Friday Night Basketball

Our Lady Rangers play the Ysleta Indians tonight at 5:45 pm in the RHS gym. We are currently tied with Canutillo at 8-1 for the District 2-4a lead with Horizon 6-2, a game behind in second. The boys will try to rebound after a tough loss at Parkland last week. The boys battle the Indians at 7pm.

Summer Sport Camps In El Paso

Campers working on their dribbling skills at the Riverside Basketball Camp










Stevo and Jazz both had a great time at the Riverside Basketball camp this past week. The camp was a huge success with over 40 kids getting quality instruction on the fundamentals of basketball. I was blown way with the talent level of some of the younger kids. Some of the third graders looked like they were ready for Varsity.

El Paso is filled with great camps dealing with athletics so I decided to list a few that were pretty inexpensive. Most camps in El Paso will range in price from $20 to $50 dollars per camper, however some camps can charge as much as $300 for a week of instruction. For $300 bucks you would think that Lebron James would be teaching the fundamentals of dribbling and finishing at the basket. Money is tight all around so we have to pick and choose which camp we will attend but I'm glad that their is a wide range of camps available throughout the city to choose from. Here are just a few that we hope to attend this summer

Summer Sports Camps:

Tim Floyd, the new head coach at UTEP, recently announced he will be holding a camp for ages 7-18 from June 23-July 1st. The cost of the camp is $225.oo.

Burges Baseball Camp

7800 Edgmere
Ages 10-14

Date: June 25th

Cost: $25

http://www.burgesbaseball.com/

El Paso High Basketball Camp

grades 5th-9th

Dates: June 22-23rd

5-8pm

cost: $30.00

info: 328-4699

Montwood Basketball Camp

grades: 3-9

Dates: June 23-25

9:00 am-12:00pm

cost: $40

registration at 8am

Clint basketball Camp

8:00-4:00pm

Dates: July 19-22

cost: $60

info: 383-5950

Jefferson Cheer Camp

8:oo-2:00pm

Dates: June 23-24

cost: $30

info: (575) 650-1836

El Paso will Host Conference USA Tourney

Great news for El Paso today when it was announced that the city will host the 2010-2011 Conference USA basketball tournaments. Memphis fans think the sky is falling because they have to travel a million miles to El Paso, a town that apparently has nothing to offer for tourists or basketball fans. Man are they wrong.

El Paso has great food, great fans, and unique cultural events that will impress even the most jaded Memphis fan. I do admit that they probably will beat us hands down in the BBQ department but am willing to bet that the city will win them over once they give it a chance.

We all heard the same complaints when Oklahoma fans blasted the Sun Bowl for having the nerve to invite their team to the Sun City. By the end of the day however, I bet an order of Chico's that many of them were whistling a very different tune. I hope every person in El Paso that calls themselves a basketball fan turns up and buys tickets to the tourney to prove the skeptics wrong. We don't want the same fiasco that we faced after this years Texas vs The Nation game when only a few (although quite a nice crowd for a college bowl game with no big "stars") showed up in the Sun Bowl. Stevo, Jazz, Jess, and I will be in the stands for every game.

What a golden opportunity to have so much quality basketball played in our own backyard. I just hope El Paso will rush to buy tickets faster than they rushed to buy beer when the Diablos pitcher struck out the dollar beer batter the other night. Kudos to everyone who made the tourney happen in El Paso. Side note: Found an awesome sight that highlights UTEP athletics. This place is loaded with information and is updated constantly. Here's the link to Miner Rush.

Varsity Girls vs Horizon

We had a good game plan when we faced Horizon the second time around. This game has turned into a rivalry for both girls and boys teams. We hit some big shots and held on when they tried to make a run. They have a good little point guard but we got a pretty special one of our own. This year we tied for second in District and will play on Friday to determing playoff seedings.