Jodie Harrison Basketball League 2025

2nd-8th grade boys and girls Jodie Harrison

The Jodie Harrison Basketball League is named in memory of Jodie Harrison, a longtime coach and Athletic Director at Hinsdale Central High School whose life was tragically cut short by in an accident involving an intoxicated driver. The league focuses on Coach Harrison’s teachings of mastering the fundamentals basketball and enjoying the game. The league philosophy focuses on participation, sportsmanship, learning the fundamentals of the game and creating an atmosphere for all players to succeed. This is not a traveling or ultra-competitive league.
The purpose of The Community House youth basketball program is to provide young players with an opportunity to participate in athletics in a fun and educational environment. We believe balanced athletic competition in a team environment promotes sportsmanship, cooperation, leadership skills, and the benefits of exercise and hard work.

Volunteer Coaches:

  • Volunteer coaches are needed for each team/at every grade level and are the backbone of our league!
  • 2nd-4th grade: Volunteer coaches assist on practice days with Breakaway Basketball and manage their team on games day, team communications, etc.
  • 5th-8th grade: Practices are volunteer coach led and volunteer coaches handle all team management duties.
  • Team practice times are based on volunteer coach availability.
  • A coaches meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 3rd at 6:00pm at The Community House.
  • 3 coaches per team max
Team Selection:
While we encourage a competitive spirit in all players and coaches, all league decisions are made with the best interest of the majority of children involved. We do make every attempt to place children on a team with at least some of their schoolmates. The Recreation Supervisor will be responsible for selecting all teams and all final team placement decisions. We do not guarantee any coach, team, friend or practice time requests.
 
Teams will be constructed using the following criteria:
  • What school they attend
  • # of boys and girls per team (while taking school into consideration)
  • Having a volunteer coach from your child’s school gives the Recreation Supervisor the best opportunity to keep more children from your child’s school together.
  • We do not split 1 or 2 children from their school unless requested by parents. The lowest split and is considered being with some children from your child’s school is 3 children from the same school.
 
2nd-3rd Grade Teams
We always place 2nd and 3rd graders on a team based only on their school but not all kids from the same school will be on the same team. In an attempt to create even rosters and ensure all kids have classmates from their schools, there is a high chance schools will be split between two or more teams.
 
Important League Dates:
10/1 – League fees increase
12/10- Coaches meeting 6:00
12/13 – Rosters & Schedules are released/posted online
12/18 – 50% processing fee on all refunds
12/31 – Last day for refunds
1/6 – First week of practices
1/18 & 1/19 – Games begin, jerseys distributed
2/8 & 2/9 – League Picture Day at The Community House
2/15 & 2/16 – No games, President’s Day Weekend
3/8 & 3/9 – playoffs begin, final games for 2nd/3rd grade teams or teams that don’t make playoffs
3/15 & 3/16 – Playoffs continued, last week for the league
 
 
Refund Policy:
Last Day for refunds is 12/31/24. All refunds will be charged a 50% processing fee starting 12/18/24. These dates give enough time to see rosters and schedules.

Any further questions please contact the Recreation Supervisor Brian Adams at badams@thecommunityhouse.org or 630.323.7500 Ext 237