Pioneers hold basketball camp

The Third Annual Middle School Team Camp kicked off Monday in the Charlie Dalton gym. WCHS head basketball coach Ryan Smith and the Pioneer basketball team conducted the team camp with 13 schools participating in the two day camp.
Local teams participating were the WCMS varsity and junior varsity teams, Centertown and Morrison Elementary. Teams from Cannon County, Overton, Grundy, DeKalb, Tullahoma, Jackson County, Smyrna and Gallatin went head-to-head in an effort to hone their basketball skills.
The varsity middle school squad finished with a 2-5 record with a solid win over Stewart’s Creek. Morrison played several close game, but failed to pick up a victory. But the Centertown Warriors picked up a big win defeating neighboring Woodbury on Monday night.
The middle school junior varsity team, which had to compete against varsity squads recorded a 1-1 record.
‘This camp allows the young men of Warren County the opportunity to hone their skills during the off season, without having to travel,’ said coach Ryan Smith.
‘It also gives these kids and coaches the opportunity to compete against some teams from outside their regular season schedule, with some quality teams from the mid-state. We don’t charge the county teams anything. I see it as a way to introduce our county players to some tough competition, which hopefully will make them want to work even harder to become better basketball players.’
Nine different counties were represented in this week’s camp, including several teams who regularly participate in the state tournament.
The camp provided quality middle school competition for not only the players, but fans as well.