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Local league provides Northland hoop programs
with building blocks for the regular season

When it comes to building a high school basketball program anymore, it comes down to the summer. That’s right. The summer.

Sure, while June workouts are in full swing, the start of the high school hoops preseason practice schedule is still more than four months away. And in fact, most people will be celebrating Thanksgiving before the first regular season games tip off. To say the least, basketball is a long, long way off.

But don’t think for one minute basketball has become an afterthought at this time of the year. That would be the furthest thing from the truth.

For many, this has become one of the most important times of the year. High school gymnasiums throughout the Northland have been in full swing, including the ones in Kearney, where many of the area high school boys basketball programs have begun laying the foundation for their upcoming seasons.

"The bottom line is that we want the kids to be touching a basketball as much as possible," Kearney coach Gary Belcher said. "That’s the only way they’re going to become better basketball players."

For most high school basketball programs these days, additional summer workouts beyond the typical camps have become the norm for the varsity-level athletes. But it’s not usually the same for lower-level players in the development stages of a basketball program.

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