Grades 1-8 News
Another set of GVBL Rec League games were played this past weekend at Grand Slam and the Phelps School. Follow along on the GVBL app as we move through the season.
Highlights:
- The Lynx team remains undefeated after their dominating win on Saturday. Eliza Flaherty dropped a clutch three pointer late in the first half to stop a Mercury run.
- This past Saturday, Sarah Culbertson had an amazing game all around with 6 points/6 rbd/3 steal/4 assist, helping to push the Stars record to 2-2 in their victory over the Sparks.
SEND US GVBL PICTURES! We would like to include pictures from each division in our messaging. If you can capture some of the outstanding action from your team's game, we would be glad to highlight it in our messaging. Please send them to basketball@gvco.org.
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High School Boys League Season Information
Important!
Games begin tonight at Great Valley Middle School!
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Download the GVBL app and follow your team there and social media |
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Storm
The Storm played its third pool play game in the ICBA King of the Court tourney on Saturday night against MARA. Led by suffocating defense and an explosive offense, the team was up at the half by a score of 31-6 and closed out the game with a 49-17 victory. The team finished 2-1 in the tournament, missing out barely on the championship contest. On Sunday, the team played in the CES winter league against an impressive Delco Select team, falling 52-33. The Storm looks to kick off its ICBA regular season on Friday against Spring Ford.
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Hive
The Great Valley Hive 6th Grade Girl's Basketball team was buzzing around and playing tenacious defense in its 17-14 victory in the 6th Grade Girls D2 championship of the Queen of the Court Tournament at Charger Nation on December 11. The Hive are now able to fly into States!
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29ers
Fantastic weekend for the 29ers! Defense led the way - the entire team's defensive effort against MARA and Montgomery led the way to winning the King of the Court tournament and qualifying for the state championship in March! Shoutout to Noah Gardner and Cooper Willey for leading the offense this weekend! In Malvern League play, Robby Dallas was a star with a three, handling the ball, and some good defense in a hard fought 4-point loss. Next up: ICBA league play kicks off on December 16 and Malvern League continues on December 17. Let's go 29ers!
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Raptors
The 5th Grade Boys pictured following their final round game at CES in King of Prussia, King of the Court tournament.
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GVHS Boys
The GV Boys Basketball team went 1-1 this week with a win at home against Phoenixville and a loss at Haverford. The Patriots have 3 games this week; away at Kennett on Tuesday, home vs Sun Valley on Thursday, and away at West Chester Henderson on Sunday. Best of luck!
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GVHS Girls
The girls picked up another hard fought victory on Thursday night against Council Rock North, 38-24, to run their record to 4-0 to start the season. The final score doesn't indicate just how close the game was. GV was actually down 21-20 with under 6 minutes to play and went on an 18-3 run to finish the game.
This week the team has a big Ches-Mont American home game on Tuesday against Kennett, and then a road contest at Sun Valley on Thursday. JV-5:30, Varsity-6:45.
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GVMS Girls Basketball
The GVMS 8th grade girls hosted Fugett Middle School last Tuesday. The team worked hard together on both the offensive and defensive ends and came out ahead with a 39-21 victory, improving its record to 3-0 on the young season. All players contributed in one way or another. This week, the team has three games. They travel for away contests on Monday and Friday and will play at GVMS on Wednesday against Chichester.
GVMS Boys Basketball
The Boys MS tryouts took place on December 5th. Keep an eye out for the 7th & 8th grade schedules as the majority of their games are played in January & February.
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Get Your GVBL Swag On!
The GVBL Spiritwear store is open until Sunday, Dec. 18th at 11:59PM.
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WHERE WE PLAY THE BASKETBALL
The biggest challenge for GVBL is finding and scheduling the gym space for the 80+ teams during the winter season. There just isn't enough available court space within our district. GVCO is working towards a solution - the new GVCO Community Center project on Bacton Hill Rd.
In the meantime, we are renting the court space from some of our "community partners". Please remember to treat all of these facilities with respect while visiting for practices and games. The Phelps School, Grand Slam and the GVSD have been nice enough to allow us to use their buildings, so please treat this usage properly as we cannot afford to lose our privileges at any of these facilities
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7 student volunteers along with a number of the Caring Hands advisory board got together with the Desmond Saturday morning to wrap gifts for our Good Neighbor initiative. This is a great cause that GVCO Caring Hands has been doing for a good number of years. We provide donated gifts to 300-400 seniors/older adults involved at the Phoenixville Senior Center, Surrey Services for Seniors in Devon and the Great Valley Senior community. All of these gifts are wrapped and given out at each of their Senior Luncheons held during December.
Caring Hands is a student-led volunteer group that supports the community through various activities. Students in grades 7-12 and their parents can sign up for the Constant Contact Caring Hands News distribution list for the 2022-23 school year. More upcoming event information can be found on Caring Hands News & Updates
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Siddhant Suresh Scholarship Fund |
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This scholarship fund was created to honor the memory of Siddhant Suresh, a wonderful son and brother, beloved community member and an outstanding student who loved basketball and chess. Siddhant was a GVBL tournament team and recreation league player, who enjoyed the sport and played it with great team spirit and enthusiasm.
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As a selfless player on the basketball court, and a true, caring friend off the court, Siddhant epitomizes the values on which our Great Valley Community organization is built…family, friends and community.
This scholarship is designed to help others who may need assistance, giving them the opportunity to participate in GVCO programming.
Participants must reside within Great Valley School District to be eligible for the scholarship funds.
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We have over 23 years of experience as a trusted community partner and we have helped more than 2500 women since 1994. Home of the Sparrow is an advocate for low-income single women and mothers and we provide a long-term safety net to prevent homelessness in Chester County. |
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Engage Personal Training
Engage Personal Training opened in June 2022 in the Lincoln Court Shopping Center. They are the first micro gym to open from their Headquarter Gym – Gage Strength Training, which has been open in West Chester for ten years.
Engage Personal Training specializes in helping people over 40 get into the best shape of their life in a low-impact and pain-free environment. They offer small group and one-on-one personal training.
One thing that makes Engage Personal Training unique is that both Facility Leader Katie Boyle and Staff member KC Bacon (Curran) are Malvern natives. Katie loves giving back to the community organizations where she grew up, and KC is a member of the first-ever GVBL Team!
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Without our sponsor support, there would be a financial shortfall for equipment, administration and facilities rental. GVBL would like to thank all those who have stepped up to support GVBL. Please scroll to the bottom of this publication for a complete listing of those who have provided support. If you are familiar with who they are, please reach out to thank them. In addition, as always please try and support these local businesses throughout the year, shopping and doing business right here at home.
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More Ways to Support GVCO |
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Do You Match?
It's a great way to contribute and help GVCO complete the entire new GVCO Community Center project.
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Use code #47309 for GVCO! |
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