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The 2019 Lone Star Hoops Camp attendees. kids the second year.
The Howe camp brings kids from Allen, Plano, Frisco, and all-over "After he saw and liked what we North Texas and Southern did that first year, he wanted us to Oklahoma. just keep doing it year after year," said Jernberg. "We've had over 14 different school districts represented at one point When Rose retired from Howe during this camp, said Jernberg. ISD, Lady Bulldogs Head Coach Derek Lands, who ironically Jernberg's first head basketball replaced Meng, became the go-to position was at Edcouch-Elsa in leader for the Hoops Camp 1972 where his team won the program in Howe. district crown and over the next 39 seasons (including five years in "We're a gypsy camp. We have to private business), Coach Jernberg basically be invited and I didn't served as the head coach at know whether Derek would want Edcouch-Elsa, PSJA, Round Rock, to continue, but he said, 'why St. Marks, Poteet, Hitchcock, West change it. Let's just continue.' And Orange-Stark and Lake Travis. His it's just grown and grown." Lake Travis teams had 14 consecutive winning seasons, 12 Normally, the camp averages straight playoff appearances and his around 140-150 kids, but this 2010 squad (33-6) played in the year's attendance as down to 120 state AAAA tournament. In 34 due to the mandatory UIL changes years as a head coach, he has had to time available for coaches to be 21 teams enter the post-season in the gym. The only possible including seventeen straight playdates were during the week of off appearances from 1997-2010. Independence Day with the final Camp award winners page 9 day being on the 4th of July.
Mac Harper - Most Valuable Camper
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