Police are looking for three teenaged boys accused of stealing cellphones from three young basketball players in Ancaster.

Riding bikes, the three suspects in their late teens, approached the players, ages 14 to 16, at 160 Meadowlands Blvd. just before 6 p.m. Saturday, demanded property and assaulted one of them, police said.

The youth who was attacked wasn't badly hurt.

The thieves made off with smartphones and fled north toward a soccer field, police said.

The first suspect is described as black, in his late teens, taller than six feet, with a medium build and short hair. He was wearing a red hoodie with a logo that said "The North Face" on the on the left breast, jeans. He had a nose and ear piercing.

The second suspect is black, in his late teens, about six feet tall, with a skinny build and short hair. He was wearing a black hoodie, black undershirt and jeans.

The third suspect is black, in his late teens, considerably taller than six foot, with a skinny build and short hair. He was wearing a hoodie and jeans.

All three were riding small bikes.

Anyone with information about the robbery can offer tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.crimestoppershamilton.com