2003 AND1 Team Camp

Kentucky Basketball Academy
Lexington, Kentucky
June 15-18, 2003

Copyright © 2003 Ron Harrison

The past camp champions in this prestigious event have been University Heights in 2001 and Mason County in 2002. The Sweet 16 championship game last season matched Mason County versus Ballard, which were also the two teams competing for the AND1 tourney championship last year. This camp will consist of two eight-team divisions. Division One will include McLean County, Mason County, Owensboro Catholic, Lebanon Ohio, Western Hills, Mercer County, West Jessamine, and Scott County. Pendleton County, Fern Creek, Muhlenberg North, South Spencer Indiana, Apollo, Paintsville, South Laurel, and Hickman County will make up Division Two.

Each team will play 10 games plus a seeded tournament on the final day of camp. There will be a slam dunk competition, a three point shooting competition, and an All-Camp team will be named. The game rules for the event are as follows:

· Each team will be allowed two time outs per half. Times out do not roll over.

· Games will consist of two 20 minute halves. Clock stops the last minute of each half.

· The bonus will be shot after seven fouls. The double bonus will be shot on the tenth foul.

· Players will foul out on their fifth foul.

· Overtime will be three minutes, with the clock stopping the last minute. Each team will be given one additional time out.

Sunday June 15th

Mason County	66	McLean County	27
Owensboro Catholic	47	Western Hills	40
Lebanon	67	Mercer County	33
Scott County	57	West Jessamine	42
Fern Creek	78	Pendleton County	73
Apollo	50	Muhlenberg North	49
South Spencer	55	Paintsville	28
South Laurel	53	Hickman County	28
West Jessamine	61	Mercer County	48
Western Hills	54	Scott County	53
Mason County	67	Lebanon	44
Owensboro Catholic	49	McLean County	38
South Laurel	59	Paintsville	42
Apollo	49	Hickman County	47
South Spencer	74	Fern Creek	73
Pendleton County	56	Muhlenberg North	51

Monday June 16th

Lebanon	41	McLean County	33
Scott County	54	Owensboro Catholic	48
Mason County	54	West Jessamine	36
Western Hills	65	Mercer County	50
Pendleton County	62	South Spencer	48
Hickman County	54	Muhlenberg North	50
Fern Creek	49	South Laurel	47
Apollo	46	Paintsville	42	(OT)
Mason County	73	Western Hills	54
Scott County	48	McLean County	34
West Jessamine	56	Lebanon	50	(2OT)
Owensboro Catholic	62	Mercer County	50
Fern Creek	58	Apollo	49
Pendleton County	51	Hickman County	41
South Laurel	79	South Spencer	63
Muhlenberg North	59	Paintsville	52
Western Hills	45	Lebanon	33
Mason County	52	Owensboro Catholic	31
West Jessamine	58	McLean County	28
Scott County	66	Mercer County	42
Apollo	77	South Spencer	56
Fern Creek	62	Muhlenberg North	53
South Laurel	63	Pendleton County	50
Paintsville	53	Hickman County	35
Western Hills	40	West Jessamine	39
Mason County	62	Scott County	58
Owensboro Catholic	68	Lebanon	48
Mercer County	50	McLean County	48
South Laurel	66	Apollo	58
Fern Creek	67	Hickman County	62	(2OT)
Muhlenberg North	62	South Spencer	50
Pendleton County	72	Paintsville	54

Tuesday June 17th

Pendleton County	58	McLean County	45
Mason County	64	Fern Creek	46
Muhlenberg North	54	Owensboro Catholic	30
Lebanon	54	South Spencer	39
Apollo	60	Western Hills	54
Mercer County	43	Paintsville	39
South Laurel	57	West Jessamine	42
Scott County	60	Hickman County	39
Lebanon	53	Pendleton County	50
Fern Creek	57	McLean County	30
Mason County	70	Muhlenberg North	48
Owensboro Catholic	66	South Spencer	63
Apollo	56	Scott County	51
Paintsville	+2	Western Hills
South Laurel	78	Mercer County	63
Hickman County	57	West Jessamine	40
Pendleton County	65	Owensboro Catholic	60
Fern Creek	44	Lebanon	38
Muhlenberg North	42	McLean County	23
Mason County	65	South Spencer	56
Apollo	60	West Jessamine	57
Scott County	WF	Paintsville
South Laurel	52	Western Hills	51
Hickman County	72	Mercer County	37
Mason County	83	Pendleton County	67
South Spencer	53	McLean County	49
Owensboro Catholic	56	Fern Creek	48
Muhlenberg North	51	Lebanon	45
Apollo	69	Mercer County	55
Western Hills	42	Hickman County	41
West Jessamine	WF	Paintsville
South Laurel	59	Scott County	49

Final Division Standings

Division 1		Division 2
Mason County	10-0	South Laurel	9-1
Scott County	6-4	Apollo	8-2
Owensboro Catholic	6-4	Fern Creek	7-3
Western Hills	5-5	Pendleton County	6-4
West Jessamine	4-6	Muhlenberg North	5-5
Lebanon (OH)	4-6	Hickman County	3-7
Mercer County	2-8	South Spencer (IN)	3-7
McLean County	0-10	Paintsville	2-8

All Camp Team

Dustin Grutza	Mason County	6-3	Sr.
Wesley Jones	Mason County	6-1	Jr.
Jarrod Litzinger	Mason County	6-3	Sr.
Reisz Hayden	Owensboro Catholic	6-4	Sr.
Brandon Hellman	Lebanon OH	6-7
Jordan Samuels	Western Hills	6-2	Sr.
Brian Greene	West Jessamine	6-3	Sr.
Michael Spann	West Jessamine	5-11	Jr.
Tyler Hicks	Scott County	6-1	Sr.
Zach Van Guilder	Scott County	6-8	Sr.
Joey Verax	Pendleton County	6-4	Jr.
Terrell Cleaves	Fern Creek	6-2	Sr.
Branden Hamby	Fern Creek	6-5	Sr.
Lirod Kelsey	Fern Creek	6-0	Sr.
Richard “Bubba” Long	Apollo	5-10	Sr.
Travis Johnson	Apollo	6-4	Sr.
Johan Rivera	South Laurel	6-0	Sr.
Eric Fields	South Laurel	6-7	Jr.
Chris Lofton	Mason County	6-3	Sr.	(Most Valuable Camper)

Three-Point Contest

1st	Bryson Phillips	McLean County	Fr.
2nd	Chris Lofton	Mason County	Sr.
3rd	Justin Graves	Western Hills

Slam Dunk Contest

1st	Travis Johnson	Apollo	Sr.
2nd	Branden Hamby	Fern Creek	Sr.

Wednesday June 18th

AND1 Camp Tournament*

West Jessamine	61	Pendleton County	50
Owensboro Catholic	48	Hickman County	39
Apollo	50	Mercer County	35
Muhlenberg North	50	Western Hills	37
Lebanon (OH)	45	McLean County	30
Fern Creek	57	South Spencer (IN)	42
Mason County	69	West Jessamine	61		(Quarterfinal)
Apollo	57	Owensboro Catholic	50		(Quarterfinal)
South Laurel	64	Muhlenberg North	60	(OT)	(Quarterfinal)
Fern Creek	69	Lebanon (OH)	44		(Quarterfinal)
Mason County	73	Apollo	55		(Semifinal)
Fern Creek	46	South Laurel	41		(Semifinal)
Mason County	82	Fern Creek	72		(Championship)

*Scott County and Paintsville did not participate in the tourney round.

Mason County vs. Apollo (Semifinal)

Mason County led 40-26 at halftime on their way to a 73-55 victory over Apollo. Mason County was led today by Chris Lofton, Wesley Jones, and Chris Schumacher with 21, 17, and 10 points respectively. Apollo was led by Bubba Long and Travis Johnson with 24 and 20 points respectively.

Mason County	40	33	-	73
Apollo	26	29	-	55

Mason County	(73) -	Lofton 21, Grutza 6, Jones 17, Tibbs 9, Schumacher 10, Pfeffer 6, Hopper 2, Burns 2.
Apollo	(55) -	Long 24, Johnson 20, Buckner 9, Whitler 2.

Fern Creek vs. South Laurel (Semifinal)

Fern Creek led 20-18 at the half on their way to a 46-41 victory over South Laurel. Fern Creek was led by 6-7 Mario Urrutia and 6-0 Lirod Kelsey with 14 points each. South Laurel was led by 6-7 Eric Fields and 6-0 Johan Rivera with 14 and 12 points respectively. 

Fern Creek	20	26	-	46
South Laurel	18	23	-	41

Fern Creek	(46) -	Watkins 3, Hamby 7, Urrutia 14, Sweeney 3, Kelsey 14, Britt 2, Cleaves 4.
South Laurel	(41) -	Rivera 12, Perkins 2, Hammonds 5, Shepherd 2, Allen 6, Fields 14.

Mason County vs. Fern Creek (Championship)

Mason County led 41-33 at halftime and held on to earn a hard-fought 82-72 victory over Fern Creek. Mason County was led by Chris Lofton with 42 points including 10 three point goals. Fern Creek was led by Lirod Kelsey and Terrell Cleaves with 22 and 16 points respectively.

Mason County	41	41	-	82
Fern Creek	33	39	-	72

Mason County	(82) -	Lofton 42, Grutza 13, Jones 6, Schumacher 6, Tibbs 10, Pfiffer 5.
Fern Creek	(72) -	Kelsey 22, Hamby 11, Urrutia 12, Cleaves 16, Mullins 7, Britt 4.

Conclusion

Rex Chapman, Wayne Chapman, and Mike Ogle did an excellent job with this camp. It was interesting watching the approach to this camp by various coaches. Some coaches were searching for combinations that would play well together, some were searching to fill holes left by graduation, while others were just fine-tuning their squads. Several teams had players missing for various reasons but this gave other players the opportunity to display their skill and potential.

Mason County should be one of the top contenders for the state championship this season as they return four starters including one of the top contenders for Mr. Basketball in Chris Lofton. Jarrod Litzinger also had a fine camp for Mason County before missing the championship game on the final day due to a high ankle sprain. Fern Creek has a deep, talented squad, and should be one of the top teams in the ‘Ville this year. Scott County has missed the Sweet 16 the last three seasons are eagerly seeking a return to Eighth Region supremacy.

The Twelfth Region should be tough this season and South Laurel should be one of the teams clawing for the top spot. Apollo and Owensboro Catholic should also have good seasons this year, and it was nice to have some Western Kentucky schools in this event.

The members of the All-Camp Team were well deserving of their acclaim and there were several other players who impressed this week. 6-6 Keaton Belcher played well for Pendleton County and Muhlenberg North’s 6-5 Derrick Adams displayed a nice shooting stroke. 6-7 Jay Ivey is a young post player who shows a lot of promise for Owensboro Catholic. Apollo’s fine guard Michael James did not participate in this camp but Bubba Long played well this week and was a consistent scorer.

Coach Matthew Yates had a very successful week with the West Jessamine Colts. The Eleventh Region runner-up lost several talented upperclassmen and appeared to be in a major rebuilding stage. However, West Jessamine worked hard this week going 4-6 in the division standings, winning one tourney game, and battling Mason County well before dropping a 69-61 decision in the quarterfinals.

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to all the representatives of AND1 and the staff at Kentucky Basketball Academy for the hospitality extended me during this week.

Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning this event, teams, or players to me at  prephoops@yahoo.com .

Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other basketball events appear on http://www.angelfire.com/ky/prephoops.