Overview:
The Allatoona Jr. Basketball Girls Program is a developmental program for 5th, 6th, 7th
and 8th grade girls who want to play competitive basketball against other school teams in Cobb, Cherokee, Paulding
and N. Fulton counties. There are four girl’s teams, one for each middle school grade level and one at the 5th
grade elementary level. The purpose of the program is to work on fundamentals and develop players for the high school program.
Varsity Girls Coach Michael Taylor regards the Junior program as a needed building block of the Allatoona High School
basketball program.
Requirements
& Tryouts: You must live in the Allatoona school district to play on the Jr. Buc team. Try outs
are conducted in the fall at Durham M.S. and Allatoona High School and scheduled tryout dates are posted on the Allatoona
website.
Practices:
Practices are held at Allatoona High School. Teams typically practice twice per week.
Practices are typically 1 ½ hours long.
Games: The Allatoona Jr. Buc program participates in the Cobb-Cherokee
Junior Basketball Conference (www.ccjbc.com). The conference is made up of other Cobb County, Fulton County, Paulding County
and Cherokee High School feeder program teams.
Conference games begin in November with pre-season tournaments in October or November and
possible holiday tournaments during Thanksgiving and Christmas break. The regular schedule consists of 2 games weekly, primarily
on weekends, but some weeknights. Conference play goes through January and finishes with a CCJBC tournament
in February. Home games are played at Allatoona High School and away games are played at opposing teams’
high schools or middle schools.
Volunteer
Duties: The assistance of parents is required to ensure the success of the program. Concession duty along with the scorebook
and clock are volunteer duties. Each team has a team manager to handle administrative responsibilities.
Fees: Player package
costs usually start at around $400. There will be payment plans available subject to the approval of the Treasurer of the
Allatoona Booster Board.
Contacts
and Coaches:
Girls Director: Mark Spaulding * (770) 778-0934 * mjspaul@bellsouth.net
8th
Grade Coaches:
Joe
Somoza * (678) 644-6897 * joesomoza@bellsouth.net
7th
Grade Coaches:
TBD
6th Grade
Coaches:
Trent
Pinkard * (678) 794-4148 * TPinkard@afog.com
5th
Grade Coaches:
Mark Spaulding * (770) 778-0934
Steve
Roembke * (404) 518-9900 * SRoembke@fastenal.com
Head
Girl's Basketball Coach: Michael Taylor * (770) 617-2797 * michael.taylor@cobbk12.org
