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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-Nov. 4, 2002
Contact: John Johnson or Randy Allen
517.332.5046 or www.mhsaa.com
Girls Basketball Finals
CHAMPS Clinic Sign-Up Begins
Note: 2003 Champs
Clinic Now Full!
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Nov. 5 - To enhance the atmosphere of
selected tournament finals, the Michigan High School Athletic
Association is in its fourth year of conducting youth clinics,
with registration now underway for the annual CHAMPS Clinic at
the Girls Basketball Finals in Mt. Pleasant on December 7.
CHAMPS (Cooperation, Hard Work, Attitude, Motivation, Participation,
Sportsmanship) Clinics target local female junior high/middle
school-aged students and their parents in a morning-long workshop
designed to provide game skills and life skills information.
There is no charge for the CHAMPS Clinic, but enrollment is limited
to the first 60 girls and their parents - parental attendance
is a requirement. The clinic will take place from 8:30 to 11
a.m. in the Indoor Athletic Complex on the campus of Central
Michigan University, just South of Rose Arena, where the four
MHSAA Girls Basketball Finals will take place.
"Some people believe that you can't get anything for free
anymore, but in one three-hour clinic, the young people and their
parents receive a great dose of game skill training and life
skill information from some of the best clinicians around,"
said John E. "Jack" Roberts, executive director of
the MHSAA. "This clinic filled up very fast last year, and
the feedback we've had from our CHAMPS Clinics in girls basketball
and girls volleyball has been very positive."
The basketball skills clinic will be presented for the fourth
straight year by the Detroit Shock. While the youngsters are
improving their game skills, their parents will hear from different
members of the Central Michigan University athletic and physical
education staff about sports nutrition, academic eligibility
requirements and parental sportsmanship. The popular MHSAA-produced
video, "What Kids Wish Their Parents Knew About Sportsmanship,"
will be a part of the latter classroom presentation.
All youngsters participating in the CHAMPS Clinic will receive
a t-shirt, and lunch will be provided for all players and parents.
CHAMPS Clinic participants and their parents will also be guests
of the MHSAA for the Class D-A session of the Girls Basketball
Finals that day, and the participating youngsters will be recognized
on-court at halftime of the Class D championship game.
Registrations must be submitted by November 27. For more information,
contact: Dr. James Hornak, Department of Physical Education and
Sport, Central Michigan University, SAC 194, Mt. Pleasant, MI
48858. Telephone: 517/774-6659; or the MHSAA office in East Lansing.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary
membership by over 1,300 public and private senior high schools
and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common
rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government
funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such
association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament
entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules
are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract
approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.
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