Thursday evening the Kingwood Community lost a wonderful young man, Joseph (Joey) Karabin.  Joey played in the Kingwood Basketball League from the time he was in Kindergarten thru 8^th grade. He graduated from Kingwood Township School in 2011 where he played basketball for the Knights.  He was currently a sophomore at Delaware Valley Regional High School where he was also a rising star of the basketball team.  Please keep your thoughts and prayers with his family through this very difficult time.

The KBL affords an opportunity to all residents of Kingwood Township and surronding areas, grades K-8, to play league basketball. The program will begin late November and ends in mid-March. Games are usually played on Friday evening and/or Saturdays. Practices will be held during the week in the evenings. The KBL intends that all applicants who apply, in time, will be allowed to play. If our registration numbers exceed the gym space that we have, the league reserves the right to take registrants on a first come - first served basis.

We need help manning the concession stand at our weekend games. Signup on line at Consession Stand Signup. or contact Anthony De Sapio, Jr. at (908) 996-6337 or by e-mail at kingwoodbasketball@embarqmail.com

The Kingwood Basketball League has always prided it's self on keeping the registration fees among the lowest in the state while putting togeather a first class program. This year, beacuse of the tough ecomic times, we actually lowered our registration fees. To make up for this we need to step up our fundraiser efforts. We now have three main fundraisers we are hoping that your family can help our league by participating in at least one of them.

1. Our team sponsorship program. - We are looking for local business to help in sponsoring our teams each team is $200.00. For the $200.00 sponsorship fee each sponsor will recieve their name on the backs of the players shirts, a plaque to display in their business and an ad banner placed on our site. In the last two years our site recieved over 7,600 hits - from local people who patronize local businesses. Your ad can also be linked to your copmany web site or to your e-mail. Your banner will be viewed on the team page along with comming up randommaly on the common pages. Our sponsor ads average around 1,800 viewes each per year. You do not need to have a business to help out with this. When you visit a local business drop off a sponsorship form and just ask most business welcome sponsoring local teams especially when their customers ask.

2. Our on line magazine order. The link is just below the menu on the left site of our site. Our league gets a percentage back on every order. If you are considering a subscription consider using our site.

3. Dress like a Pro - This is new this year. It is an on line order system. Our league gets a 7% donation back on all orders from our site. There is some really nice Kingwood Baskteball gear now for sale. All items will be shipped directly to you from Prep Sports wear. The links for this is above the menue on the left side of our site and a banner add at the bottom of our site.

It is our league policy to have ALL our coaches pass this class. It is no longer necessary for you to attend a class in Phillipsburg. You can now get certified on line at:

NYSCA Training

Any coaches who needs to become certified and does not have a computer with an internet connection please contact Anthony De Sapio @ (908) 996-6337 or e-mail kingwoodbasketball@earthlink.net as soon as possible so we can arrange for your class. If you are a coach who has already been certified in another sport we can also get you your certification for Basketball.

Our league will reimburse you for any fees charged by NAYS for your initial certification. Just submit the online reciept along with your certificate for your reimbursement. We will also accept New Jersey Youth Sports Certification.

We have RED WHITE & BLUE 28.5 BASKETBALLS for sale These balls the the same quality ball that we equip our teams with. They are an indoor/outdoor ball that is very durable. These balls are also embossed with the Kingwood Basketball league logo on them The balls are $20.00 each and can be purchased all year round by contacting Patrick O'Boyle @ (908) 727-4699 or njhurricanes1@aol.com

Anyone wishing to have an e-mail notification sent to them of upcomming events, schedules, camps, or our registration forms can be put on our mailing list by sending an e-mail to our General Information e-mail address kingwood.b.ball@gmail.com with "Add me to the list" in the subject line. Just click on the contact info tab on the sid bar the the General Information Tab.