Join us for the 25th Season of Upward Sports at Fairfield Church of Christ!
REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 1ST!!
EVALUATIONS AND ORIENTATIONS:
Everyone must attend their Basketball Evaluation/Draft or Cheer Orientation at the Fairfield Church of Christ Gym:
Basketball Evaluations for Kindergarten - 4th Grade (co-ed)
Saturday, October 4, 2025 between 9:00 and Noon
(Kindergarten – 4th Grade Basketball players will receive an email the week of September 22nd to schedule their evaluation time)
Cheer Orientation for all Cheerleaders - - - Kindergarten - 6th Grade
Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 9:00 to 10:30 AM (Cheerleaders will need to be here by 9:00 AM and stay the whole time during the Cheer Orientation)
Kindergarten players MUST be enrolled in Kindergarten - - - We do not have Pre-K or Preschool Divisions in Basketball or Cheer
MIDDLE SCHOOL RULES and OHSAA REFEREES FOR OUR 5/6 & 7 - 9th GRADE TEAMS!!
COMPETITIVE SOUL (Southwest Ohio Upward League) WITH END-OF-SEASON TOURNAMENT!
5th and 6th Grade Basketball Drafts
Saturday, October 18th
10:00 - 11:30 AM 5th & 6th Grade Girls
1:00 - 2:00 PM 5th Grade Boys
2:00 - 3:00 PM 6th Grade Boys
7th - 9th Grade Girls Basketball Draft
Saturday, November 15th
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
7th and 8th Grade Boys Basketball Draft
Saturday, November 15th
1:00 - 2:30 PM 7th & 8th Grade Boys
ATTN: 7th - 9th GRADE PLAYERS: If you are planning to try out for your school team but want to have a back-up in case you don’t make it or decide not to try out, go ahead and register for Upward Basketball and choose the ‘Pay in Person’ option (you will pay by cash or check when you come for the Draft). Contact us to let us know that you are trying out for your school team and then again when you make your school’s team so we can open your spot up to the next person. In the past we’ve had a waiting list for these divisions, so there may not be room available on a team if you wait until after school try-outs to register. Spaces will not be held for any players without registration.
9th grade is only applicable for the girls’ division. We DO NOT have a 9th grade boys division and 9th grade boys are not eligible to play in the 7/8th boys division.
If you are playing on an OHSAA (or equivalent, ie: IHSAA or KHSAA) school team you are not allowed to play on a rec team during the school season per OHSAA rules.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
The early registration cost child for:
Kindergarten – 4th Grade Basketball and All Cheer is $70 until noon on Friday, October 17th
Late Registration cost is $80 — includes walk-in registrations on Evaluation Day / Cheer Orientation
5th – 9th Grade Basketball is $80 until noon on the day before your Draft Late Registration cost is $90 — includes walk-in registrations on Draft Days
If you are playing on an OHSAA (or equivalent, ie: IHSAA or KHSAA) school team you are not allowed to play on a rec team during the school season per OHSAA rules.
LEAGUE SCHEDULE:
Practices begin Week of December 1, 2025
ALL Cheer practices are on Thursday evenings
ALL Kindergarten Basketball practices and games are on Friday evenings
First Game - Friday, January 9, 2026 (Kindergarten Basketball) & Saturday, January 10, 2026 (1st - 9th Grade Basketball)
5th/6th and 7th/8th Grade Boys & 7th - 9th Grade Girls SOUL Tournaments - Week of March 2 - 7, 2026
Award Day Celebration - Sunday, March 8, 2026
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Marianne Larsen at 513.867.1833 or email at FCCUpward@yahoo.com
Facebook: FCC/UPWARD
Contact Marianne at FCCUpward@yahoo.com for registration information