MBR L/A tryouts Feb 19

MBR L/A

Tryouts:    Sunday, February 19th
U17 Girls     6:00pm  Open to current 10th, 11th and 12th grade players
U15 Girls     4:30pm  Open to current 9th graders
U15 Boys    3:00pm  Open to current 9th graders
U17 Boys    1:30pm  Open to current 10th, 11th and 12th grade players


All tryouts will last 90-minutes.  
Tryout fee: $10

Our Mission:

Our program is geared towards learning the skills and teaching fundamentals through increased practice times and in-game instructions.  We are not that concerned with winning basketball games or attending the National Tournament, and we are not concerned with ‘just playing.’  We are interested in developing individual skill-sets in a team environment that will help foster the understanding of the fundamental skills, individual roles within a team, and the importance of playing the game hard and to the fullest potential.

 Our AAU season is scheduled from February 19th (tryouts) until the first week of May.  We have designed a schedule that will allow us to practice 2 nights per week and play games on the weekends.  We are trying to balance the required time for skill development with the possibility of basketball burnout.  There will be times when we have to adapt the schedule due to other gym use.  We will try to stay on schedule but want parents to understand and be as flexible as possible.

We are playing under the MBR brand and although our team name is MBR L/A our athletes are NOT required to be from Lewiston / Auburn..

A detailed schedule will be presented at the tryouts.

About the staff:

Andrew Morong is the Women’s Basketball Coach at CM.  He is currently in his first year at the helm and has taken over a program that has won 5 NNESCC Championships, 4 MSCC Championships, and 3 Yankee Conference Championships. Before CM, Coach Morong was the girl’s varsity basketball head coach at Poland Regional High School from 2008-2011, and the girl’s varsity assistant coach at Morse High School from 2005-2008.  Coach Morong has coached numerous AAU/YBOA teams in addition to his high school and collegiate coaching experience and will coaching the MBR L/A U17 team.

Sarah Morris is the Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach at CM.  She is currently in her first year on staff.  Coach Morris came to CM after graduating from Roger Williams University where she played basketball.  Coach Morris played her high school basketball at Mt. Ararat and will be coaching the MBR L/A U15 team.

Dave Gonyea has been the Men’s Basketball coach at CM since 1994.  During this time the Mustangs have won 11 Yankee Conference Championships, competed in 14 Post-Season Tournaments, and in 2001-2002, Coach Gonyea led the Mustangs to the USCAA Division-2 National Championship.  Coach Gonyea’s 2001-2002 National Championship squad became the first and only Maine collegiate team to ever win a National Championship in basketball.  Coach Gonyea will oversee the MBR U17 & U15 team and will be assisted by a few current Men’s Basketball players.

Thank you for the opportunity to work with your kids.  If at any time you have questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

For Girls Basketball:

Andrew Morong
(207) 522-9334
amorong@cmcc.edu

For Boys Basketball:

Dave Gonyea
(207) 755-5251
dgonyea@cmcc.edu