A Great Evening With PARDS in Denham Springs
ALI LAUGHLIN (9-6-09):
Last night I was asked to attend the PARDS clinic and put my new found photography skills to work. As the “official” team photographer for the night, I was able to witness some of our players at their best and worst (in Katherine Graham’s case). Each of our six players that attended were assigned to a station to teach the kids some fundamentals of the game. Destini Hughes had ball handling while Allison Hightower, Adrienne Webb, Jasmine Nelson, Taylor Booze, and Katherine Graham had shooting stations. Katherine decided she wanted to challenge her kids to a game of Knockout and in the process was herself knocked out in the second round!! It was quite entertaining to watch the kids delight, and surprise, that they had put out one of our Lady Tigers! Allison also got into the spirit and helped one little boy dunk since he just could not get the ball in the hoop, even with her wonderful teaching skills! Even Coach Starkey and Coach Travis got in the action by signing autographs and visiting with the HUGE group of kids that attended. Overall the night was a huge success with no child leaving without wanting to come to a Lady Tigers game! And as if that wasn’t enough I was allowed to drive the famed Van Wagon!!! After my van experience my day was complete, even if it was just around the corner!