About Our Program

TeamSnap will be used to register:

• Rockaway Township & Rockaway Boro Girls in:

  • Grades 3-8 as well as Coaches & Volunteers for Recreation Basketball
  • Grades 4-8 for Travel Basketball

• Rockaway Township, Rockaway Boro, Wharton & Denville Girls in:

  • Grades 9-12 as well as Coaches & Volunteers for Girls High School Recreation Basketball (Registration will open later in the Fall)

• Note:  Rockaway Township Girls in 1st & 2nd grade are eligible to participate in the basketball clinic that is run by the boys program.  You can find out more information at http://rtboyshoops.org

Quick Notes on our Program: 

• Our season will run from mid-October through early March (ending with playoffs).  Team Drafts will be held in late October as gyms become available
• Our Travel (Competitive) program consists of 5 teams:
  • 4^th Grade Girls Travel Team
  • 5^th Grade Girls Travel Team
  • 6^th Grade Girls Travel Team
  • 7^th Grade Girls Travel Team
  • 8^th Grade Girls Travel Team

• Our In-House (Recreation) program is grouped into 3 divisions:
  • Rookie Division – 3^rd & 4^th Grade Girls
  • Junior Division – 5^th & 6^th Grade Girls
  • Senior Division – 7^th & 8^th Grade Girls
• The first games are usually in December, with preseason practices leading up to that. 
• There is typically 1 practice and 1 game each week. Most (but not all) games are on Saturdays, with the younger players playing in the early hours. There are also games during the week, with younger players playing at 6:30pm and the older players playing at 7:45pm. Practices run 1 to 1 ¹/2 hours and games run 1 to 1 ¹/4 hours.
• There are no set days for practices, they will fluctuate (6 days per week) throughout the season based on gym availability.
• The younger players practice and play at Birchwood School and Thomas Jefferson (in the Boro). The older girls practice and play at Copeland and Birchwood.
• Our program utilizes a mandatory Player Draft; players are not assigned to teams based on schools or placed with friends.
• Siblings in the same division will automatically be placed on the same team
• High School Division:
  • The High School division is made up of girls from 9th through 12th grades, from both Morris Hills and Morris Knolls.
    • The High School division recognizes time is tight with the additional responsibilities that going to high school entails. The High School division does not start until AFTER Thanksgiving. With only one or two practices
    • High School games start in late December/early January.
    • High School games are mostly played Monday through Friday at 9:00pm. 
    • Each team plays ~1 game per week, usually no more. Again, this division is created to allow girls to continue playing basketball while assuring the time commitment is not overburdening.