Scarsdale High School

This winter, Scarsdale High School will sponsor three Girls' Basketball teams:

Varsity A is for the basketball players who demonstrate the strongest skills and abilities, regardless of grade-level.
Varsity B is primarily for juniors and seniors who have a playing background and are competitive, but do not make Varsity A. As space allows, freshmen and sophomores are sometimes considered.
JV is designed for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors to develop their skills and capabilities to give them the best chance to move up to the Varsity level.

Note: JV and Varsity B teams are dependent upon having enough girls to field each team

Varsity Coach: Michael Blanco, mblanco@scarsdaleschools.org

Varsity Assistant: Stephen Boyer, sboyer@scarsdaleschools.org

Varsity Assistant (part-time): Courtney Meyers, cmeyers@scarsdaleschools.org

Varsity B Coach: Ken Raff, kraff@scarsdaleschools.org

JV Coach: Olivia Hopf, ohopf@scarsdaleschools.org

JV Assistant: Tiffany Martinez, tmartinez@scarsdaleschools.org
In order to tryout, players must have been cleared through the gold card process.

Players are expected to be present at all tryout sessions. Missing sessions will be incorporated into the coach's evaluation of players for the Varsity team.

Tryouts consist of assessments of individual basketball skills. Players will be evaluated on all skills related to the sport of basketball, including offensive skill level, defensive skill level and teamwork.

The coaching staff also tests the athletes for general athleticism.

Players are also evaluated on their cooperation with other players and their ability to take direction from the coaching staff.
Varsity level basketball is a commitment of about 2-2.5 hours per day, 6 days a week with occasional Saturday games and competitions. It is our expectation that athletes will be present for all team tryouts, scrimmages, practices, games, and tournaments.

The regular season ends in March for all teams. Only Varsity A is eligible for the postseason.