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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – The Sequoyah girls’ basketball team will host a basketball camp for younger basketball players to teach basic basketball skills, teambuilding and sportsmanship. The Lady Indians are three-time defending state champions and the winners of the 2006 Oklahoma’s Best Tournament. They ended the season ranked #19 by Sports Illustrated and are currently on a 39 game winning streak.

“While we are proud of our players’ accomplishments on the court, we are equally proud of them as role models and ambassadors of Sequoyah Schools,” said Sequoyah girls’ basketball coach Bill Nobles. “Here at our camp they get to teach and interact with our future players. They embody everything that we are striving for here at Sequoyah in regards to Chief Smith’s desire to make our school an academy of leadership.”

The basketball camp will be held May 29 – June 1 for girls in second through ninth grades. Girls in second through fifth grades will meet from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. and girls in sixth through ninth will meet from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Registration fee is $35 and includes t-shirt, souvenir game ball, camp awards and lunch. You may register in-person on Saturday, May 19, or Saturday, May 26, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Sequoyah Schools old gymnasium. Registration forms are also available at the Sequoyah Schools main office. For more information on the Lady Indians’ Champions Basketball Camp call Sequoyah Schools, phone: 918-453-5168 or Nobles, phone: 918-931-1905 or 918-458-5245.