NEWS

The Great Adirondack Shootout was a great success!  Congratulations to the winners in each age group.  Northern Lites would like to thank all the teams that participated in our tournament, and wish to extend an invitation to them to participate again next year.  Please contact Greg Smith, our tournament director, for any questions regarding the Great Adirondack Shootout.

Please check your teams tournament dates by clicking on the "Tournament Schedules"  Link in the menu on the left for your team.  Lodging information for all of the away tournaments is available, and information for the rest of the tournaments will be posted as soon as possible.


Team tournament results are posted on each team's roster page as each tournament is completed.  Coaches, I need your help with this effort.  Please send tournament results via email to rks76@cornell.edu to report what teams you played, and the results of each game played, so these results can be posted on the website.

Parents, players, coaches and fans are highly encouraged to submit photos, team scores and other information to us to post on the website.  Remember, we need your help to maintain a high quality website.  Keep the information coming!

If you take photos at our tournaments, and would like to see some of them posted on the website, you can send an email to rks76@cornell.edu.  A photo album for all tournaments will be posted to the website for each team.  This will be updated after each tournament.  Check the Team Photos page for information on how to submit photos for posting on the website.

The information on this website is updated frequently during the AAU season, so please check it often.

OUR MISSION

The Northern Lites AAU Girls Basketball Organization is dedicated to providing girls ages 12 to 16 an opportunity to develop their skills through practice and participation in high level tournaments.  Other important aspects of the program are character development, responsibility, sportsmanship, and friendship among teammates.  Goals and objectives of the National and State Teams are as follows:

National Teams

• Tournaments to challenge level of competition will be provided
• Stronger emphasis placed on winning
• Playing time based on performance, and game conditions may not be equal
• High level of commitment expected for practices and tournaments
• During road tournaments, coach may impose a player curfew
  

State Teams

• Development of skills will be the main focus
• Tournaments to challenge level of competition will be provided
• Equal playing time may be dependent on game conditions
• High level of commitment expected for practices and tournaments
• During road tournaments, coach may impose a player curfew

GENERAL INFORMATION

Our season normally runs from April to July each year.  Our  12, 13 and 14 year old teams teams play in 5 tournaments in a season, one of them being our home tournament, the Great Adirondack Shootout.  The 15 year old teams play in at least 6 tournaments a season, and the 16 year old teams play in at least 7 tournaments.

The date for the 2008 Great Adirondack Shootout is May 24 and 25. See the Adirondack Shootout  link to the left for more information.

Most of our teams travel to tournaments in the New York and New England Area.  However, the 15 and 16 Year-old National Teams may travel to National Championship Tournaments outside this area.

For the 2008 Season Tournament Schedule, please see the Tournament Schedules link to the left.  This information is always tentative, and subject to change at any time.  Please check it frequently for any updates.

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