SAN ANTONIO CHURCH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

SAN ANTONIOCHURCH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

P.O. BOX 790521

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS78279

Web site: Telephone: 494.9477

PARENTS LETTER - SACAA PLAYOFFS - 2010-2011

Congratulations on your team and your child qualifying for the SACAA 2010-2011 basketball playoffs. The playoffs are always an exciting time for all the children and they have all worked very hard to get to this point in their season. The coaches have put in many hours of their time, as have you the parents. In all of this excitement and everyone’s busy schedules, sometimes the children or the parents forget some details that make the coaches and game officials duties more difficult. I will identify some of these details for you and it may help things run more smoothly. Good luck to all of the teams and players.

  • A few of the first round playoff games will begin at University UMC, but the majority of the playoff games will be held at Concordia Lutheran gym located at 16801 Huebner Road (Northwest corner of 1604 & Huebner Road)PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO YOUR PLAYOFF BRACKET
  • Traffic between 5:00PM and 7:30PM on 1604 coming from either direction heading to the gymcan be congested and even one stalled vehicle can cause a 15 to 20 minute delay. Please leave much earlier than usual for your scheduled game, in order to guarantee your child arrives in plenty of time (30 minutes before scheduled game time).
  • Please make sure that your child is wearing the correct jersey color. Teams at the top of each playoff bracket are the HOME team and home team wears WHITE jerseys.
  • If your child is supposed to be wearing the WHITE jersey and they want to wear an undershirt, please make sure it is a WHITE undershirt. If your team is Visitors and your team is wearing their DARK jersey, please make sure the undershirt (if worn) closely matches the dark jersey (black undershirts are also allowed under the Dark jerseys) (No white or grey shirts under the dark jerseys).
  • Please make sure that your child wears shorts WITHOUT pockets.
  • Even though your child ties their own shoes and believe they are doing a great job, it would help us all if you would help them out and make sure they are tied tight and double knotted, especially for the children grades 1 thru 6.
  • Please do not bring any basketballs, volleyballs, soccer balls etc. into either gym. Please make sure your fans are aware of this too. Both gyms will provide the game ball and the basketballs needed during warm up periods.
  • Food & drink is allowed in the both gyms, but please make sure and dispose of all trash in the trash cans provided. Please make sure the smaller children do not spill any drinks, as stopping to clean up these accidents causes more delays.
  • The days and times that these playoff games are scheduled are the only time frames that we have available. We realize that there are some teams that may have games later than we would like them to be, but we are grateful for the time that we have received to be able to have these playoffs in such a great facility. The brackets are drawn up a few weeks before the playoff spots had been secured by any of the teams, so the day and times that you end up playing are completely by luck of the draw.
  • We encourage all of you to cheer, applaud and show your appreciation to the children and their efforts during the games. Showing good sportsmanship sets a good example for the children. We ask that you refrain from verbal exchanges with the referees and game officials. Please cheer for your team and children and not against your opponents.
  • Please keep all non players off of the basketball court before, during and after the games. Players for the next game need to warm up and there is limited time available for them to do this.
  • Please keep an eye on your children. If they are running around the gym and getting into areas they are not allowed, the game has to be stopped to correct the problem.
  • The playoff brackets, playoff rules, regular season game by game scores and team records are all located on our web site at