The New Canaan YMCA’s Youth Basketball League (Y-Ball) season came to an exciting close on Saturday, April 5, featuring 12 championship games played by participants in kindergarten through high school. The Y congratulates all players on a successful season filled with skill improvement, teamwork, and fun while developing their passion for basketball.
Champions: Team Miami
2024-2025 Y-Ball Champions:
• Kindergarten Boys: Notre Dame
• Kindergarten/1st Grade Girls: Wings
• 1st Grade Boys: Stanford
• 2nd Grade Girls: Liberty
• 2nd Grade Boys: Miami
• 3rd/4th Grade Girls: Mystics
• 3rd/4th Grade Boys: Creighton
• 5th/6th Grade Girls: Wake Forest
• 5th/6th Grade Boys: UConn
• 7th/8th Grade Girls: James Madison
• 7th/8th Grade Boys: Knicks
• High School Boys: Spurs
As part of the Y’s commitment to youth development, Y-Ball provides kids and teens in the community with opportunities to develop basketball skills, teamwork, and a love for the sport. Open to kids and teens from kindergarten through high school, the program is designed to create an inclusive and welcoming environment where each player feels valued and can thrive.
The longstanding Y-Ball program proudly fosters an ‘everybody-plays’ philosophy, ensuring that every participant—regardless of skill level—has the chance to play and grow within the sport.
Y-Ball runs from December through early April and features weekly practices and games. Volunteer coaches, often parents of participants, lead each team through developing players’ skills while instilling sportsmanship, teamwork, and confidence-building both on and off the court.
Lenwood Latta, Sports Director at the New Canaan YMCA, shared, “The goal of our Y-Ball program is to provide opportunities for kids and teens in the community to come together to play the sport they love while improving basketball skills, fostering teamwork, making friends, and having fun.”
The program instills life-long values in young athletes, including collaboration, communication, and respect for others. Y-Ball not only improves basketball skills but also fosters a sense of belonging, bringing families and community members together in a positive and supportive environment for all.
To learn more about the New Canaan YMCA’s Y-Ball league and youth sports programming, visit www.newcanaanymca.org.
