Ladycats host annual youth basketball camp

By Sam McClanahan

The Pendleton County Ladycats basketball program held its annual three-day girls youth camp at PCHS on June 9-11 in the school’s auxiliary gym.

The camp featured future Ladycats entering grades 5-8 and they were instructed in various drills by the Ladycats coaching staff along with several current players. Plenty of fun was had as well with the kids being treated to snacks and ice cream along with receiving awards, t-shirts and vouchers for free pizza.

Ladycats head coach, Patrick Kelsch, now in his fourth season guiding the program shared these thoughts following the conclusion of camp.

“Due to gym floor being redone we didn’t have as many future Ladycats as we normally do, but the ones we had were very attentive, coachable, and super competitive. We started each morning with stretching and showing the proper way to warm up. We focused on the fundamentals: ball handling, shooting, passing, and defensive drills and we expanded each day. We ended each day with 5 on 5 games and popsicles. We’d like to thank Snappy Tomato Pizza and Howard’s Place for donating our prizes and to People’s Trophies for making our shirts.”