OMGBA has limited access to full court, hardwood floors, and as such, we can only support up to 32 teams without altering our program in some manner.
Ideally we'd have 2 teams for each grade, for each gender, for each high school attendance area. For example:
Osseo Boys 5th Grade A Team
Osseo Boys 5th Grade B Team
Osseo Girls 5th Grade A Team
Osseo Girls 5th Grade B Team
etc. for Maple Grove, and for grades 6 through 8.
Unfortunately we don't always get an even distribution of players trying out at each grade, gender, and school. We look at historical tryout numbers, the talent level, and registration numbers prior to tryouts. We also take into consideration the available coaching pool. From this, we develop a plan. However, we reserve the right to change the plan during tryouts based on actual tryout numbers and the related talent level.
We may add a 5th team for a grade/gender/school if tryout numbers, talent level, and coaching pool support it. Conversely, we may drop a team if the numbers, talent level, or coaching pool do not support it.
Ideally, we have all Maple Grove players playing on Maple Grove teams and all Osseo players playing on Osseo teams. We call this a "pure" team. Unfortunately, the tryout numbers don't always support this and we wind up with a "Combined" team which consists of players from both school areas. They may wear a Maple Grove or Osseo jersey, but they are from both high school attendance areas.