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2023-2024 Boys Home Bears Basketball Season Begins

2023/2024 Varsity Team – Head Coach Mark Miller (above)

FRONT ROW – Sedekee Koroma, Sage Custalow, DeLeon Lee, Josiah Culp and Carveon Lee (LEFT TO RIGHT)

BACK ROW – Head Coach Mark Miller, Devyn Humphrey, Ephy Morris, Kenneth Bailey, Kenny Blackwell and Zavian Avant (LEFT TO RIGHT)

2023/2024 Junior Varsity Team – Head Coach Aaron Smith (above)

FRONT ROW – Zion Wilkerson, Noe Tenke, John Mark Herring, Kemon Lewis and Josiah Culp (LEFT TO RIGHT)

BACK ROW – DeLeon Lee, Chris Silvas, Head Coach Aaron Smith, Sean Onyekwere and Sedekee Koroma (LEFT TO RIGHT)

On November 27 Boys Home will kick off the 2023-2024 basketball season with an away game against Craig County High School. The first home game will take place on Tuesday, November 28 against Victory Baptist Academy at 5:30 p.m. The junior varsity team will be led by Campus Life Manager Aaron Smith. Coach Smith summed up his coaching philosophy with a quote from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.” Coach Smith is looking forward to the season ahead.  

Intake and Evaluation Manager, Mark Miller, will lead the varsity team this year as head coach. The title of coach is familiar to Mark who coached junior varsity and varsity basketball for Boys Home from 1992-2008 and again for the 2022-2023 season. Coach Miller stated, “I am looking forward to the opportunity to coach returning players and the newer players on the team. The experience of being part of the Boys Home basketball program will leave lasting and enjoyable memories for the students.”

Please note that there will be a $5 (cash) entry fee for all home games. Join us to help cheer on Boys Home for the 2023-2024 basketball season. Go Bears!

Boys Home Christmas Tree Farm Opens on November 24, 2023

On Friday, November 24, the Boys Home Christmas Tree Farm will open for its 30^th season. The updated hours for the 2023 season are below. In her bequest, Joanne Tannehill, left her Augusta County tree farm to Boys Home as a teaching and learning experience for students. The Boys Home Christmas Tree Farm is maintained throughout the year by the Christmas tree farm manager and students. In the spring, students assist with planting young seedlings and relocating mature transplants to the tree field. In the summer and fall, they shear trees and groom the fields. During the winter, the students harvest trees for wholesale. Once the Christmas tree farm opens, students assist visitors with choosing a Christmas tree and the packaging process.

If you are purchasing a live tree this season, please consider a visit to the Boys Home Christmas Tree Farm. Wreaths will be available to purchase as well. All purchases will support this organization that serves as a home for the holidays and all year round for many young men.

Tree Farm Dates and Hours for 2023

Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday

November 24, 25, 26 | 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Open Saturday and Sunday

December 2-3, 9-10 and Saturday, December 16 | 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Santa will available for photos on December 2 and 3 from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  

Address: 1118 Bear Wallow Flat, West Augusta, VA, 24485

Phone: 540-939-4106

2023-2024 Basketball Schedule