Please click on the link below to read about an important change in the Minnesota State High School League regarding 9th grade athletics that we want all OMGBA 8th grade families to be aware of. 

4th - 8th Grade Travel Basketball Registration Information

OMGBA has a Traveling League for 4th through 8th Grade. Traveling teams tend to pick up extra practice time when available, play more games (weekend tournaments), and play a higher level of competition. If your son or daughter is interested in traveling, register them for the proper House League and when the online registration asks about traveling, answer "yes". Your initial fee will cover the tryout.

In an effort to provide a better tryout experience for our players and allow our evaluators to focus more time on those that will make a travel team, we are planning to limit the number or players returning on day 2 of tryouts.  If players score low in the skills and small sided scrimmages on day 1 to the point, we know they will be best served in the house league program, we will not ask them to return on day 2.  Parents will need to check the website the morning following the 1st night of tryouts to see if their child should come back for night 2.

**If your son/daughter makes a travel team, you will need to pay an additional fee for tournaments and volunteer at our home tournament.**

**If your son/daughter makes a travel team and decides not to play, there will be NO refund, and that player will not be able to participate in OMGBA for the current and following year.**

**OMGBA uses the DIBS Volunteer System for volunteer requirements for 4th - 8th Grade Traveling basketball families. ALL FAMILIES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP. For more information see the "Volunteer Info" tab .**

Boys and Girls Traveling Pictures will be taken Saturday of their home tournament at MGMS between 8am & 6pm in Gym C.  Time determined by coach.

Those selected for a travel team will pay an additional fee to cover the tournament entry costs. Once assigned to a travel team, you must play on that team or forfeit all initial fees paid.  If your child does not make a traveling team, they will already be signed up for the House League.  OMGBA only has places for about 300 players in traveling but has about 2000 players in our House Program, which is an excellent program.

**A MANDATORY PARENT/GUARDIAN MUST ATTEND PARENT MEETING.  A parent meeting for each grade level will take place on the first day of that grade level tryout at the tryout start time. Parent meeting will take about 20 minutes.** 

All tryouts will be held at the Maple Grove Community Gym behind Maple Grove Middle School.

4th Grade Traveling League Tryouts: (Must attend both nights)

Sunday, September 21 from 6pm to around 8:30pm (night one - end time depends on numbers); and Monday, September 22 from 6pm to around 8:30pm (night two - end time depends on numbers) – attendance on both nights is required to be properly evaluated.  Those who do not attend both nights likely will not be able to play travel basketball. 

There will be team meetings, fee collection, DIBS check collection and more on Sunday Sept 28 - Teams will have an assigned time between 6:00pm - 9:00pm for ALL Girls & Boys 4th grade travel teams.

5th - 8th Grade Girls Traveling League Tryouts:  (Must attend both days)                                                         

5th grade girls - 2-day tryout.  Tuesday, Sept 23 at 6:00pm and Thursday, Sept 25 at 6:00pm

6th grade girls - 2-day tryout.  Wednesday, Sept 24 at 6:00pm and Thursday, Sept 25 at 6:00pm

7th grade girls - 2-day tryout.  Monday, Sept 22 at 6:00pm and Tuesday, Sept 23 at 6:00pm

8th grade girls - 2-day tryout.  Monday, Sept 22 at 7:00pm and Wednesday Sept 24 at 6:00pm

There will be team meetings, fee collection, DIBS check collection and more on Sunday Sept 28 - Teams will have an assigned time between 6:00pm - 9:00pm for all girl's travel teams. All 4th grade (boys and girls) and all girls travel coaches will have a mandatory coach meeting at 4:00pm.

5th - 8th Grade Boys Traveling League Tryouts:  (Must attend both days)

OMGBA reached out to MGYFA and OFA in early July with this schedule to help eliminate potential conflicts with football.  All players MUST attend both tryout dates in order to make a team.                                                                                                                        

5th grade boys - 2-day tryout.  Tuesday, Sept 30 6:00pm and Thursday, Oct 2 at 6:00pm

6th grade boys - 2-day tryout.  Monday, Sept 29 at 6:00pm and Wednesday Oct 1 at 6:00pm

7th grade boys - 2-day tryout.  Monday, Sept 29 at 6:00pm and Tuesday, Sept 30 at 6:00pm

8th grade boys - 2-day tryout.  Wednesday, Oct 1 at 6:00pm and Thursday, Oct 2 at 6:00pm

There will be team meetings, fee collection, DIBS check collection and more on Sunday, Oct 5 - Teams will have an assigned time between 5:30pm - 9:00pm for 5th-8th boy's travel teams.  5th - 8th grade boys travel coaches will have a mandatory coach meeting at 4:00pm.

Upon completion of each tryout,  the Traveling Commissioner will review the teams to ensure OMGBA's selection processes were followed and will post them here.  Our goal is to complete this process within 24 hours of the completion of tryouts, but please allow up to 48 hours before inquiring. 

If your tryout number and initials do not appear under one of the traveling teams below, please plan to attend to house league draft. For players that do not make a travel team, if you would like a player evaluation form that provides feedback on how they did in tryouts, you can reach out to Rory, Linda or Tyler. We will do our best to get this form back to you within a week of the last boys tryout, Thursday, Oct 2nd.

If you have been placed on a travel team, you MUST play on that team.  There are NO refunds once you make a team.

2025-2026 CALLBACKS:

Teams will be posted after night 2 of tryouts.