KIM League Basketball
The 2024-25 historic season marked our 60th anniversary of KIM League. Both the fall and spring seasons celebrated with brief ceremonies before tip off of their first day of games. Be sure to look in the main YMCA hallway for the many documents commemorating the 60th Anniversary celebrations.
We are now gearing up for our 61st season with FALL 2025 registration open HERE. We are offering Mini Dunker COED (Pre-K); Kind-1st grade COED; 2nd-3rd grade COED competitive; 2nd-4th grade COED fundamental; 4th-6th grade girls competitive; 4th-6th grade boys competitive. See general sports flyer HERE.
Cost for Pre-K: $40 for members / $65 for non-members
Cost for all other levels: $47 for members / $72 for non-members
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE
There will be a winter KIM league also, starting in January.
Thanks to College Park Church and St. Peter Lutheran Church for housing games during the winter league.
NOTE: We generally offer Kim League Basketball for Pre-K, Kindergarten/1st, 2nd/3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and Middle schoolers. We typically have competitive and fundamental teams for some age divisions. Some age groups occur in the late fall and others begin in late January.
KIM LEAGUE BASKETBALL FOR 2025-26 SEASON WILL BE KICKING OFF with practices starting October 13th and games beginning October 25. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
When available: You may check out the game schedules at PlayerSpace.com
PlayerSpace.com is where you can find game schedules, Coach information, and rules for each league. Please use this resource as a tool to help keep you informed.
***If you qualify for FREE or Reduced lunches, you may qualify for financial assistance for Kim League. Please ask the front desk or check our website for information about how we can help. Our goal is to make sure every child that wants to play will have that opportunity.
Click HERE to obtain a “voucher” to save $10 on your registration fee.
We are also offering BASKETBALL CHEERLEADING again this season. Head over to our CHEERLEADING page HERE to learn more!
KIM League Basketball embarked on its 60th year (in 2024-25), developing young boys and girls into better players and even better people. With the help of over 100 volunteers and workers, KIM League Basketball now includes nearly 500 kids and almost 60 teams.
A Brief History
KIM League Basketball originally was started by Ez Williams, a lifelong basketball fan, as the Y Midget League. A basketball league for boys in the 4th – 6th grades. Here is a little of the “rest of the story”.
Ez and Laberta Williams
One year, after returning home from the Huntington Basketball Sectional, and watching Huntington High School lose to one of the “County” teams, Ez decided something needed to be done to get Huntington High back to winning Sectionals. His plan was to start a boys basketball league in town. An organized, competitive league where boys would learn the basics of the game and develop their skill set. He found a willing partner in the Y and began the Midget League basketball program in 1958.
During the 1963-64 Midget League season, a young boy named Kim Howenstine collapsed while playing in a game at the Y. Kim died a few months later of brain cancer. His impact on the Midget League and more specifically, on Ez Williams, became evident when it was proposed the league be renamed “KIM League”. For the 1964-65 season and from then on, the Y’s basketball program has been called the KIM League. KIM League basketball has been instrumental in encouraging players to work hard and dedicate themselves to being better players and even better teammates.
One man’s beautiful vision of kids learning, growing, and improving together has become an iconic sports program for our Community.
Thanks Ez.