Referee Clinic(VJM)      November 8th, 10:30am @ VJM
Coaches Clinic(WD)      November 10th, 7pm @ 1P
First Practice Begins     November 13th
Season Opener                 November 22nd 
Bottle Drop event          January 10th, 2026
Jamboree                             March 14th, 2026
           

Get your SAYBL Merch today!
Happy to announce we have new merchandise to coincide with our new branding. Hoodies and T-Shirts are now available in 2 colours; blue or white. 

• Hoodies - $45
• Crewneck - $40
• T-shirts - $30

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Order before midnight Thursday, November 13.
Orders will be available for collection the next  game day.

SAYBL UPDATE 3.0 

November 6th,  2025

Once again our small team has not  made the Team Creation deadline. It's not from a lack of ability or desire, it's available time. Expect teams in the next couple of days.  We pushed the coaches clinic to November 10th at a new location that better suits our needs: One Possession. 

Updated Schedule:

• Teams Notified: before Monday, November 10th
• Coaches Clinic: Monday, November 10th

We sincerely hope that this is the last time we need to move dates. 

Regards,
SAYBL Team

SAYBL UPDATE 2.0 

October 28th,  2025

Yesterday we posted an updated regarding schedules and creating teams in a record breaking time. Today we circled back and deemed it impossible. 

We reviewed our gym availability with fall break looming and it does not match our enthusiasm to start the season. 

Updated Schedule:

• Teams Notified: before Tuesday, November 3rd
• Coaches Clinic: Thursday, November 6th
• First Practices Commence: November 13th
• First Game: Saturday, November 22nd 

We sincerely hope that this is the last time we need to move dates. 

Regards,
SAYBL Team

SAYBL UPDATE

October 275th,  2025

Next Steps
Thank you to everyone who attended the ID Camp, this information will go a long way in helping us create balanced teams for the 2025/26 season. Time to create 34 teams in record time - expect delivery Tuesday night/Wednesday first thing. This information will include your team, practice time and location. 

Team Coaches
If you’re new to SAYBL you will soon understand we sometimes create teams without coaches. If your team does not have a coach there’s an expectation that someone, or someone’s, will step up and fill that role. Co-coaching is a thing. Please let us know ASAP who will be the coach so you can attend the coaches clinic. There’s a link at the bottom of our website if you’d like to sign up. To those of you who've already signed up, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Coaches Clinic
We have moved our Coaches Clinic to Thursday, October 30th November 6th at the new location of WD Cuts. An email will be sent out later today to those who have signed up to volunteer coach or assistant coach. Your coaching bags will be available for pick up at the clinic.

Please read our FAQ page.
We love receiving emails with your questions and we want to provide you answers as quickly as possible. To help speed up the email response time we created an FAQ page on our website. I encourage you all to read the FAQs before reaching out. If you’ve not received an answer from a recently written email please go to our FAQ page, there’s a good chance you’ll find your answer there. If not, we’ll respond ASAP.

First Practices
Practices start November 3rd 13th - more information will be provided when the teams are announced.

First Game - November 22nd 
Moved due to gym accessibility. Providing a little more time to develop team chemistry before the first game. 

Saturday Games In an attempted to provide everyone with comfortable seating our Gyms this season will be; 

• U11 Division - Holy Family School (HF)
• U14 Division - Alexandre Taché & *Elmer Gish (AT & Gish)
• U17 Division - Vincent J Maloney (VJM)

   * - Gish will be substituted when AT is unavailable 

Volunteers
Do you love this league? Simply put, we don’t have enough people to run the league. If you’re good at communications, if you have time to help open & close gyms… we’d love to hear from you. We have less people this year than last and last year was not easy. Please help keep this league alive for years to come and send us an email saying you’d like to help volunteer. If you have already please do it again.

Thank you for your patience and continued support.

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team    

ID Camps Times 

October 15th,  2025

ID Camp times will be issued tonight. Extending the registration twice dampened our hopes of providing these times any sooner.

Expect an email within the next 12 hrs with your time slot on either Saturday October 18th or 25th at Holy Family School.

Thank you for your patience.

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team

Teacher Strike 

October 7th,  2025

The City of St.Albert has assured us that the teacher strike does not affect SAYBL's access to the schools. At this point in time our schedule remains unchanged.

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team

Registration Extension v2

October 7th,  2025

Thank you to everyone who has registered to date. We have the bare minimum to start 2 of the 3 girls divisions but only half way there for U17 Girls. To ensure we have enough players to start our season SAYBL is extending the registration closing, this time to Monday October 13th. 

Spread the word so together we can enjoy a successful 2025/26 basketball season!

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team

Please check your account...

September 3rd,  2025

Some of you were not presented the correct divisions when signing up. The issue has since been resolved, however you may still be in the wrong division. Please check your accounts and if you signed up for the wrong division please let us know so we can fix it. 

Which division should I be in?
Head to the FAQs page for age groups per division.

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team

Registration is OPEN!

August 29th, 2025

A new season awaits! Registration is now open and closes midnight September 30th. Click on the REGISTER NOW text above. More registration info can be found here.

We have introduced a FAQ page listed with many of the most common questions asked, hopefully your question will be answered here. If not, our SAYBL Team will be happy to answer your question.

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team

Girls Divisions 

August 29th, 2025

Over the last 2 season we've been faced with shutting down all girls divisions due to lack of registrations.  Our only way of keeping the 80 girls in the league was to shift the age groups to ensure we had 2 active girls divisions. Not ideal but we had games.

We read and heard your comments regarding the shift and once again we will attempt to hold the divisions to U11, U14 and U17. With your help we can make it happen. Please tell your friends and your friends friends about SAYBL! Have them sign up so we can provide 3 divisions of women's basketball in St.Albert.

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team

NEW BRANDING!

August 28th, 2025

Yes, we have rebranded SAYBL. The new logo is a playful reflection of what our community league is all out…  fun! We will soon have merchandise available, so watch this space for more info.

Sincerely,
SAYBL Team

U17 Girls - Lets Give it a go!

August 28th, 2025

Over the  last 2 seasons of SAYBL we've come up short to form a U17 Girls Division (ages 14 to 16). We will persevere because we care and hope that one day enough  girls will register to form the division.  We require a minimum of 40 girls to register to give the girls an opportunity to play. It's not crazy competitive, it's an opportunity to run around the court and play against your friends. It's mostly fun with a touch of competitiveness. Our coaches are patient and happy to teach you the basics and the rules of the game. If you have any questions feel free to drop us an email: info.saybl@gmail.com

Gym Rules...

January 20th, 2025

The following rules are a condition of our gym usage and noncompliance will result in an early end of season for the teams that play in the closed gym.  We are sincerely asking for everyone to help govern these following rules to ensure we have a place for the kids to play. They are different to school events so please, please help us keep the gyms we have.

• NO DISPOSABLE COFFEE CUPS,  
  Spill proof container(with a lid) are acceptable.
• NO OUTDOOR SHOES,
• NO FOOD, and...
• NO WONDERING HALLWAYS.

Coach a team

Get a basketball

Play It Again Sports located at 13883 156 St (Edmonton) will carry size appropriate balls for your players.  Let them know you are registered with SAYBL and receive a discounted price.

• U11 Boys and Girls - Size 5 Ball (27.5")
• U14 Boys and Girls - Size 6 Ball (28.5")
• U17 Girls - Size 6 Ball (28.5")
• U17 Boys - Size 7 Ball (29.5")