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Highlanders to Host Two Weeks of Basketball Camp

(Houghton, N.Y.)—Houghton College will host two weeks of basketball camp this summer, with over 800 campers from 32 states and six countries expected to attend. The Highlanders camps are the largest residential, instructional camps in the northeast.

            The girls’ camp will run June 29-July 4, with the boys’ camp following on July 6-11. “Building for the Future,” a special day camp for boys and girls entering first through third grades, runs July 7-10.

             “In 11 years of camp, we have had the chance to meet, teach and minister to over 3,000 campers,” says Brad Zarges, co-director of the camps, and head coach of the Houghton men’s basketball team.

            The “minister to” part is in line with the camps’ mission statement, which stresses providing both quality, professional instruction and “exposure to the Christian life.” The mission statement also calls for “individual attention and maximum participation at an affordable price.”

            The camps deliver on that promise by limiting teams to just eight players each and then scheduling three full games for every team each day. Also, the camps run from Sunday through Friday, providing plenty of time for instruction.

            “This is a camp where we strive to teach the whole person,” says H. “Skip” Lord, who co-directs the camps and is the head coach of Houghton’s women’s basketball team, “Excellence is modeled, taught and expected in every area of life. Whether campers are reflecting on the bigger spiritual issues of life, working hard to develop their game or building lifelong friendships, Houghton College basketball camps are the place to be for the serious athlete.”