LWBBA is excited to announce the return of our Kang Basketball Day Camp on July 17 to July 20 from 9am-11:30am for boys & girls entering 3rd-8th grades. If you or someone you know might be interested, please spread the word! Spaces are limited, so act now.

Register now by going to and completing the registration form:  https://kangsbasketball.sportngin.com/register/form/982367788

The 4-day camp will be run by LWHS Boys Basketball Coaches with fundamentals, games, and fun! Varsity boys players serve as head counselors and other High School players serve as assistant counselors. The camper fee will be $200. Sessions will be divided with incoming 3-5th graders in one gym, and incoming 6-8th graders another gym (9:00am-11:30am). The camp will be held at Lake Washington High School. 

Please share this information with any friends or family who might have an interested camper.

As always, information about all of our programs is at www.kangsbasketball.com.

Starting on May 30, high school boy's basketball shifts from a LWBBA run program (non-cut) into to an official LWHS program (non-cut) run by LWHS coaching staff and head coach Ryan Staudacher.

June Ball Registration

You must register separately for this through the school district to participate in “June ball.”

Step 1: Registration for “Summer Athletics” is now open through Final Forms available here: https://lakewashington-wa.finalforms.com/.  Once you log in, click on the prompt at the top of the screen that says, “click here to switch to 2023-2024 registration.” From there you will see an option to add sports, then click on Summer 2023 Boys Basketball. You will be prompted to complete a full series of forms and ensure you have an up-to-date medical exam on file. Both parents and players have forms to complete.

Step 2: Pay the school fee, which is $50 for Summer Boys Basketball. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch can have the fees waived). To pay the fee, visit: https://wa-lakewashington.intouchreceipting.com/ 

Important: Players will NOT be able to attend their first practice until all of step 1 and step 2 are completed. So, please make sure you get registered asap!

Additional information is available at https://lwhs.lwsd.org/athletics and https://lwhs.lwsd.org/athletics/summer.  If you have questions about this process, contact the LWHS Athletic Department. 

June Ball Schedule (Starting May 30)

The tentative current June calendar is below (also in PDF attachment below):

• Coach Staudacher will host a parent/player meeting on May 30 at 6pm-630pm at LWHS after the first practice (for current 9-11th graders).
• Due to LWHS rules, the first day incoming 9th graders are allowed to participate in June Ball with official high school coaching staff is June 10.  As such, LWBBA will continue to offer our Spring Ball skills sessions for incoming 9th graders only from 730-9pm at Kirkland Middle School on Thurs June 1, Tuesday June 6, and Thursday June 8. Then after June 10 they can join the practices at LWHS.
• Practices, which start on May 30, will take place from 4:00pm-6:00pm, but the days of the week will vary.  Game times have not been determined yet.
• Players placed on JV/V teams will play in a tournament on June 10-11. All teams will play in 2 additional tournaments: June 16-18 (Kang Classic) and June 24-25.
• There will be additional summer league games played throughout the week.
• On July 17-20, we will host our annual youth Kang Youth Camp. Our high school players will serve as counselors and assistant counselors.

As a reminder, team placement decisions and rotations that LWHS Coaches make this summer are for June ball placement ONLY. Competitive tryouts will be held in November for the official winter season. 

After June Ball, players will eturn tro play LWBBA-led Fall Ball (non-cut), which includes off-season league play and practices from September-November. Then in November, players will compete in official tryouts for the LWHS winter season.

We look forward to seeing you in the gym. See you all soon!

LWHS Coaches Contact Info:

• Ryan Staudacher, Varsity Head Coach -- cell 425-891-2924; rstaud3@gmail.com
• Tracey Thomas, Asst. Varsity Coach -- cell 262-617-1393; tracet23@yahoo.com 

LWBBA Contact Info:

• Jeremy Pemble, LWBBA President, cell 206-930-7998; jeremy@jlmpartners.com
• Joey Giovacchini, LWBBA Skills Director/Off-season coach, cell 425-260-4800; joeygiovacchini@gmail.com
• Scott Roberts, LWBBA Skills Assistant Director/Off-season Coach, cell 425-765-0921; srob1523@gmail.com

Woodinville Tournament: CLICK HERE to view the updated schedule

Lake Washington Boys' select basketball feeder program (4th-8th grade boys) participates in both tournaments and in the ETL (Eastside Travel League) in which we play other high school feeder teams.

• Tryouts and teams formed in mid-September.  Dates/Times/Locations will be finalized in August
• Practices: Begin the first week of October.  Each team will have two practices a week
• Tournaments: October and November
• ETL Season: December - late February
• Games:  1 - 2 each weekend with breaks for the school holidays