The 2009 B&K Basketball Camp concluded last week with 88 students participating in the awards ceremonies. During the camp, young athletes learned the basics of ball handling, passing, shooting and rebounding skills.

Both offense and defense were taught with the assistance of video tapes as an a instructional guide. The campers also enjoyed a number of contests designed to sharpen their basketball skills.

The camp was brought together more than 20 years ago by the tandem of former Paden City High School Coach Bob Burton and the school’s present coach and athletic director, Fred King, who was coaching at Sistersville High School at the time.

When Burton retired, the camp stayed together with the help of many. One of them is PCHS Assistant Basketball Coach Jeff Bowers, who has been there throughout the years.

The campers were divided into two groups, one for the younger campers and one for older ones. They also were grouped according to age and gender. In the morning, campers would do stretch and shoot drills for 15 minutes before the camp started getting into major motion.

Every day, campers practiced foul shots, three point shots and hot spots skill fundamentals, such as standing broad jump, vertical leap, rope jump, quickness drill and bag jumping. The day also included scrimmage games among groups. Tie games were broken by foul shooting, which emphasized the importance of free:throw skills.

Awards were given out every day at the end of camp, with ribbons given out to first, second and third place in many, many different categories, and medals at the end of the camp on June 19 with the parents and guardians present. In case of a tie, there was a competition between the individuals and or teams.

Below is the results of the daily and weekly events that campers competed and won.

Academics

Kindergarten: Bryce Amos, Brandon Lawson and Drake Kocher; First grade: Issac Neff,Carson Palmer and Ty Cain; Second grade: Colton Lawrence, Trey Blain and Paige Brill; Third grade: Jacob Miller, Lauren Flannery and Madison Knight; Fourth grade: Luke Daugherty, Mackenzie Drake and Marcus Allen; Fifth grade: Wyatt Smitley, Will Billeter and Cameron Archer; Sixth grade: Devon Kelly, Chase Miller and Joey Flannery; seventh grade: Jessy Moore, Jacob Croasmun and Conner Lancaster.

Medal winners

Kindergarten: foul shooting: gold medal, Grant Barnhart; silver, Drake Kocher and bronze, Bryce Amos; Hot Spots: gold medal, Grant Barnhart; silver, Bryce Amos; bronze, Brandon Lawhon; three: point shot: gold medal, Grant Barnhart; silver, Bryce Amos; bronze, Drake Kocher; one:-on-one: gold medal, Grant Barnhart;silver, Drake Kocher; bronze, Brandon Lawhon;

First grade boys: Foul shooting, gold medal,Ty Cain; silver, Carson Palmer; bronze, Nate Cooper; Hot spots: gold medal,Ty Cain; silver, Carson Palmer; bronze, Nate Cooper; three:point shot: gold medal,Ty Cain; silver, Carson Palmer; bronze, Nate Cooper; one-on-one: gold, Carson Palmer; silver, Nate Cooper, bronze, Ty Cain;

First grade girls: foul shooting: gold, Hope Weber; Hot spots: gold, Hope Weber; three:point shot: gold, Hope Weber;

Second grade boys: foul shooting: gold, Trey Blain; silver, Wade Smitley; bronze, Colton Lawrence; Hot spots: gold, Trey Blain, silver, Colton Lawrence, bronze, Wade Smitley; three point shot: gold, Trey Blain; silver, Wade Smitley; bronze, Colton Lawrence; one-on-one: gold, Colton Lawrence; silver, Trey Blain; bronze, Wade Smitley; Second grade girls: foul shooting: gold, Kyndra Pilant; silver, Ashley Kelly; bronze, Paige Brill; hot spots: gold, Paige Brill; silver, Kyndra Pilant; bronze, Ashley Kelly; three point shot: gold, Paige Brill; silver, Kyndra Pilant; bronze, Ashley Kelly; one-on-one: gold, Kyndra Pilant; silver, Paige Brill; bronze, Ashley Kelly;

Third grade boys: foul shooting: gold, Jacob Miller; silver, Jared Kocher; bronze, EJ Weber; hot spots: gold, Jacob Miller; silver, Jared Kocher; bronze, EJ Weber; three point shooting: gold, Jacob Miller; silver, Jared Kocher; bronze, EJ Weber; three point shot: gold, Jacob Miller; silver, Jared Kocher; bronze, EJ Weber; one-on-one: gold, Jacob Miller; silver, Jared Kocher; bronze, EJ Weber; Third grade girls: Foul shooting: gold, Lauren Flannery; silver, Hope Cooper; bronze, Jaimalyn Ash; hot spots: gold, Lauren Flannery; silver, Jaimalyn Ash; bronze, Hope Cooper; three point shot: gold, Lauren Flannery; silver, Hope Cooper; bronze, Jaimalyn Ash; one-on-one: gold, Lauren Flannery; silver, Hope Cooper; bronze, Kassidy Starkey;

Fourth grade boys: foul shooting: gold, Luke Daugherty; silver, Jarrett Moore; bronze, Marcus Allen; hot spots: gold, Jarrett Moore; silver, Luke Daugherty; three point shot: gold, Luke Daugherty; one-on-one: gold, Jarrett Moore; silver, Luke Daugherty; bronze, Richie Bertozzi;

Fourth grade girls: foul shooting: gold, Mackenzie Drake; silver, Ashlynn Filliez; bronze, Caitlin Stewart; hot spots: gold, Mackenzie Drake; silver, Addie Bailey; bronze, Caitlin Stewart; three point shot: gold, Ashlynn Filliez; silver, Mackenzie Drake, bronze, Caitlin Drake; one-on-one: gold, Caitlin Stewart; silver, Ashlynn Filliez; bronze, Mackenzie Drake;

Fifth grade girls: Foul shooting: gold, Taylor Ludewig; silver, Kristen Massey; bronze, Bailey Caldwell; hot spots: gold, Taylor Ludewig; silver, Rachel Baker; bronze, Kristen Massey; three point shot: gold, Rachel Baker; silver, Taylor Ludewig; bronze, Skyler Cathers; one-on-one: gold, Taylor Ludewig; silver, Kristen Massey; bronze, Bailey Caldwell;

Fifth grade boys: foul shooting: gold, Will Billeter; silver, Wyatt Smitley; bronze, Cameron Archer; hot spots: gold, Will Billiter; silver, Cameron Archer; bronze, Wyatt Smitley; three point shot: gold, Will Billeter; silver, Cameron Archer; bronze, Wyatt Bailey; one-on-one: gold, Will Billeter; silver, Wyatt Smitley; bronze, Cameron Archer;

Sixth grade girls: foul shots: gold, Jesse Brysni; silver, Katie Billeter; bronze, Erin Brown; hot spots: gold, Katie Billiter; silver, Cedar Sands; bronze, Erin Brown; three point shot: gold, Jessie Brysni; silver, Katie Billiter, bronze; one-on-one: gold, Erin Brown; silver, Cedar Sands; bronze, Katie Billiter;

Sixth grade boys: foul shooting: gold, Drew Wells; silver, Chase Miller; bronze, Tyler Anderson; hot spots: gold, Drew Wells; silver, Joey Flannery; bronze, Chase Miller; three point shot: gold, Drew Wells; silver, Chase Miller; bronze, Joey Flannery; one-on-one: gold, Drew Wells; silver, Joey Flannery; bronze, Chase Miller;

Seventh grade boys: foul shooting: gold, Jake Croasmun; silver, Jessy Moore; bronze, Dylan Hupp; hot spots: gold, Trenton Barnhart; silver, Craig Allen; bronze, Jake Croasmun; three point shot: gold, Dylan Hupp; silver, Jessy Moore; bronze, Jake Croasmun; one-on-one: gold, Conner Lancaster; silver, Jessy Moore.; bronze, Craig Allen;

Daily winners

Kindergarten: Grant Barnhart, Bryce Amos; First grade: Ty Cain, Carson Palmer, Hope Weber; Second grade: Kyndra Pilant, Paige Brill, Ashley Kelly, Wade Smitley, Trey Blain, Colton Lawrence; Third grade: Jacob Miller, Nathan Barker, Jared Kocher, Lauren Flannery, Hope Cooper; Fourth grade: Richie Bertozzi, Jarrett Moore, Luke Daugherty, Mackenzie Drake, Addie Bailey, Ashlynn Filliez; Fifth grade: Will Billiter, Wyatt Smitley, Cameron Archer, Taylor Ludewig, Rachel Barker, Kristen Massey, Bailey Caldwell Madison Huffman; Sixth grade: Erin Brown, Katie Billiter, Jessie Brysm, Cedar Sands;, Drew Wells, Joey Flannery, Blaze Amos and Chase Miller.