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The girls at the clinic practice a dribbling drill to kelp them control the soccer ball more effectively. The young women pay attention as they are being shown a new drill during the clinic last Saturday, Aug. 6. From left to right, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly and Tisha Venturini-Hoch who played on the US. Women's National Soccer Team held a camp on Saturday, Aug. 6, to teach young players skills and to make health a priority both on and off the field. Soccer from page B1 early part of the millenni um that catapulted women's soccer to heights it had never been before. With World Cup titles and Olympic Golds, the three legends are happy to see women's soccer increasing in popularity with each passing year. "We have been a part of the team since the begin ning and each year the game has grown," said Lilly. "Every time we win it generates a snowball effect of people following us and bringing more atten tion to women's soccer. With their win last year in the World Cup, it just cata pulted the attention even more for women's soccer. I just think it continues to grow and have an impact and give these girls an opportunity." There were many par ents on hand that were more excited to meet the soccer greats than their children were. Joanne Nail and Maria Colamarino came all the way down from Hendersonville to bring their daughters Laurin and Sophia to the camp. Nail said she remembers when Hamm, Lilly and Venturini-Hoch all played soccer at UNC Chapel Hill and has fol lowed their careers over the years. She said she was actually a little "star struck" to meet them and happy her daughter had the chance to do the same. "I think with this time of the year, with the Olympics going on and everything that is happen ing in the world, this is an extremely impressionable event for these girls and hopefully it will motivate them and inspire them so they can see what their potential is," said Nail. "The whole idea of live fearless and not being scared of trying new things, putting everything you have into it and to inspire those around you are great principles for the girls to learn." With the Olympics in full swing, the Women's National Team is looking to take home another gold medal. The hopes are very high with them winning the World Cup last summer. When asked about the expectations of the women's team, Lilly added, "Well, obviously we hope they win. They won last year's World Cup, so winning back- to-back tournaments is difficult, so they have a task in front of them. If they play well, I think they can do it." Hamm, Lilly and Venturini-Hoch signed hundreds of autographs for parents and children. This is the second year they have held the camp in coor dination with BCBSNC. They said they are excited to promote the Live Fearless campaign. Photos by Timothy Ramsey Derek Griffin (3, in blue) prepares to pass the ball while being guarded by Nash Carter. (Left) Team Unknown poses with championship tro phy after defeating Finesse Game in the 14th Street summer league basketball championship. Rec Center from page Bl ~ because the gym is bigger, which allowed more fans to attend. Fran the tip off. Finesse Game took control of the game quickly, taking a dou ble digit lead early. in the first half. Olajuwoo Felton and Derek Griffin were hitting shots at will while Team Unknown could not buy a basket. Finesse Game was able to stretch the lead out to as much as 20 points during the first half of play. Team Unknown started to get into rhythm late in the first half. After the intermission. Will Griffin of Team Unknown began to put his stamp on the game. "I kept telling the guys that it's a life time left on the clock. Yeah, it looks bad now, but basketball is a game of runs, and one thing that's guaranteed is that every body gets their run," said Will Griffin. "I told the guys as long as we get it under 10, with eight minutes left we have a fighting chance to win the game ." Coining out of half time. Will Griffin put Team Unknown on his back and started to make shots, which ignited his team mates to ramp up the intensity on the defensive end. They also started to hit the easy shots that were missed in the first half of play. During a 10 minute stretch of the sec ond half. Team Unknown was able to chip away ai the double digit lead and come to within four points of Finesse Game with less that 5 minutes on the clock. Team Unknown kept their foot on the pedal and Will Griffin hit a couple buckets late that brought Team Unknown all the way back to take the lead. "All year long if it wasn't Nash taking over it was me," Griffin added. "Tonight if someone was gonna get us going, it was going to be me. If I'm driving and kicking or driving and scoring, I just knew I had to do something." According to Lowery. Team Unknown was one of die lowest seeds ever to take home the championship trophy during the summer league. He said they had been a scrappy team all tournament and seemed to relish having to overcome a deficit in the second half. Another Team Unknown player added that even though his team was down big and the crowd had become restless, his team has a "never say die attitude." He said he is very happy that they were able to take home the championship. Lowery stated this was one of the most competitive and memorable games in sum mer league history. He said he was very proud of the young men for coming back from such a large deficit. Camp from page BJ pikes and toe touches to name a few. The girts will also leant choreography and dance routines but will not learn tum bling or stunting, as that is a little too advanced for the girts at their skill level. Crowell said. Everything she is teaching the girts will all be on display at the show case she is holding at the end of the three week camp. She will teach each group of girts a routine, which they will perform in front of the other campers, staff and par ents. The girts participating in the camp really enjoy learning something new along with enjoying each other's company. "What I like about the camp is that we can all have fun and work together," said A'yana Butts. . Talia Edmood added. "I like the per sonalities we have. We work together, we try hard and we give 100 percent to do our best. We all like to work together as a ^ Crowell stated that she would love to hold a camp every year going forward. Because she is seeing die girts become more disciplined and able to work together as a team, it has been mote rewarding thenshe ever thought The overall point of me doing this camp is so that they can feel inspired, inspired to step outside of their shell and perform in front of other people and inspired to be leaders on their team in whatever sport they play," she said. Crowd] said next year she wants to include mote recreation centers in her camp and bring in a few more individuals to help her coach. The camp will ran until Aug. 20. For information about the camp, contact DteNea GroweD at deneaknc#gmailxom. * (Left) DtNea Crowell gives one camper a lift as she explains the proper way to perform a certain jump. DeNem CroweU has been a cheerleader most of her life. She tmys the wants to juapart tome of her wisdom mpom the girls at local ree centers. , ^
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