LEXINGTON, KY (WKYT) – Some adults are stepping up in the community to give teenagers an outlet for all that energy, and role models to follow.
He’s a big guy with a strong voice. In a gym full of teenagers, that’s important.
Coach Nimbo Hammons tells the team huddled around him at center court, “today will be more of a “get at it” day. Next Tuesday will be a ‘get at it’ day.”
The Charlotte Court basketball team is one week from a national championship tournament for 8th graders. On this night, the team has split into two squads and is having a spirited, competitive scrimmage. Coach Hammons tells one group, “Get at ’em. Make ’em look bad. Either their pride will kick in, and they’ll start going hard; if they don’t, crush ’em.”
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