What is Dunkball?

• A five-on-five, fast-paced, full-court basketball tournament played on nine-foot goals.
• 6' 2'' and Under Height Limit
• Players must be ages 16 and older
• 32-Team Limit
• Prizes will go to the top two teams
• Tournament will take place at the Scott City Elementary School Gym

Enter Your Team

• Download the Dunkball Flyer and Team Roster at top of page
• Registration Deadline: April 2, 2010
• Entry Fee: $200/Team
• Teams are not registered until payment is received.
• Top Prize: Each team Member receives $50 Gift Certificate to Hibbett Sports.
• Prizes subject to change without notice.

E-mail Brad or Jordan for more information on Dunkball.

History

This exciting basketball tournament has already been a huge success in Kansas, where the game originated in the small town of Dighton. Dighton's then-head basketball coach, Gene Wilkens, was looking for a new, innovative way to raise funds to buy uniforms and equipment for his high school men's basketball team. After many months of deliberation, Coach Wilkens decided to lower the basketball goals to nine feet and have a tournament for the smaller players- a tournament that would allow shorter basketball players the opportunity to slam dunk.

In April of 1996, Dighton High School hosted the nation's first 6'2" and under Dunkball Tournament on nine-foot goals. The first-ever tournament brought teams from all over the Midwest, including Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma and Nebraska.

Recently, teams from as far as Florida have traveled back to Dighton to play in the exciting tournament. Many other colleges and high schoolís have taken the idea that originated in the small town in Kansas to a larger scale and now Dunkball is widespread.