March 8, 2010
Exeter players lead basketball drill at Somerville, MA YMCA clinic (photo: Les Lartey)
Last October, as their season was getting under way, six varsity basketball players volunteered to join Coach Jay Tilton on a Saturday visit to the Somerville, MA, YMCA to help run a basketball clinic for 10- to 17-year-olds.
“Every player who was available to go—who didn’t have some other major responsibility—wanted to go. It was great!” says Tilton.
They headed down to Somerville in a Red Dragon bus and were greeted by Leslie Lartey—a YMCA staff member who has been a mentor to youths in his neighborhood and with the Greater Boston Lions organization for many years.
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