Southeast women's basketball attends summer basketball camp

The Southeast Missouri State University women's basketball team will help young basketball players improve their game this summer during a three-part basketball camp for girls in June.

This will be the first year coach Ty Margenthaler and his staff host this camp since this past year was Margenthaler's first year as coach of the team.

The camp is split into the elite camp, the individual camp and the team camp. The elite camp runs June 4-5, the individual camp is June 6-8 and the team camp is from June 22-23. All of the camp sessions will be held at the Show Me Center.

"We look to get girls from all over, but most are from this region," assistant coach Ben Coomes said. "We get some from southern Illinois, Saint Louis, southeast Missouri and hoping to get some from west Tennessee and west Kentucky."

The elite camp is for girls in ninth-12th grades and is more intense than the other two camps.

The cost for the elite camp is $75. The girls will work with current Redhawks and the coaching staff in drills to improve their skills.

"I'm hoping some of our top prospects get to the elite camp and possibly become Redhawks in the future," Coomes said.

The individual camp is split into two sections with one for players in 1st-4th grades and one for players in 5th-8th grades. The 1st-4th graders camp takes place from 8 a.m. to noon and the 5th-8th graders camp takes place from 1-5 p.m. The cost is $75 for either section. This camp is designed for girls with a high interest in basketball and a wish to get better.

The team camp is also split into two sections, varsity and junior varsity.

The varsity camp costs $350 with an additional $12 to stay overnight per person and the junior varsity camp is $200 with an additional $12 to stay overnight per person. In this camp, high school teams and teams created within the camp will get the chance to scrimmage against each other in a game atmosphere with referees.

"High school teams come from all over," Coomes said. "It's like a big jamboree."

Players have the option to stay on campus in the dorms for the overnight camps, or they can stay in hotels.

"It's great to get to work with the campers trying to make their experience fun and help them get better as well," Coomes said.

The deadline for registration for the elite camp is May 28. The deadline for the individual camp is May 30, and the deadline for the team camp is June 15. There is a $30 late registration fee for participants who register after any of those dates. For more information contact Coomes at 573-651-2943 or by email at bcoomes@semo.edu