Local report
to stage camp for boys basketball
The North Medford High Holiday Basketball Camp will be held Dec. 20-22 at Hedrick Middle School.
The camp, for boys in grades three through eight, runs from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Cost is $40 per player.
For more information, call Quilhaugh at 776-8726 or 858-2896.
Shot' camp to be held this week
Dave Flood will host his Natural Shot Basketball Camp Monday through Thursday at Cascade Christian High School.
Cost is $35 for the camp, which includes shooting instruction, drills, games and scrimmages.
Grade-school campers will participate from 1-2:30 p.m.
Middle- and high school-age players will go from 2:30-4 p.m.
For more information, call Flood at 621-2597.
Rats romp to tournament crown
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-- The Southern Oregon Gym Rats defeated the D.C. Express of Roseburg, 65-32, in the sixth-grade boys championship game of the Central Oregon Shootouts Dec. 11-12.
The Rats blazed through the first three games of the tourney, easily defeating the Bend Lightning (79-31), Redmond Rockets (85-26) and the Redmond Rush (76-37).
Except for the title game, the Rats eclipsed the previous single-game scoring record of 73 points each time out.
Its average of 75.5 points per game also was is a record.
Ashland's Skyler Talbott and Josh Cornelius were selected to the all-tournament team. Talbott averaged 19.5 points per game while Cornelius averaged 14 and made 18 of 20 free throws.