GBB Summer team camp

From June 30th-July 3rd, the girls were at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon for team camp. It was a strong year, and we were able to put together three full teams. The only player of note who was not at camp was Jennifer Jansen, who, at the last minute was invited to a high-profile volleyball camp in Reno. While her post play was missed, every girl I talked to hoped she had an outstanding volleyball camp. For those who don't know, Jen is an outstanding volleyball player - a real pleasure to watch!

Anyways, back to basketball. In general, the three teams were sorted into what will most likely be next years' varsity, jv, and freshman teams, except that there were quite a few incoming 8th graders this year. This is good as it gets the younger girls more team orientation and exposure to the high school level of play.

The teams in camp were split into 5 separate leagues, with seeding based on expected level of play. In general, big school varsity teams were league 1, with smaller school varsity and big school jv making up leagues 2 and 3, and so forth down the line. Teams could move up a league if the level of play deserved it.

A typical, general schedule had the girls doing individual position skill work in the morning, mixed with girls from other teams that played the same position. After lunch would be team league play, with an evening program of skits, motivational talks and team building exercises. The girls were busy from 7am mto 10pm. The final day of camp was a tournament to determine each leagues' champion.

Our varsity girls started out in league one and did well. There were undefeated in league play. They won the first tournament game 25-2, but lost the second game against Middleton, a team they beat more than once during the week. That loss in the 2nd game eliminated our girls from the tournament.

The JV girls lost their first game by 2 points, to a team they lost to early in camp by around 20 points. The JV girls started out in league 3, but were quickly promoted to league 2. Their overall record was somewhere around 8-5. Coach Burleson said he was quite pleased with his team, seeing some great improvments on the court and some great team bonding off the court.

The freshmen team started out in league 5, and by the end of camp were all the way up to league 3. It was a big promotion and the girls were up against some stiff competition, including several teams that were made up of mostly varsity players!

On the final night of camp there were two "all-star" games. The game was two teams with selections from leagues 2-5. Ariel Brothers was selected by the other coached to participate. Not only did she start the game, she scored the first points!

The second all-star game was league 1 players against female camp counselors, many of which are current or former college players. OH had to players, Jessica Denmon and Cheyenne Tubo, with Tubo starting at point guard. The game was close and went to 4 overtimes before the camp director finally declared the game a tie.

66 photos from camp are now posted.

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