About

Wheaton Park District travel basketball is a girls youth feeder program for Wheaton North Falcons and Wheaton Warrenville South Tigers High School. This program emphasizes a higher level of competitiveness. This is for grades 4th-8th which will participate in leagues, tournaments, and shootouts during the Winter season. The goal of this program is to develop participants’ skills and fundamentals as well as promote safety, fun, and sportsmanship. This program does not conflict with Middle School basketball teams. Please contact Cody Nelson at cnelson@wheatonparks.org if you have any questions.

All Wheaton Park District teams will be entered into the DYTBL (DuPage Youth Travel Basketball League) which will guarantee them 14-18 league games depending on the size of their division. Teams will also be entered into tournaments, shootouts, and playoffs throughout the season to get each team a minimum of 25 total games. Playoffs will be in late February or early March when every team participates. All games will usually be on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday with the occasional game during the week. Each team will receive two practices during the week which will begin in October.

Wheaton Thunder (Grades: 4-6)

This program is offered to players in 4th-6th grade who are interested in playing basketball at a competitive level. Teams are split up into A, B, and C teams depending on the number of kids who participated in tryouts. Teams are then entered into either gold, silver, or bronze divisions in the DYTBL. Equal playing time is not guaranteed. During the season, it is very important that attendance at Thunder basketball practices/games is prioritized. Volunteer head and assistant coaches are needed, please mark down information when registering for tryouts.

Wheaton North and Wheaton Warrenville South Feeder (Grades: 7th-8th)

Teams are formed by the high school your child will be attending, either Wheaton North or Wheaton Warrenville South. If you are not going to be attending either of the high schools, unfortunately, you do not qualify for the feeder basketball program. Teams are split up into A, B, and C teams depending on the number of kids who participated in tryouts. Teams are then entered into either gold, silver, or bronze divisions in the DYTBL. Equal playing time is not guaranteed. During the season, it is very important that attendance at feeder basketball practices/games is prioritized. Volunteer assistant coaches are needed, please mark down information when registering for tryouts. Paid head coaches are provided.