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The Montezuma-Cortez Lady Panthers basketball program held its individual skills camp this week at M-CHS.<\/p>\n
M-CHS girls head coach John McHenry, assistant Brittney Whiteman, middle school coach Brad Wright and Adams State University player Cydney McHenry led groups of athletes in drills and games from Monday through Wednesday.<\/p>\n
There were 20 fifth through eighth grade girls and boys that attended the morning sessions and nine high school girls that came out for the afternoon session, which McHenry said included a strong incoming freshman class.<\/p>\n
Because the Montezuma Storm basketball club is scheduled to host a shooting camp from Aug. 8-10 \u2013 featuring instruction from professional shooting coach Tom Marumoto \u2013 McHenry decided to emphasize ball handling, passing and defense during the camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn August, we will have a shooting camp and a clinician come in,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019m not going to lean on that too hard because we\u2019re going to follow this camp with that shooting camp put on by the Montezuma Storm.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the high school group, McHenry focused his instruction on defense and getting open without the ball. After seeing the inside presence of Centauri and Pagosa Springs over the summer, he believes it will be imperative for his squad to find looks from outside in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to run through staggered and double screens because after going to summer camps and seeing Centauri and Pagosa, it\u2019s going to be hard for us on the inside,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to set stuff up on the outside to shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers wrapped up the camp on Wednesday with a drawing for athletes with perfect attendance over the three-day camp with an Adams State University basketball jersey and shoes given out as prizes. Each participant also received a custom M-CHS basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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