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CHS ballers teach skills and drills at Cardinal Camp
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Attendees of the Canfield boys’ basketball coaching staff’s 29th annual Cardinal Camp competed in a three-on-three tournament on June 23.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Todd Muckleroy, CHS varsity basketball coach, addressed attendees of the Canfield boys’ basketball coaching staff’s 29th annual Cardinal Camp on June 23.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Members of the Canfield High School varsity and junior varsity basketball teams helped teach youth players skills and drills during the team’s 29th annual Cardinal Camp on June 23.
By ABBY SLANKER
The Canfield boys’ basketball coaching staff hosted its 29th annual Cardinal Camp for boys entering third- through eighth-grade June 22-24, with 162 registered campers at Canfield Village Middle School. The staff was assisted by Canfield High School junior varsity and varsity basketball players.
“We have about 20 varsity and junior varsity players helping us out with the camp this year with the 96 third-, fourth- and fifth-grade campers in the afternoon and 66 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade campers in the morning,” said Mike Merritt, varsity assistant coach.
Merritt, who also served as coordinator of the camp, varsity coach Todd Muckleroy and the players set up stations for the campers, at which they worked on various basketball skills and drills.
The primary objective of the camp was instructing the fundamentals of the game, while blending competitive events and games to exhibit growth in basketball skills.
Awards and prizes, including cardinal towels, T-shirts and water bottles, were given out daily to campers who were chosen for best hustle, best defender, best rebounder, best teammate and rookie awards for third-graders and sixth-graders. The coaching staff and basketball players worked together to choose the award winners.
The winning three-on-three and five-on-five teams were also crowned champions and awarded cardinal basketball shorts.
On the last day of the camp, attendees participated in the Blizzard Bowl, which is like a basketball Olympics with eight or nine competitions for the teams of campers. The prize for each member of the winning team was certificates for Dairy Queen Blizzards.
All campers received a T-shirt and outdoor basketball for attending the camp.