December 16th, 2024

GVBL Rec League News

5/6 Division

Boys: The Magic had another win against the Nets, winning 33-28. The Magic is the only undefeated team in the 5/6 league. Who will challenge them?

Girls: The Sting won a tough game against the liberty, finishing with a tight score of 22-19. This game left the Sting with a record of 4-1. Great job so far Sting!

7/8 Division

Boys: The Blazers had a great game against the Suns, winning by 16 points and scoring 60 points! This win made their record 2-3, tying the Suns record.

3/4 Division

Girls: The Tigers beat the Bulldogs in a close game, winning by only two points! the Tigers are 3-0 and the Bulldogs just missed ending their winning streak.

Boys: The Badgers started off the weekend of games with a great win against the Knights. the final score was 46-42. These teams can shoot!

1/2 Division

Standings

Any concerns or mistakes to report, please email: basketball@gvco.org

Tournament Team News

The Great Valley 6th Grade Boys "Heat" won the ICBA King of the Court tournament this past weekend with a 40-22 victory over Bustleton in the D3 championship game.

It was a great weekend of basketball, with the Heat going a perfect 4-0, defeating two D2 teams and playing incredible team basketball.

The Great Valley 4th Grade Girls “Fever” won the Twin Valley Rock the Bells Tournament this weekend, and qualified for the State Championship in March, by beating Norchester 20-6.

The team’s suffocating defense led the way and all team members contributed to the three victories over the weekend.

This weekend, the Great Valley 5th Grade Boys "Vipers" competed twice.

Friday night saw a 29-13 victory over Penn Valley in the final round robin game of King of the Court. On Sunday, the Vipers lost a tough battle against the Whitemarsh 11u team in the King of the Court Championship.

More importantly, with the Viper's competing in the Championship round, they earned a golden ticket and auto qualifying bid to play in the PA State tournament in March in State College!!

8th Grade Boys:

The coaches of the 29ers D2 team couldn't be more impressed with the team effort on Saturday. Down 17 at the half, the team clawed their way back to take a one point lead with a few seconds to go in the King of the Court championship game. A controversial last few seconds ended in a 1 point loss for the 29ers, but the team qualified for States in March. Every player deserves credit for the comeback, which was led by Noah Gardner's ball-handling, and Cooper Willey and Paul Serpentine's offense (10 points each). Next up: first ICBA league game on 12/20 at GVMS. Go 29ers!

The 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade tournament teams are starting their ICBA league this week!

Great Valley teams and Divisions:

5th Boys - 10B D2 Red

6th Boys - 11B D3 Blue

7th Boys - 12B D3 Blue

8th Boys - 13B D2 Blue

8th Boys - 13B D4

5th Girls - 10G D3

6th Girls - 11G D2 Blue

8th Girls - 13G D1

ICBA Schedule

GVBL Jr. Hoopsters,

Boys High School League,

GVHS Teams

Girls:

The girls varsity team beat Kennet on Thursday 40-23 continuing their win streak.
The girls varsity is now 4-1

Boys:

Our varsity boys continue the winning streak with a Big win over 8th ranked Council Rock South 45-42 on Monday.
Chris Woodard’s late 3 gives us breathing room and Tyler Markowski makes 2 free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining to secure the win. Great win boys!
On Thursday, Varsity continued their win streak against Kennett winning 62-49.
The boys varsity is now 6-1.

Both teams got their first loss this weekend, but GVHS Basketball has had an amazing start! Congrats to both teams!

GVMS Teams

The 8th Grade Girls team is playing some great basketball, currently undefeated as a team since the middle school team’s inception in 7th Grade; most recently a double digit win vs Lionville. The girls will compete against Coatesville, Avon Grove and Fugett over the next week.

The 7th Grade Girls Team has had a great start as well with a record of 3-1. They only have one loss so far against Coatesville.

GVMS Girls 8th grade roster

GVMS Girls 7th grade roster

Spirit wear for the holidays

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GVCO Community Center Complex Expands

Did you notice the new outdoor basketball/pickleball courts just being finished up at the new GVCO Community Center complex? The court space behind the facility has become a reality through a generous contribution from Pacer ETFs, a local financial services firm. Pacer ETFs has stepped up, as another major corporate contributor to the Great Valley Community Organization, helping GVCO bring a world class community center to Great Valley and the region.

Lending Library with Love

The Lending Library with Love visited GVCO again this past weekend with Santa as a special guest. The bookmobile will be back on January 25th.

The Lending Library was featured on ABC Channel 6 News!

GVCO Weekday Morning Pickleball

Open Play on Tues. & Thurs.

· Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

· Drop-in Fee: $10 in cash

· Please add yourself to Team Reach for open play so other players can see who will be attending.

Weekday Hours:

· Use the group code of GVCOPB to find available times in the Team Reach app.

· $32 for 1.5 hours of court time per group - i.e. if there are 4 people in the group, it'd be $8 each

· Reservations require a minimum of 4 consecutive weeks and payment by 1 person from the group

· Payment for 4 weeks is $128 = 4 x $32

· Week to week reservations will not be accepted

· Ideally, payment is by check sent to or dropped off at GVCO.

· Contact Pickleball@gvco.org to reserve court time

Reserving a Court:

· Use the group code of GVCOPB to find available times in the Team Reach app.

· Please send an email to pickleball@gvco.org to make reservations.

· Check the GVCO Community Calendar to find additional open times.

Courts are unavailable on weekends in Dec. and Jan.

Badminton

Badminton Information

At GVCO this summer, Philadelphia Badminton taught the skills and basics of the sport through games and activities.

If your child is interested in playing badminton, Philadelphia Badminton will be holding drills clinics at GVCO on Monday nights from 5:30-7:30PM.

Email Coaching@PhiladelphiaBadminton.com

Banner Sponsorship

Your company's or organization's banner will hang for one whole year in the brand new GVCO Community Center. Download and complete a Banner Sponsorship Form. Questions can be directed to sponsorship@GVCO.org

It's time for everyone in our Great Valley community to GIVE BACK. The community's support over the past six years has been tremendous [Donor List (11/30/24) ].

Let's finish what we started, paying off the debt and moving forward with the next phase of the project. To do this, the support must continue and be more broad based.

We are asking for help from the entire Great Valley private, public and business community!

Where we started...and how we grew

See the vision of our new Great Valley Community Center when all phases are finished. Find out some of what we plan to offer at a fully completed complex.

Rendering of the 1st Phase of the

GVCO Community Center

Ways You Can Give

THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

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SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS

As always, we had tremendous local support for what we are trying to accomplish with our GVBL winter rec league. Without this assistance, 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. In addition, as always please try and support these local businesses throughout the year, shopping and doing business right here at home.