SPORTS WRAP By William Hathaway, Jr.
The first annual Taquan Roberson football skills camp took place in Orange this past Saturday. There was a seven on seven football contest, where former players from the tri-state area came out along with local high school coaches. This was an all-day event, with the head coach of Orange High School, Khalfani Alleyne, assistant coach Kevin Boateng, and other former players on hand. This included Nyquee Hawkins, who now plays for Virginia Tech.
Kids participating in the camp were from the local area. Other coaches who participated were the DePaul football staff and Roberson himself, who played for Penn State and now plays for the University of Connecticut. Members of the orange high school football team took part in the skills camp, where they were taught by coaches on basic football skills.
Other top collegiate athletes who took part of the coaches there were Ronnie Hickman from Ohio State, Neimar Santouse from Pace University, Teddy Harper from Rhode Island, Chris Conti from Rice University, and KJ Gray from the Rutgers football program.
There were awards giving out to 7 v. 7 participants at different positions on offense and defense. The two age groups featured were 6-13 and 14-18.
In pro sports, the Celtics reached the Eastern Conference finals after taking down the defending champions the Milwaukee Bucks in seven games. They will now take on the #1 ranked Miami Heat. The biggest shock saw the Dallas Mavericks cool off the Phoenix Suns in their best of seven series. The Mavs will now take on the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals.
