With Empire State Games no longer existing, the BCANY (Basketball Coaches Association of New York State) has come up with an alternative for Boys and Girls HS basketball players. BCANY will be hosting a "Hoops Festival" on August 5th - 7th in Johnson City (Binghamton area). There are a few changes from the old Empire Games format. Most importantly, Buffalo will now have it's own team. So will Rochester - in fact there will be eight separate regions instead of six, so more kids will be able to be involved.
Players returning to high school next year are eligible - no longer by age. Coaches need to be BCANY members, so if you are not, your players would not be eligible, so please become members for your kids sake.
Buffalo area tryouts will be Monday June 6th & Thursday June 9th at St. Mary's HS (142 Laverack Ave. in Lancaster) from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Practice will be less time extensive than it was for Empires.
There should be a good response from college coaches that will be able to see 80 of the best New York State kids play together in one setting. Please spread the word quickly to anyone that may not have heard about this opportunity for the kids.
Call 585-746-8327 if you have more questions.
-centercourt
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