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DODGE CITY —
From 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Dodge City Community College men's basketball squad will host a youth camp at the Sheridan Activity Center.
In an effort to give something back to the community, head coach Brady Trenkle has signed his boys up to give dribbling and shooting drills to aspiring young basketball players.
Trenkle said this opportunity will be good for people to see his players for who they are, and it will give his guys a chance to learn more about the community they play in front of every week.
"This will give our guys a chance to get in the community a little bit. People will get a chance to know them since I have so many new guys," he said. "We want to do the most we can to get these kids in the community, and I thought this was a great start. It gives us a chance for them to teach these kids basketball."
This is the first year the DC3 men have hosted a youth camp, as the team has usually hosted a golf tournament in order to get to know people in Dodge.
While some people believe these events are hosted as a way to generate money for the program and not necessarily benefit the kids who participate in, Trenkle said the money raised from Tuesday's event will be used in a different way.
"Any money generated from it, I'm going to let my players pick something to donate the proceeds to," Trenkle said. "So it's not money given to us. The money will go toward whatever my team picks, whether it's breast cancer awareness or drug awareness. It gives my guys a chance to give back to the community that gives to them."
The Conqs basketball camp is open to any player from kindergarten to sixth grade, and it will be a great opportunity for them to learn from players who have been in their size-4 Nikes.
Trenkle said he hopes the experience will be a positive message for his players, who come to DC3 from all across the country.
"A lot of the kids you get, they're not from the environment that Dodge has, which is a great environment to grow up in," Trenkle said. "They're not from places like this, and if they can out and meet people, I think it brings something positive to our school and it gets the community more around us. I want people to see that my athletes are good kids and that they're here for the right reasons."
The camp will begin at 6 p.m. and consist of shooting and dribbling drills and techniques from the players, and it will conclude around 8 p.m. as the players will put on a dunk contest for the kids.
For more information about the camp, go to www.dc3.edu/sports or contact Jake O'Neill at 620-225-8160.
The price of the camp is $10 and includes a T-shirt for participants. All registrations will be accepted at the Sheridan.
From 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Dodge City Community College men's basketball squad will host a youth camp at the Sheridan Activity Center.
In an effort to give something back to the community, head coach Brady Trenkle has signed his boys up to give dribbling and shooting drills to aspiring young basketball players.
Trenkle said this opportunity will be good for people to see his players for who they are, and it will give his guys a chance to learn more about the community they play in front of every week.
"This will give our guys a chance to get in the community a little bit. People will get a chance to know them since I have so many new guys," he said. "We want to do the most we can to get these kids in the community, and I thought this was a great start. It gives us a chance for them to teach these kids basketball."
This is the first year the DC3 men have hosted a youth camp, as the team has usually hosted a golf tournament in order to get to know people in Dodge.
While some people believe these events are hosted as a way to generate money for the program and not necessarily benefit the kids who participate in, Trenkle said the money raised from Tuesday's event will be used in a different way.
"Any money generated from it, I'm going to let my players pick something to donate the proceeds to," Trenkle said. "So it's not money given to us. The money will go toward whatever my team picks, whether it's breast cancer awareness or drug awareness. It gives my guys a chance to give back to the community that gives to them."
The Conqs basketball camp is open to any player from kindergarten to sixth grade, and it will be a great opportunity for them to learn from players who have been in their size-4 Nikes.
Trenkle said he hopes the experience will be a positive message for his players, who come to DC3 from all across the country.
"A lot of the kids you get, they're not from the environment that Dodge has, which is a great environment to grow up in," Trenkle said. "They're not from places like this, and if they can out and meet people, I think it brings something positive to our school and it gets the community more around us. I want people to see that my athletes are good kids and that they're here for the right reasons."
The camp will begin at 6 p.m. and consist of shooting and dribbling drills and techniques from the players, and it will conclude around 8 p.m. as the players will put on a dunk contest for the kids.
For more information about the camp, go to www.dc3.edu/sports or contact Jake O'Neill at 620-225-8160.
The price of the camp is $10 and includes a T-shirt for participants. All registrations will be accepted at the Sheridan.
