03) 3rd - 5th (completed) - 2:15 - 3:30pm (468030-04) 6th - 7th (completed) - 3:30 - 5:15pm 9468030-05) Skill Sessions Jr. Raiders and Coach Merg will be running skill sessions for Jr. Raiders players and players who would like to join to improve their basketball skills. The sessions will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Tosa East, starting June 26 and ending August 16. 3rd - 5th (completed) - 2 - 3pm 6th - 8th (completed) - 1 - 2pm The cost will be $100/player for the summer (cash/check/Venmo). Summer Skills Sign Up Schools Out Shooting Camp Jr. Raiders and Coach Merg will run a one-day shooting camp for incomeing 4th-8th grade Jr. Raiders players and those looking to become Jr. Raiders. The camp is June 5, 7-9pm at Tosa East. The fee is $20 at the door (cash/check/Venmo). Schools Out Shooting Clinic Sign Up Class of 2026 takes 1st place at the Wisconsin State Invitational Tournament
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