Successful 2nd Annual Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp Concluded Thursday 24, 2014 in Hilo

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William P. Kenoi Mayor NEWS RELEASE County of 'abiai'i DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 (808) 961-8311 9 Fax (808) 961-8411 July 25, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clayton S. Houma Director Successful 2nd Annual Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp Concluded Thursday in Hilo A successful 2nd Annual Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp concluded Thursday, July 24, attracting nearly 150 keiki athletes and coaches to the four-day skills camp held in Hilo. Boys and girls 9 to 17 years old received personalized instruction from legendary former University of Hawaii at Hilo basketball Coach Jimmy Yagi, who helped guide the Vulcans- Hawai`i Basketball School for 37 years. The County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation offered the camp for the first time in 2013 to honor Coach Yagi and provide a low-cost, end -of -summer program for kids to learn basketball fundamentals. Teenage campers again played at the Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium, while preteens were assigned to the Pana`ewa Covered Play Courts. Shooting, defense, proper basketball stance, footwork, dribbling, and teamwork were among the lessons taught to the keiki, who displayed their skills during games played each afternoon. The Department of Parks and Recreation thanks Coach Yagi, lead clinician Bill O'Rear, UHH men's basketball Head Coach GE Coleman, UHH women's basketball Head Coach David Kaneshiro, Honoka`a girls basketball Coach Daphne Honma, the County's Mass Transit Agency for use of a bus, and all the other coaches who volunteered their time and expertise to help the keiki athletes. For more information, please contact Jason Armstrong, Public Information Officer, at 345- 9105, or iarmstrong(a)-co.hawaii.hi.us. Attachment: Jimmy Yagi Summer Hoops Camp participants and coaches Image provided by: Brad H. Ballesteros -30- County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.