2007- 08 Season begins

*Conditioning: September 24 – October 26
*Must have a Cobb County School District physical form on file with the school before the first day of conditioning

September 24th or 25th: 1st day of conditioning

Guards: Workout on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Posts: Workout on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
(if you have a question about which day you should attend ask Coach Stoddard)

Appropriate dress is required. We will be outside and inside so you will only need to wear running shoes, shorts, and a t-shirt.

Tryouts: October 29, 30 and 31

All new players to Kell report on October 29th

All returning players (played on a KHS basketball team last year) report Oct 30th

All players report October 31st

Criteria for tryouts:
You must have a physical on file
You must be academically eligible (all 9th graders are eligible)
Attending all conditioning days will be beneficial

Expectations for Tryouts
Fitness Level:
Run 1.5 miles in 12 (perimeter)14 (posts) minutes or less

Individual Skills:
Shooting
Offensive moves
Ballhandling (crossover, behind the back, between the legs, etc)

Team/Individual defensive skills

If you are involved with another sport (cross country, volleyball, slow pitch softball, fast pitch softball, band) you will have tryouts after your season is completed and you have had a few days off to unwind. You will have the same expectations as all the other players for your tryout.

2006-2007 Season Banquet

Varsity Awards

• Scholar Athletes- Devon Tobey 4.39 and Camille Grant 4.33
• Longhorn Award- Jazlynn McTillman
• Hustle Award- Madeleine Robertson
• Coaches Award-Elizabeth Bond
• Most Improved-Sara Jackson
• Team Captain-Jazlyn McTillman

Junior Varsity Awards

• Hustle Award-Amanda Brimmage
• Most Improved-Sasha Hinds and Katy Stocus
• Coaches Award-Taylor O'Brien

Freshmen Awards

• Hustle Award-Jordan Vance and Christie Harrison
• Most Improved-Ceattle Balcorta
• Coaches Award-Ashley ShahAhmadi

Academic Patches

3.0-3.5

• Ashley Brathwaite
• Sasha Hinds
• Jazlynn McTillman
• Candice Moon
• Kristen Stewart
• Justin Buckles
• Jamila Cosom
• Jazzmyn Stitts
• Katy Stocus
• Sara Jackson

3.5-3.99

• Ceattle Balcorta
• Christie Harrison
• Kiana Nezafat
• AJ Ruggiero
• Ashley ShahAmadi
• Carly Skaar
• Jordan Vance
• Sherrell Weathers
• Brooke Weniger
• Liz Bond
• Taylor O'Brien
• Madeline Robertson
• Mallory O'Brien
• Ana Trujillo

4.0 and above

• CJ Eggers
• Devon Tobey
• Camille Grant

2007 Seniors

Jamila, Ana, Jazzmyn

2006 -07 Season Recap

The season has come to an end and the Lady Longhorns are busy making plans for the summer. We are concentrating on making a better showing in Region 6 AAAAA during the 2007-08 season.
This past season was one of growth and development for our team. This year's team was a combination of former JV players and a few returning players from the varsity team of 2006-07. Although we didn't win many games (5-21), the team gained valuable experience on the varsity level and playing with each other.
We suffered a huge loss on December 16, 2006 when Amber Henry was injured in the Northview game. She tore her ACL but she is on the road to recovery. She had a successful surgery and is going to physical therapy as well as working with a personal trainer. Amber was averaging 12 points per game before she was injured. We look forward to having her back soon. We have to say goodbye to 3 seniors this year. Our seniors were wonderful leaders, who have been with the program for 4 years: Jamila Cosom, Jazzmyn Stitts, and Ana Trujillo. We will miss their leadership, work ethic, and unique personalities.
Our JV and 9th grade teams experienced success and had good seasons. Each team improved throughout the year and many of the players made huge strides in their individual improvement. There will be a competitve atmosphere during tryouts next year with the younger players pushing the veterans for varsity spots.
Thanks to all the assistant coaches who helped make this season an important step forward towards making our program successful and for the improvement in each of the players.
Julie Devlin coached the 9th grade team and did an excellent job with their fundamental development and team play.
Kristy Simpson was the head coach of the JV team this year. She had a strong nucleus of players who learned to play together and played hard every game.
KG Brown was the varsity assistant this year and provided invaluable experience with game strategy and individual player development.
Look for something new and exciting next year.

Southeast Whitfield Tournament

Kell Basketball Camp

Kell Basketball Youth Camp 2006:
We had a great time during the past week working with the girls during camp. The first session was for the players in 2nd through 5th grade. We worked on fundamentals every day with passing, shooting, dribbling, and man to man defense.
The second session was for the middle school players from 6th grade through 9th grade. We concentrated on fundamentals as well as scrimmaging.
Some of the high school players worked the camp and did a great job with instructing the girls. Coach Simpson, Coach Brown, and Coach Watkins kept all of us on schedule, fed, and having a great time with games and competitions.
I hope everyone has a great summer, continues to work on their basketball skills, and enjoys the pictures from this year's camp.