THE FEEDER APPROACH:
Earlier, I mentioned the significance of implementing a 5th & 6th Grade Badketball League. Those evaluations helped to identify young kids we wanted attending our summer Crimsons' Camps. The Crimsons' Camp numbers skyrocketed over the years and suddenly we had a feeder factory right into the Junior High School.
Also the summer months were filled with eight weeks of daily open gym from 9:00AM until Noon. Twice weekly, we were playing summer league games plus attending some weekend summer tournaments and hosting our own summer tourney extravaganza at Illinois College through the very dedicated work of assistant coach, Todd Sweatman.
OWNERSHIP PAID BIG DIVIDENDS:
I would be foolish to suggest that any of this was accomplished by one individual. I have mentioned several names of people who 'took' ownership to my ideas and plans. There were numerous assistant and junior high coaches who also 'bought-in' to program ownership: namely, Ken Hickman, John Conklin, Sam Holmes, Dick Anthony, Roger Ezard, Bob Kerr, Gary Vaughn, Ron Whitacre, Richard Smith, Jon Luckett, Janet DeOrnellas, Jan Ryan, Steve Jones, Julie Stone and our coaches wives. We were a Crimsons' Family willing to own the ups and downs of a worthy cause in behalf of young athletes.
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