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Recreational Program

The WHCYB Recreational Program provide an active program of basketball competition and instruction for boys and girls ages 6-17. The league is divided into single-year age groups for boys and girls, except for the high school division where players between the ages of 14 and 17 compete in the same group. A player's age group is determined by his/her age on December 31 of the current year. Games and practices are held at various Howard County school gymnasiums.

Program Directors
Recreation Commissioner Mark Valavanis marval5@starpower.net
Boys Director Rich Heimsoth mrheimsoth@verizon.net
Girls Director Mike Farley mfarley5@verizon.net


There are several league formats supported by the program depending on the age group, as summarized in the table below.

Age Group Start-End Games/week Practices/week
6 Dec-Feb 0 * 1
7-8 Nov-Feb 1 1
9-13 Nov-Feb 1-2 1
14-17 Nov-Feb 2 0
   * -- There are no formal games for Age 6. This is an instructional league.


2008-2009 Boys Age Group Coordinators
Age Group Coordinator Email
Boys 6 Dave Peitsch dtpeitsch@haywardbaker.com
Boys 7 Mike Kinloch mkinloch@continentalpools.com
Boys 8 Dave Gruber birdgess@comcast.net
Boys 9 Mike Kinloch mkinloch@continentalpools.com
Boys 10 Mike Lucks lucks@comcast.net
Boys 11 Rich Heimsoth mrheimsoth@verizon.net
Boys 12 Chris Cheswick ccheswick@bcps.org
Boys 13 Tim Kasura tjkasura@comcast.net
Boys 14-17 Ron Nelson rjn9252@comcast.net


2008-2009 Girls Age Group Coordinators
Age Group Coordinator Email
Girls 6 Dave Peitsch dtpeitsch@haywardbaker.com
Girls 7 Vicky Cutroneo svc67@yahoo.com
Girls 8 Buddy Kinner kinnerhome@comcast.net
Girls 9 Dave Peitsch dtpeitsch@haywardbaker.com
Girls 10 Mary Esmond speakeofesmond@aol.com
Girls 11 Susan Koutrelakos suenickkl@msn.com
Girls 12 Mike Kinloch mkinloch@continentalpools.com
Girls 13 Rob Gallagher rlgallagher@verizon.net
Girls 14-17 Pat Wynn patrick17@aol.com