There are only 3 weeks left in the season for 7th-12th grade teams.  After the weekend of February 4th, we will begin assigning teams to brackets and seeding them based on their records to date. Coaches, please submit your game scores in a timely manner during the next two weekends of play. The tournament schedule will be posted on the website in the evening on February 9th. Tournament games will mostly be played on February 18th and 19th but some opening round games will be played on Friday, February 17th and probably a few games on Thursday, February 16th. As always, this is a single elimination tournament and individuals for the winning and runner up team will receive medals.  If teams do NOT want to play in the tournament, we need to know by February 1st at the very latest, sooner if possible.  Coordinators were sent an email on 1/28 with information about the tentative gym assignments and other tournament information.  Thanks!

7-12 Tournament Tentative Gym Assignments

The schedule has been updated as of 3:15pm on 11/9 due to a community pulling gym time.  Please check your schedules! You can view the schedule for individual teams by clicking the Schedule button below OR look at the schedule for an entire gym by  going to the Schedule menu on the top of the web site.  Teams will play 3 round robin games this weekend (please note in pools with an uneven number of teams, one team will play 4 games).  Remember this is a scrimmage, scores are not reported, and prizes are not awarded.  This is an opportunity to get some work in before the season starts.  If you don't see your team, listed, please let us know.

Due to issues we had last year with no shows, any team that does not show for a Preseason Tournament game will not be eligible to play in the Postseason Tournament.

Schedule  Pay Tournament Team Fee

Please read below reminders about the Preseason Shootout as well as playing rules:

1. $50 fee payable to the league includes 3 games.  We are asking that coaches pay referees fees of $15 a game this year directly to the referees before the game (each coach pays one referee).  Total cost is $95.
2. 3 game round robin
3. Organizations registering and paying for teams will be invoiced and can pay by check, individual teams must pay online.
4. NO SCORE REPORTING

Playing Rules

1. Two 14 minute running clock halves with stop and go in the last minute of the 2nd half only
2. Three timeouts per game
3. No pressing
4. Man-to-man defense only
5. Ref fees are $15 per ref per game (each coach please pay one referee $15).  They are donating over 50% of their regular fee so please thank them.

The registration period is now closed for 2nd-6th grade teams. 7th-12th grade teams can continue to be registered until November 15th. Please read the following updates about division specific issues we are working through:

1. We will be able to support teams that registered for the 20 game high rec option for the following divisions:  5th, and 6th boys and 6th girls.
2. We will NOT be able to support a 4th grade boys high-rec division or a 5th grade girls high-rec division due to lack of teams registering for that option.  All coordinators involved were emailed directly on 10/26 with options.
3. Athletic divisions that only have 7 teams will play a 18 game schedule (3rd girls and 4th girls athletic A).  We emailed all coordinators asking if they have one team to add to these divisions but did not receive a response.
4. All teams will be approved and assigned to pods (for rec teams) by end of day Monday.  They can then be reviewed on the Standings page.  When a team is approved, an account will be created for the coach (if an email was supplied by the organization), and the coach will receive an email from the web site with instructions on how to claim their account (if a new account).  The online Coach Code of Conduct can then be completed by each coach.
5. The league will begin the scheduling process on Tuesday and have a schedule available for coordinator review on November 18th.  The final schedule will be released on the web site on November 27th.

Thank you to everyone for a fantastic post season tournament.  You can access tournament scores here and also view winners on Twitter (@cpybl).

Find My Bracket Physical Bracket Schedule by Bracket  Schedule by Gym 

All parents and coaches should take a moment to read this letter that the OHSAA recently sent to all high schools in the state of Ohio regarding fan behavior at OHSAA-sponsored sporting events. It is a stark reminder the direction fan behavior is heading and how it might affect the ability for children to play in organized sports in the future.

OHSAA Fan Behavior Letter

Just a quick word about score reporting. The coach of the winning team is responsible for reporting the score of the game within 48 hours of the game being played (please note, scores are not reported for 2nd grade games).  Coaches can access score reporting from several places:

1. There is a Report Scores menu option on the Portals->Coach menu
2. On your Coach Portal, games that need scores to be reported will be shown in the upper right hand corner of the portal
3. In the My Team Schedule section of your Coach Portal, you can report scores for games AND correct scores that were entered in error for up to 14 days after the game has been played
4. You can edit your account and subscribe to Score Reporting Notifications.  You will receive an email during your game with a link to the score reporting form

This information has been sent to coaches and coordinators many times and is on portals but there is still a lack of understanding. In order for a child to play in our league, the coach OR coordinator needs to submit a roster with the child's name on it (this can happen in many number of ways that coordinators are familiar with). The parent or guardian MUST fill out a Liability Waiver and the child cannot play without a waiver. The web site automatically attempts to match the waiver to a roster entry to help coaches and coordinators determine who is eligible to play. We match on organization, player last name, and birth date. We have received many emails asking why our system "doesn't show a waiver being completed when it has". We are not saying the waiver doesn't exist, we are saying the information is different between the waiver and the roster. 99% of the time, the problem is that the birth date OR player last name is different between the waiver and the roster. Coaches (who have edit privileges) AND coordinators can quickly rectify this situation by updating their roster to match the waiver or if the parent filled out a waiver with an incorrect birth date or spelling of their child's last name, they need to submit a new waiver.  Coordinators and coaches, PLEASE DON'T ASK YOUR PARENTS TO FILL OUT A NEW WAIVER UNTIL YOU HAVE CHECKED INTO WHY YOU DON'T THINK YOU HAVE IT.  Thank you.

If you are a coach and have a question about your account, PLEASE go to the Coach page and try to do some investigation yourself before emailing the league. Please note that coach accounts are not created until teams are approved (a few days after registration closes!)  If you have a coach account from last year, it won't be tied to your new team, again, until after registration closes.  Only head coaches are granted coach accounts and it is based on the email address assigned to your team by your coordinator. Also, several of you are asking why you can't find the Coach Portal.  The Portals menu at the top of the web site does not show up unless you are logged into your account with coach or coordinator level privileges.  Makes sense right?  We don't expose menu options to just anybody, you need to be logged into your account that has those options first.  Thanks!

A quick word on Coach Code of Conduct.  This is a requirement for HEAD COACHES only.  If you are an assistant coach, you are NOT granted an account and DON'T need to fill out an online code of conduct form.  Coaches, once you login to your coach account, the online code of conduct form is available from the Coach option on the Portals menu.

Coach Account Check

If you would like to learn more about the CPYBL, feel free to access any of our informational pages which contain information about our league from the perspective of a coordinator, coach, and parent.  Parents, can also fill out their liability waivers right here.

Parents Page       Coaches Page       Coordinators Page        Liablity Waiver