A few words from the OTE family...

Our girls played with nothing but drive and confidence this weekend- each one of them left their hearts on the court ! We are so proud to call them AAU Champions !! Thank you to OTE and our coaches who have prepared them for this victory and many more for the last 5 years !!!-V.Arroyo

As we enter 2018, we celebrate the third basketball season in a row that every OTE 8th grade alum made their freshman, JV or varsity teams at high school tryouts. This season it was 34 out of 34 8th graders that made the jump into high school programs, including Loyola, Whitney Young, Ignatius, Payton, Jones Prep, Resurrection, Notre Dame, Taft and more. Since 2003, more than 90 percent of OTE alums have gone on to play high school basketball. OTE is proud of all of our alums.

Spring Tryouts will be held March 2nd (boys) and March 3rd  (girls). Makeup dates will be Monday, March 4th (boys) and Tuesday, March 5th (girls). Tryouts are open to all interested players in Grades 2-8.  All tryouts will be held at the OTE gym, 6125 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago.

The 2019 spring season runs March 25-June 16. Two 90-minute practices a week on the Northwest Side of Chicago (6125 N. Cicero gym and St. Thecla school, 6323 N. Newcastle)  plus five-six tournaments in the Chicago suburbs.

Registration is now open:

Boys Tryout Registration Link

Boys' Spring Tryout Dates-Saturday, March 2nd:

8th Grade-8:45-10:15am
7th Grade-10:30am-noon
6th Grade-12:15pm-1:45pm
5th Grade-2:00-3:30pm
2-3-4th Grade-3:45-5:15pm

Boys' Make Up Date-Monday, March 4th

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Grades-6:00-7:30pm
6th, 7th, 8th Grades-7:30-9:00pm

Girls Tryout Registration Link

Girls’ Spring Tryout Dates-Sunday, March 3rd:

8th Grade-8:45-10:15am
7th Grade-10:30am-noon
6th Grade-12:15pm-1:45pm
5th Grade-2:00-3:30pm
2-3-4th Grade-3:45-5:15pm

Girls' Make Up Date-Tuesday, March 5th:

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Grades-6:00-7:30pm
6th, 7th, 8th Grades-7:30-9:00pm

For the fourth year in a row, every OTE 8th grade girls and boys alum who played during our winter-spring seasons made their freshman, JV or varsity teams at high school tryouts. This year it was 34 out of 34 8th graders from our 2017-18 winter-spring seasons that made the jump into high school programs, including Loyola, Whitney Young, Ignatius, Payton, Main South, Jones Prep, Resurrection, Notre Dame, Lincoln Park, Maine East, Niles West, Regina, Von Steuben, Shurz and more. Since 2003, more than 90 percent of OTE alums have gone on to play high school basketball. OTE is proud of all of them. Go Edge!

Summer Camps will be held for Boys and Girls entering  Grades 2-8 Focus will be on  the OTE Fundamentals:

• Footwork
• Ball handling
• Shooting

More details to be announced in March, 2019

OTE 8th girls became National AAU champions this morning, July 17, 2017 in Orlando! We're so proud of our players -- Angelica, Illiana, Maeve, Charleen, Lily, Caroline, Nicole, Christi -- and coaches Keith and Jean. What a great run! Congrats!