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Goldenball Youth Basketball includes youth basketball league games, basketball practices, and a Jitters Jamboree event. The program is team registration-based for 3rd–7th grade and is run as a recreation program based on good sportsmanship and the development of basketball fundamentals.
• Ages: 8–13 years old
• Schedule: Eight-game league with games on Saturdays from January 17 through March 7, 2026, plus one 55-minute practice time slot per week on weekdays
Games are organized as an eight-game league divided into two halves with a realignment and no break between halves. Practice times are available Monday–Friday from 6–6:55 p.m., 7–7:55 p.m., and 8–8:55 p.m., with school gyms open for practice starting Monday, March 2, 2026, and most practice permits beginning November 3, 2025. The program requires teams to provide matching t-shirts with 6-inch numbers on the back, no three-digit numbers, and players must have shorts without pockets. For the 2025–2026 season, 3rd and 4th grade boys and girls use 27.5" (size 5) basketballs, 5th and 6th grade boys and girls use 28.5" (size 6), and 7th grade boys use 28.5" (size 6). A team roster must be filled out and submitted by email to the Sports Office before the first game.
The program relies on volunteer coaches to register a team, select players, and manage team details, and it does not have the capacity to register individuals, so teams must be formed by parents and volunteer coaches. There is a limited number of teams for each grade, and a waitlist is formed once capacity is met. Coaching three or more teams is not permitted, and anyone coaching more than one team must have an assistant coach for each team who attends a coaches’ meeting. No spectators are allowed at practice.
Portland Parks & Recreation’s Goldenball youth basketball program states that its purpose is to encourage youth, regardless of ability, to learn the fundamentals of the game, develop a sense of fair play and good sportsmanship, experience the satisfaction of team play and individual cooperation, and have fun and enjoy playing basketball. The program lists Blaine Rethmeier and Jennifer Rounseville as Recreation Coordinators.
Last updated April 7, 2026.
• Ages: 8–13 years old
• Schedule: Eight-game league with games on Saturdays from January 17 through March 7, 2026, plus one 55-minute practice time slot per week on weekdays
Games are organized as an eight-game league divided into two halves with a realignment and no break between halves. Practice times are available Monday–Friday from 6–6:55 p.m., 7–7:55 p.m., and 8–8:55 p.m., with school gyms open for practice starting Monday, March 2, 2026, and most practice permits beginning November 3, 2025. The program requires teams to provide matching t-shirts with 6-inch numbers on the back, no three-digit numbers, and players must have shorts without pockets. For the 2025–2026 season, 3rd and 4th grade boys and girls use 27.5" (size 5) basketballs, 5th and 6th grade boys and girls use 28.5" (size 6), and 7th grade boys use 28.5" (size 6). A team roster must be filled out and submitted by email to the Sports Office before the first game.
The program relies on volunteer coaches to register a team, select players, and manage team details, and it does not have the capacity to register individuals, so teams must be formed by parents and volunteer coaches. There is a limited number of teams for each grade, and a waitlist is formed once capacity is met. Coaching three or more teams is not permitted, and anyone coaching more than one team must have an assistant coach for each team who attends a coaches’ meeting. No spectators are allowed at practice.
Portland Parks & Recreation’s Goldenball youth basketball program states that its purpose is to encourage youth, regardless of ability, to learn the fundamentals of the game, develop a sense of fair play and good sportsmanship, experience the satisfaction of team play and individual cooperation, and have fun and enjoy playing basketball. The program lists Blaine Rethmeier and Jennifer Rounseville as Recreation Coordinators.
Last updated April 7, 2026.
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