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Youth hoop clinics underway
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Youth from first through eighth grades began the six-week youth basketball league at Riverbank High School on Saturday, Jan. 4. The program is broken down by grade level, and starts with two days of drills and training, then four weeks of games. Ric McGinnis/The News

The annual Youth League Basketball program got underway at Riverbank High School this past weekend, sponsored by the RHS boys and girls basketball coaches and corresponding team members.

Sign-ups will continue this Saturday, Jan. 11, with the second of two training days scheduled. There, players learn basketball skills such as dribbling, passing and shooting. The final four weeks will be games played against each other.

The sessions are broken down by grade level, with first and second grade from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.; grades three and four from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; and fifth through eighth graders from 11 a.m. to noon.

Program fee is $80, with players receiving the training, the four games, a team T-shirt and a basketball.

For more information, contact RHS varsity boys coach Ylii Lopez, at lopezerazo92096@gmail.com, or varsity girls coach Janelle Luu, at jluu@riverbankusd.org.