By Rob Potter
LOCH SHELDRAKE — July 22, 2005 – Dozens of girls from Sullivan County learned more about the game of basketball last week.
More than 30 girls between the ages of 7 and 17 attended Sullivan County Community College’s 2005 Summer Basketball Camp at the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse.
From Monday, July 11 through Friday, July 15, the young players completed dribbling and passing drills, shot free throws and 3-pointers and played several 1-on-1, 2-on-2 and 3-on-3 games.
Leading the camp was Paul Clune, who is the head coach of the SCCC Lady Generals. Assisting Clune in running the camp were Gabe Abbott, Bryan Bury, Troy Nowlin and Jennifer Wright.
“We had fun this week,” Clune said. “We taught a lot of the fundamentals of the game and we wanted the kids to have a good time as well.”
Clune added that each of the camp attendees received a certificate for participating, an evaluation form listing their strong points as well as some aspects of the game they should work on and a basketball fundamentals booklet.
At Friday afternoon’s awards ceremony, many of the girls were presented with trophies and achievement awards.
The campers were divided into three age groups: 7 to 9, 10 to 13 and 14 to 17. The coach of each age group gave out a Coaches’ Award, Hustle Award, Most Improved Player Award and Most Valuable Player Award.
Those award winners were as follows:
Ages 7-9: Coaches’ Award – Madison Levine, Hustle Award – Diane Evans and Ella Kleinberger; MIP – Prescilla Presti, MVP – Diana Presti.
Ages 10-13: Coaches’ Award – Nicole Rupert, Hustle Award – Olivia Brown, MIP – Stephany Salva, MVP – Erika Schmidt.
Ages 14-17: Coaches’ Award – Patti Knack, Hustle Award – Lindsey Bauer, MIP – Molly Krivit, MVP – Megan Ellison.
Other camp awards included:
• 1-on-1 Champions – 1. Ella Kleinberger, 2. Angelique Ramos, 3. Megan Ellison.
• 2-on-2 Champions – 1. Ella Kleinberger and Prescilla Presti, 2. Olivia Baum and Erika Schmidt, 3. Kelly Darbee and Molly Krivit.
• 3-on-3 Champions – 1. Diane Evans, Ella Kleinberger and Diana Presti, 2. Olivia Baum, Victoria Baum, Nicole Rupert and Katie Sicina, 3. Lindsey Bauer, Patti Knack, Molly Krivit and Brittany Rennison.
• 3-point Shootout – 1. Victoria Baum, 2. Megan Ellison.
• Free Throws – 1. Ella Kleinberger, 2. Victoria Baum, 3. Megan Ellison.
• Hot Shot – 1. Diana Presti, 2. Katie Sicina, 3. Molly Krivit.
• Knockout Champion – 1. Madison Levine and Priscilla Presti, 2. Stephanie Hauschild, 3.Molly Krivit.
• Musical Chairs – 1. Diane Evans.