Following Camp..Continued

Nitty Singh from the NY Sportimes Tennis has offered to provide our past campers with free tennis lessons! This is in addition to the CiCi's Pizza and Drinks that the students enjoyed throughout the tennis match, free TShirts and Tennis Rackets. This will be a nice experience for our campers to continue to use their tennis rackets.

Following Camp

Mike MacAdam (a Sport Journalist from the Gazette) wrote another amazing blog about our campers. Click here to check it out: CLICK HERE

SSJC 2011 Slideshow!

Last Day of Camp!--- Professional MMA fighter, Tommy Marcellino visits camp!

Tommy Marcellino, a Professional MMA fighter visits the camp on the last day! Students interviewed, took pictures and got autographs. Tommy beat Dustin Caplinger last Friday night to become the XFE's lightweight champion.

SSJCC Issue #1

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SSJCC Issue #2

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Our Final Issue of the Schenectady Sport Journalism Camp Chronicle!

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Summer Camp Day 16

Students create and play a virtual golf tournament. You can learn more about the golf tournament in our last issue of the camp newspaper.

Summer Camp Day 14

After the camp tour of UAlbany and picnic, the students finished up the day hanging out in fountain!

Summer Camp Day 14

Students go on a field trip to UAlbany. They take a tour and have a picnic next to the fountain.

Students see a lecture hall!

Group 1 on their tour!



Summer Camp Day 13

Students take a trip to see a Valley Cats game! They started their trip off with a tour of the stadium.

Summer Camp Day 12

Mr Boynton came to get interviewed for the camp newspaper!

Summer Camp Day 12

Today the students played ultimate frisbee in the morning!

Summer Camp Day 11

Today the students played basketball due to the bad weather.

Summer Camp Day 10

Students deliver papers to staff around the high school!

Summer Camp Day 9

Students finish their second issue of the Schenectady Sport Journalism Camp Chronicle!

Summer Camp Day 7

Joe Loudis came to camp to talk to the students. Here is his background: The leadoff hitter on the 1954 Schenectady Little League World Championship team; he also played on the Schenectady LL team that finished second at the Little League World Series in 1953; he excelled in four sports in high school at MP (tennis, cross-country, basketball and baseball); he was captain of Mont Pleasant's undefeated baseball team in 1960; he played college basketball at Albany State; he has won over 400 games as a high school basketball coach; high school basketball "Coach of the Year" several times; in addition to the SCSD Athletic Hall of Fame, he is a member of the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame and Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame.

Summer Camp Day 6

Students work on articles this morning for their second issue of the camp newspaper!

Summer Camp Day 5

Students went on their first field trip to SEFCU Arena to watch professional tennis. They all had the opportunity to watch Martina Hingis and the Bryon Brothers play. The NY Sportimes were great to our campers. Each student received a T-shirt and tennis racket.