Bloomfield Home & School Basketball: History

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The League has Long History 

The league started before 1960 and has grown into a very successful league today. In the 60's and early 70's there were two leagues consisting of 5 teams each. These were made up of the 10 grammar schools in Bloomfield, the eight we have now, plus Oakside and Brookside. There were 15 players, all boys, on each team picked from the 5th & 6th grades. Up until 1976 there were no girls teams in the league.

The league was initially run by the Board of Education and teachers coached the teams. In the early 70's two grammar schools closed leaving 8 schools and one league. This continued until approximately 1990 when budgets were cut and the program had to be run by the Home & School Associations of each school. The Home & Schools paid for the use of the gyms and officials

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