LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
SOCCER

Camp here June 9-13

The annual Kilgore-East Texas Soccer Camp will be held June 9 through June 13 at the soccer practice field beside the tennis courts at Kilgore High School on Longview Street.

KHS head boys coach Kris Duplissey will be the lead instructor for the camp, with help from current players and alumni. The camp is for boys and girls ages kindergarten through eighth grade.

Cost of the camp is $50 per player, with a discount for families registering more than one player. After the first child, each additional player is $40. Along with that fee comes a camp T-shirt and Gatorade.

Camp will be held from 8:30 p.m. until 11 a.m. each day, and players should bring a soccer ball, shin guards and soccer shoes. For more information, call Duplissey at (903) 985- 0097. Anyone who plans on attending the camp is asked to call that number to RSVP.

BASKETBALL

KC programs to host camp

Both men's and women's basketball programs at Kilgore College will hold summer skills camps in June for ages 6-17. The boys' camp will run June 2-6, and the girls' will be held June 9-13.

The camps will focus on development of beginning to intermediate basketball skills, ending with a basketball game 11:30 a.m. the last day of the camps.

Cost for the boys' camp is $120 and $100 for the girls. A $50 deposit is required to hold a spot in the girls camp, and $60 for the boys. The full balance is due 8:30 a.m. on the first morning of the camps. Both camps will be run by Lady Rangers' assistant coach Brad Tindel and men's assistant coach Kenderick Franklin. Roy Thomas, head coach of the Lady Rangers, will also assist with the girls camp.

Camps will run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to noon on Friday. Campers will receive a camp T-shirt, a KC basketball, awards and daily lunch. Registration will take place 8:30 a.m. on the first day of both camps.

Application forms and more information are available on both men's and women's basketball Web pages on kilgore.edu. For more information, contact Tindel at (903) 983-8691.