About our Basketball League

The Boys & Girls Club’s basketball league has a long and storied history. Over the years, we’ve built an incredible experience for our youth with the fantastic support of parents, families, coaches, referees, scorekeepers, and both the Golden State Warriors and Santa Cruz Warriors. 

League Information

• Our league is open to students in the 3rd thru 8th grades.  We divide players into three separate divisions based upon grade.  We also run a training-camp style “Biddy Ball” program for students in the 1st and 2nd grade.
• Each team will have ten kids and one to two coaches.
• Every team has a one-hour practice each week at our downtown clubhouse gym.
• Each team gets one to two games each weekend throughout the season, playing against each team in their division at least once. Each game is about an hour long.
• Every team makes the playoffs.
• We have referees and scorekeepers present to support every game.

2025-26 Season Update

After 55 incredible years of serving local youth, our beloved Downtown Santa Cruz clubhouse is ready for a much-needed revitalization. To begin this work, we have moved our services to a new temporary location. Regretfully, this temporary move means that we will not be able to run the Boys & Girls Club basketball program for the 2025-26 season.

This program has been a very special part of our Club community, and we are exploring other opportunities to partner and support youth basketball locally. Please stay tuned regarding updates to our facility and opportunities for your children to participate in future basketball programming!

Local Basketball Resources

For families seeking basketball opportunities for their children, we’re happy to share the list below.  Please note that these programs are compiled as a resource for local families, however the Boys & Girls Club does not have a formal relationship or specifically endorse any of these leagues, camps, or teams.