Basketball clinic
Dave Love, a coach with the University of Calgary men’s team, will be having a shooting clinic in the Penticton area Sept. 16 with proceeds going to the South Okanagan Secondary Basketball program. There will be two, three-hour shooting clinics for kids older than 11. Players will be shown how to throw the ball properly and why. Love was also hired by the Phoenix Suns to work with one of their players. Among the NBA players Love has worked with are Grant Hill, Louis Amundson, DeShawn Stevenson and Ryan Reid.Those interested in signing up for the camp can contact Dave Love at 403-829-7529 or email him at dave.love@theloveofthegame.com.
Lacrosse award winners
Penticton’s Jean-Luc Chetner, Liam Kircher and Chris Pond were among the recipients of the Burnaby Mountain Selects athletic winners. All three played on the elite boys teams. The awards recognize academic achievement and on-field excellence. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have competed in the current summer or previous fall season and achieved an academic average of 80 per cent or higher for the recently completed school year.
