Former star players and coaches highlight Via Hall of Fame Clinic on March 23

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FROM KEITH GROLLER

A Who's Who of Hall of Fame players and coaches will gather to participate as instructors in the Via Basketball Hall of Fame clinic at Northampton Community College on March 23. If I was a youngster looking to grow my game under the tutelage of top-notch instructors at a very good price, and all for a good cause, I'd definitely participate:

Here's a look at the details:

Lehigh Valley Basketball Hall of Fame Clinic

Sunday, March 23, 2014 @ 3pm, check in 2:30pm

Northampton Community College

3835 Green Pond Road | Bethlehem, PA 18020

• Richard Baksa

Head coach Central Catholic and Freedom High Schools, Four straight District XI 3A Championships - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 – setting the Central Catholic record for the most consecutive district championship wins.

• Scott Coval

Head coach DeSales University, PA State Basketball Champion 1982.

• Traci Cyr

Won 7 championships with a record of 259-59 as head coach at Notre Dame HS, University of Scranton Wall of Fame Inductee.

• Bridget Eripret

1,371 points at Salisbury, played at Boston College and professional basketball in France, former Lehigh University assistant coach

• Tom Fisher

Phillipsburg head coach for 28 years; 376 - 299 record, State Champions, 3  Sectional Championships; 4 Hunterdon/Warren County Championships,  10 time Coach of the Year.

• Donna Kennedy

Temple University’s 3^rd All Time Leading Scorer, 1,963 points in her career at Catasauqua High School.

• Mary Lisicky

Holds the girls’ all-time school scoring record at Whitehall (1,517 points) and led his team in scoring all four years, All-American, conference champion.

• Pete Lisicky

Holds the boys’ all-time school scoring record at Whitehall (1,974 points) and led her team in scoring all four years, All-American, conference champion.

• Cari-Lynn Piotrowski

Allentown Central Catholic High School graduate, honored as the first 12 Varsity Letter winner in Central Catholic history in basketball, softball and cross country, scored 1,000 points both in high school and college, coached at George Washington, Villanova and American University.

• Doug Snyder

Head coach Allen High School, played in 2 Ivy League and NCAA tournaments while at Princeton University.

• Lauren Spignar

1,674 points career points at Notre Dame Green Pond High School, Express Times Player of the Year, District Champion.

This year’s clinic will be run by Mary and Pete Lisicky, sister and brother members of the Lehigh Valley Basketball Hall of Fame.  Both Whitehall grads, Mary and Pete each hold the all-time school scoring record for the Zephyrs – Mary with 1,517 points and Pete with 1,974.  This All-American sibling duo who led their teams to conference championships, also hold records at the collegiate level for three point goals with the Georgetown Hoyas and the Penn State Nittany Lions. 

The clinic is designed to excite kids about the game of basketball with age specific drills and fundamentals in a positive learning environment. The clinic is for beginners to the advanced and will feature age specific ball handling drills, passing drills, defensive drills and shooting drills. Members of the Lehigh Valley High School Basketball Hall of Fame make up the clinic staff.

  

• $35 per player.
• $30 per player for teams of 10+. Email A.Colucci@ViaNet.org to register a team.
• All players receive a basketball.
• Athletes must be in 3rd to 8th grade to participate in the clinic.
• Register by March 19 at www.ViaNet.org