Cincinnati Royals

Walt Cordes - 5G

Fred Williams - 6G

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SPRING TRYOUTS

The Cincinnati Royals are proud to be entering our 33rd year as a program, and for the 2025 season we will be merging under the umbrella of H-Brand Basketball and Headlines Sports. While many of our existing teams are taking their current roster and moving it under this umbrella there will also be additional new teams created. We're hoping to have as many as 2 teams per grade level (3rd-8th for the H-Brand girls side) and 3 teams per grade for the H-Brand Royals on the boys side (Grades 2nd-8th).

Because of this merger, we are asking that everyone register and attend tryouts at Spooky Nook in Hamilton on February 17th & 19th (see graphic below). This is important for a couple of reasons - first, because we are creating new teams we're asking that all coaches assist with the tryout process even if they are bringing an existing roster over. Second, there be some changes made to how fees are collected and dispersed that will be explained along with other details about how the program will operate during the tryouts. Because this is new, we're making a concerted effort to get everyone on the same page right away by communicating this to parents during tryouts so there is no confusion. To register for our Try-Outs, please Click Here

The Cincinnati Royals AAU youth basketball organization was founded by Tom Sunderman in 1993, starting with just one boys team. Since then the boys program has grown to have over 20 teams every year ranging in age from 2nd grade through 11th grade. With 41 State Championships, 22 state runner-ups, over 140 National Tournament appearances, and 23 top ten finishes at Nationals, they have become one of the premier boys programs in the country! The boys program also features several non-travel teams to accommodate those developing players of the future.

In 2000 Greg Schaefer and Mike Buckle decided to start up the girls side of the program. Starting with just their one team at 13/u they took 3rd at state and went on to the National Tournament that year. In the girls short history, they had 4 State Championships,5 Runner-ups, and 26 National Tournament appearances, including a 9th place finish in 2005 at the 17/u age division. We had merged with another program but now are back and growing again. We have been back 3 years and have 11 teams already. The girls are continuing to grow to be one of not just Ohio's top programs, but a Nationally recognized program as well. We hope to field up to 15 teams this time next year and continue to add to their great tradition!

The Royals program takes pride not just in the great talent that has played in our program, but also in the quality of experienced coaching we offer. Each coach has much experience in teaching the fundamentals of the game at a very high level. As you will see on our website, our coaches carry strong resumes and provide our players with some of the best coaching in the state.

Eleven years ago we also added our Cincy Kings program, which is a branch of our Royals program. This program was started for kids who don't make one of our top two teams or just can't make the commitment an AAU program requires. We started this because many kids were left aside having to go to other programs, pay $400 - 750 per player and get nothing in return.

1st/2nd Grade Boys Email tom_sunderman@yahoo.com

3rd Grade Boys Email jhavens931@aol.com

4th Grade Boys Email kdiehl48@gmail.com

5th Grade Boys Email jhavens931@aol.com

6th Grade Boys Email tom_sunderman@yahoo.com

7th Grade Boys Email daveduco@hotmail.com 8th Grade Boys Email jhavens931@aol.com

9th Grade Boys Email tom_sunderman@yahoo.com

Email daveduco@hotmail.com

10th Grade Boys NO TEAM

11th Grade Boys NO TEAM

3rd Grade Girls Email ryan.young1114@gmail.com

4/5th Grade Girls Email ukfb73@gmail.com