General Information:

Parish Center:

As many of you know, we are close to our fundraising goal to break ground for our new parish center & gym. Please visit this link to donate: http://www.stfrancis-assisi.org/sfa/Journey/

Practices:

As St. Francis does not have our own gym yet, we are dependent on Clarkstown to provide gym time to us. There is no guarantee that we will have our permits approved year to year so we are forced to assign the gym times which we are given. This means practices cannot start before 6:30 PM and many of the gyms are small.

Regular Season:

Runs from early November to approximately the 2nd week of February.

• 3rd – 6th grade teams play a 10 game schedule.
• 7th & 8th grade teams play a 12 game schedule.

Playoffs:

• Playoffs usually begin the 2nd weekend in February.
  • Note: this generally coincides with the Clarkstown school district winter break.
• All 3rd grade teams make the playoffs as there is not a separation between East (A) and West (B) in 3rd grade.
• In 4th – 8th grade the top 8 teams in the East and West divisions make the playoffs.

Tournaments:

St. Francis CYO makes tournaments available to all coaches, however participation is not mandatory. Participation is based on coach and player availability. Many tournaments are before or after the season or during school breaks when many players are unavailable.

Team photos:

Every season we have a team photo day.

• Every player in 3rd – 8th grade receives a team and individual photo.
• Additional “packages” are also available.

Boys & Girls Division Names:

Each division is given a name by CYO for tracking and scheduling purposes, it can be confusing if you do not know which is which, they are:

Team Mass:

Every season, Fr. McKeon has a CYO team Mass on a Sunday evening before the regular season starts. All teams are expected to attend the Mass.