The Motivate Others Through Christ basketball camp wrapped up play at the Troy Recreation Center on Saturday with great results. For the sixth consecutive year the camp gave the youth of Pike County the opportunity to learn the game of basketball.

“We had a great time,” said camp instructor Lamayn Wilson. “We had a great turnout once again. All the kids worked hard all day.”

Participants learned the game from Wilson who played at Troy University and currently plays internationally. The camp was free of charge and it gave players the opportunity to learn some skills of the game.

“The overall goal was to help the at-risk kids that can’t pay to go to a camp,” Wilson said. “We wanted to give them some skills to help them as they play high school basketball or b-team basketball. I thought it was very successful.”

The camp was open to children between the ages 8 through 18 and nearly 75 participants were in attendance.

“That was very special,” Wilson said. “It gets the younger kids looking ahead to when they get older. Its good when they’re younger to come in here and get experience.”

“The older kids came in here, played hard and did what they were supposed to do,” Wilson said. “They were wanting to listen and learn. It was really intriguing to me to see the kids with a smile on their face.”

Along with Wilson, four other instructors were involved in the camp. The participants were divided up into groups to learn different fundamentals of the game.

Wilson’s goal is to keep running the camp for as long as he gets participants in the door. “I want to push this for as long as possible,” Wilson said. “I want to do this from now until I can’t do it anymore. I just want to continue to push forward and give something back to the community.