7 PM to 10 PM
7 PM to 10 PM
8 AM to 11 AM
Public School 8 – 112 Lindenwood Road Great Kills, Staten Island NY 10308 Commissioner Craig Raucher (718) 605-2189
We are seeking more players aged 30-60
Introduced a new youth basketball training league for children aged 7-12
All players pay $20 per session
The players are from all walks of life, different religions and nationalities, all with the same desire to win and stay on the court. They are rocket scientists, detectives, grad students, businessmen, fire department lieutenants, teachers, physician’s assistants, construction workers, politicians, lawyers and others all glued together for the love of the game.
Commissioner Craig Raucher.
“Although we call it a league it is more accurate to describe us as a group of highly competitive guys playing together for many many years.”
“We are able to play for long stretches at a time with players of equal ability, minus the macho and combative atmosphere that exists in schoolyard ball.”
“The true glue to this group is the camaraderie and friendships that have developed and endured”
“The caliber of play and the competitiveness of the games is what keeps everyone coming back for more. It is basketball heaven for guys over 30.”
We began as the Brooklyn Athletic League in Brooklyn, New York and changed our name four decades ago to the Staten Island Basketball League as we migrated over the Verrazano Bridge to Staten island. We play full court ball three times per week in this 90 plus year old gym. Old school gym for old school players. We have been a magnet over the years for players who were tired of the run, gun and selfish ways of younger players in the parks.
Players that could not take the heavy wear and tear on their bodies pounding concrete all the time. We became a haven for an army of these types of players creating a pick up basketball paradise.
Founded, nurtured and managed all of these years by Craig Raucher it is called a league but it is much more then that. Really we are a group of men coming together and Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings like religious zealots seeking the high of a pick up Basketball win in controlled pick up games. Living on the winning shot until the next get together or the great pass or the monster rebound ecstasy and agony play out.
Throughout these past 43 years over 400 players have come through the old gym doors to play regularly. We have had a long and rich history and a bright future.
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