Junior Varsity (third grade) and Varsity (fourth and fifth grade) basketball teams are offered in the fall on the Beaches and St. Mark’s lower school campuses as an after-school activity. Teams practice twice a week and have regular opportunities for home and away games against many local schools, including Grace Episcopal, Jacksonville Country Day School, Riverside Presbyterian Day School and San Jose Episcopal. The League is part of the North Florida Independent School Athletic Conference (NFISAC).

All lower-school athletics have a no cut policy.  The goal is to build skills, promote teamwork, foster a love of the game, and provide a competitive and fun outlet for students to grow and be physically active as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Coach Sowers will coach basketball on the Beaches Campus. As a student-athlete and then a coach, he has always had an appreciation for the lessons sports teach. In addition to coaching Lower School basketball, he serves as the head coach Episcopal’s JV girls basketball team at the Munnerlyn Campus. Prior to his current role, Coach Sowers served as the assistant coach for Episcopal’s girls varsity team that advanced to the regional semifinals a year ago. Coach Sowers also served as the head JV girls basketball coach at Bartram Trail High School for five years. In addition to coaching, Coach Sowers is a trainer at Jacksonville Basketball Academy and coach in the Jax Eagles AAU organization. 

Coach Hodges ‘19 coaches St. Mark’s JV and Varsity basketball. He was a four year varsity basketball letter winner during his time at Episcopal. In addition to Lower School, he coaches at the Munnerlyn Campus and serves as the Head Middle School Boys Coach. Outside of coaching school basketball, Coach Hodges is the lead trainer at the San Marco location of Jacksonville Basketball Academy and is a coach in the Jax Eagles AAU organization.