Emmalyn Little-Fish, 7, of Mechanic Falls wears her “Dunk Like a Girl” shirt Wednesday during the Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Luke Farrell, 5, takes a water break Wednesday, a common practice during Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. “The kids have been troopers,” head basketball coach Josh LaPrell said of the children handling the heat. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ava Apodaca, 16, works with Hope Landry, 7, of Lewiston on Wednesday during the Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Apodaca, a junior and member of the St. Dom’s basketball team, is helping teach fundamentals to 25 children during the four-day camp. Josh LaPrell, the boys’ basketball coach at St. Dom’s, said this is the first year for the camp and a second session will be held for kindergarten through sixth-grade students July 19-22. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Saint Dominic Academy freshman Charli Opodaca, left, and sophomore Kyle Reed, right, teach basketball fundamentals Wednesday during the Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Twenty-five children from kindergarten through sixth grade are learning the game from Saint Dominic basketball coach Josh LaPrell and members of the St. Dom’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. A second session will be held July 19-22. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Layna French, 8, of Oxford puts up a shot Wednesday during the Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Saint Dominic Academy senior Bella Perryman, 17, works with Hope Landry, 7, of Lewiston Wednesday during the Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Perryman, a member of the St. Dom’s basketball team, is helping teach fundamentals to 25 children during the four-day camp. Josh LaPrell, the boys’ basketball coach at St. Dom’s, said this is the first year for the camp and that a second session will be held for kindergarten through sixth-grade students July 19-22. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Saint Dominic Academy basketball coach Josh LaPrell works with Frankie Montgomery on Wednesday during the Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. Twenty-five children from kindergarten through sixth grade are learning fundamentals of the game from LaPrell and members of the St. Dom’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. A second session will be held July 19-22. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Children take a break Wednesday during the Saints Summer Basketball Camp at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. “Their favorite time of the day — snack time,” coach Josh LaPrell, left, said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal


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