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The referee schedules for the “Play The Big O” Tournament and Conqueror Basketball League (CBL) have been released for Friday Night, Saturday and Sunday, November 8, 9 and 10. Please text your confirmations to Brent at 402-618-2859, Jim at 402-215-1740, or Rod at 402-690-3180. Please list the day, venue, court and times of your games when you confirm.

We wanted everyone to mark their calendars for a very busy weekend coming up. We will have CBL and tournaments every weekend up until Christmas, but the weekend of November 22, 23 and 24 is going to be huge with the 150-plus team Battle of the Borders tournament, along with Conqueror League. Please plan ahead.

The Play The Big O youth basketball tournament and another week of Conqueror League Basketball highlights the weekend of Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, November 8, 9 and 10. Please text your availability for these dates to Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-25-1740.

We wanted to share the timeline we attempt to follow each week when gathering availability, scheduling, publishing schedules and then obtaining confirmations.

We will normally request availability approximately 10 days before play begins. We will then begin scheduling games on either Friday night or Saturday, approximately one week before the games. We complete the schedules late Sunday evening and then publish the schedules either Monday morning, or by noon of the week of the games. We hope to receive all your confirmations by that Monday evening.

If you are signed up on nbostripes.com, you should receive an email with all the information we post at the website. If not, you can also check the website at any time, 24 hours per day for the latest information, requests for availability and posting of schedules. We ask that you text us with any questions or responses. Do not use the website to attempt to communicate with us.

As always, if you have any questions, text Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-215-1740.

The referee schedules for the Tip-Off Classic Tournament sponsored by Elkhorn Attack/Elite, as well as Conqueror Basketball League games for Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, November 1, 2 and 3, have been released. Please read through the schedules carefully and text your confirmations to Brent at 401-618-2859, Jim at 402-215-1740, or Rod at 402-690-3180. Please remember to text the day, site, court information and times in your confirmation. There is one time slot still open. Anytime you see openings, you can contact Brent to claim the spot. These are all first come, first serve.

Please continue to arrive early for your assignments. Please do not leave after your final game until there are two officials ready to work the next contest. Do not schedule yourself into a tight schedule that you have to be running out of the gym to get somewhere else. Also, make sure you make note of the times you have confirmed. We cannot have mixups on the day of the event.

The Elkhorn Attack/Elite Tip-Off Classic and the third weekend of Conqueror Basketball League highlights the youth basketball schedule for Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, November 1, 2 and 3. Please text your availability for this busy youth basketball weekend to Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-215-1740.

We recommend you be as flexible as possible when providing your availability. Friday night and Saturday and Sunday mornings are our most requested times and unfortunately we cannot fulfill everyone’s schedules at those times. If you have availability from noon on Saturday and Sunday, those are your best chances to get games.

We want to remind everyone to please read and know the rules for CBL games, as well as tournament games. There are some subtle differences. Also, please plan to arrive early for all games. We recommend being 10 minutes early, especially at Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex2 South, where parking can be an issue on Saturday and Sunday.

Referee schedules for the second week of Conqueror Basketball League and the Elkhorn Attack/Elite Halloween Havoc have been released with this post. Please read through the schedules, find your games and text your confirmations to Brent at 402-618-2859, Jim at 402-215-1740, or Rod at 402-690-3180.

We had a great weekend on Saturday and Sunday for the CBL, but with the upcoming weekend, we will have games at Union Bank and Trust Sports Complex2 South, the Elkhorn Attack and Elite building. With games at UBT2 South, we will again be dealing with limited parking. That means you should plan on arriving early to find a parking place. Remember, we need you to arrive 10 minutes before your scheduled start time. Do not just arrive “on time,” please be early.

Conqueror Basketball League (CBL) and the Halloween Havoc Tournament highlights the busy weekend of Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, October 25, 26 and 27. Please text your availability to Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-215-1740.

We will be taking availability for all weekend, if you want to work multiple games. We can give you as many games as you want. Pay for ALL games will be $30 per game for both the CBL and the Halloween Havoc tournament. CBL games will be played as normal in Elkhorn schools, while the Halloween Havoc tourney will be played at UBT2 South, which is the Elkhorn Attack/Elite building, as well as Classical Trinity Academy (the former Waterloo High School).

If you want to take a court all day, we can accommodate you. Please let Jim or I know when you text us your availability. We need to know who will be working the court with you and the times each of you will work for payroll purposes.

Games will start at 6 pm Friday night and end at 10 pm. Saturday games begin at 8 am and end at 7 or 8 pm. Sunday games begin at 8 am and end at 5 or 6 pm.

If you would like to receive this information automatically, directly to your email, please text your email address to Brent or Jim. We can set you up at nbostripes.com and every time we post something, it will go directly to your email address.

There were a few changes to this weekend’s Conqueror Basketball League (CBL) schedule so here is the revised referee schedule. You do not need to confirm again. Please just note changes.

Schedules for next weekend’s CBL and Halloween Havoc Tournament will have over double the number of games as this week. Plus, we will have games Friday night, October 25. Please watch for our requests for availability for October 25, 26 and 27, tomorrow.

An abbreviated schedule for Conqueror League Basketball will Tip-Off the 2024 Fall Schedule this Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20. The Referee schedule is included with this post. Please text your confirmations to Brent at 402-618-2859, Jim at 402-215-1740 or Rod at 402-690-3180.

There are only around 180 games this opening weekend, so games available were limited. The following weekend, October 25-26-27, we will have CBL games, as well as the first Elkhorn Attack/Elite Tournament of Fall 2024, Halloween Havoc. I would anticipate around 400 games the following weekend.

Rules for CBL will be at the scorer’s table for all games. Please familiarize yourself with the rules before your first game. There will be some slight differences to rules we have used in the past.

Here are Conqueror Basketball League – Dates and Locations

Fall Season League Dates:

October 19th/20th

October 26th/27th

November 2nd/3rd

November 9th/10th

November 16th/17th

November 23rd/24th

December 7th/8th

Winter Season League Dates:

January 4th/5th

January 11th/12th

January 18th/19th

January 25th/26th (Minimal # Games To-Be Scheduled)

February 1st/2nd

February 8th/9th

February 15th/16th

February 22nd/23rd

CBL Game Sites:

Elkhorn Middle School – 3200 N. 207th Street – Elkhorn, NE 68022

Elkhorn Grandview Middle School – 17801 Grand Avenue – Omaha, NE 68116

Elkhorn North Ridge Middle School – 18330 Purple Mar7n Parkway – Elkhorn, NE 68022

Elkhorn Ridge Middle School – 17880 Marcy Street – Omaha, NE 68130

Elkhorn Valley View Middle School – 1313 S. 208th Street – Elkhorn, NE 68022

West Bay Elementary – 3220 S. 188th Avenue – Omaha, NE 68130

West Dodge Sta7on Elementary – 18480 California Street – Elkhorn, NE 68022

Trinity Classical Academy – 800 N. Front Street – Waterloo, NE 68069

Here are Fall and Winter Tournament dates:

Elkhorn Attack Boys and Elkhorn Elite Girls

Basketball Tournaments (Fall 2024 thru Winter 2025)

Dates and Tournament

October 25-27 Halloween Havok Tournament

November 1-3 Tip-Off Classic Tournament

November 8-10 Play the Big O! Tournament Presented By Elkhorn Attack/Elite

November 15-17 Fall Hoops Challenge Tournament

November 22-24 Battle of the Borders Tournament – Sponsored by Elkhorn Attack/Elite and the Bennington Basketball Association

November 30-December 1 Turkey and Stuffing Jamboree (Play 2 Games in 1-Day Back-To-Back or with Minimal Time Between Games)

December 6-8 Cornhusker Youth State Championships Tournament – Sponsored by Elkhorn Attack/Elite and the Bennington Basketball Association

December 13-15 Elkhorn Elite “Girls Rule” Tournament

December 13-15 Elkhorn Attack “Santa Shootout” Tournament

December 20-22 Holiday Hoopfest Tournament – Sponsored by Elkhorn Attack/Elite and the Bennington Basketball Association

January 3-5 New Year’s Bash Tournament

January 10-12 Bennington Badger Shootout

January 17-19 Winter Hoops Challenge Tournament – Sponsored by Elkhorn Attack/Elite and the Bennington Basketball Association

January 24-26 January Jam Tournament Presented by Sprouting Minds Daycare

January 31-February 2 Midwest Winter Hoops Showdown Tournament

February 7-9 Roundball Rumble “No Zone” Tournament

February 14-16 Battle of the Ballers Tournament – Sponsored by Elkhorn Attack/Elite and the Bennington Basketball Association

February 21-23 Nothin’ But Net Tournament

February 28-March 2 February Finale Tournament

March 7-9 Best of the Midwest Grand Finale Tournament

March 14-16 March Mania Tournament

Over 50 officials in attendance and another 45 who checked in remotely was a great beginning to the 2024-25 season for the Nebraska Basketball Officials Youth Division. We want to thank all of you for choosing to work for our organization.

At this time, please text your availability for opening weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 19 and 20 to Brent at 402-618-2859 or Jim at 402-215-1740.

There is a ton of information in this post. Please take the time to read through all of it and we hope a majority of your questions will be answered.

Included with this post are the highlights that were gone over at the meeting. We also want to remind those that were not at the meeting to email Dannye Jakopovic at dannyej@elkhornattack.com, so she can sign you up for payroll. If you will send your legal first and last name, email address and cell phone number, she will send you back all the information you need to get signed up. The email will come from Gusto. Check your junk mail and spam folders. Remember, you don’t have to pay any fees or sign any contracts with NBO Youth Division, but we do need to get you signed up for payroll.

I also want to remind everyone that the week after this first weekend of Conqueror League Basketball, Elkhorn Attack and Elite begins its busy Fall and Winter of Tournaments. We are going to have the most youth games available anywhere in the Metro with almost 400 teams entered in the CBL, along with tournaments all fall and winter.

Included with this is the Conqueror Basketball League schedule, the Elkhorn Attack/Elite Tournament schedule, CBL Rules and our notes from Tuesday night. Please note that on the tournament weekend schedule, we do have outside tournaments on several of the weekends.

Feel free to contact either Brent, Jim or Rod if you have any additional questions.