The Lady Dukes basketball team of Gloucester High School will host a basketball camp for rising seventh though ninth graders the week of Aug. 5-9 from 6 to 8 each evening. The camp will feature instruction and drills with the varsity team, as well as coaches from both the varsity and JV staffs.

“We work on technique and fundamentals of things like shooting form, defense, passing, and ball handling,” said Lady Dukes head coach Amy O’Neil. Camp cost is $50 and covers the entire camp plus a t-shirt for participants. Athletes who attended the previous June camp can register for the August camp at half price.

“I feel like it’s necessary to have something to teach at a younger age the foundation of the game instead of having kids walk in the door at the JV or varsity level and try to learn the game of basketball,” O’Neil said of the purpose of the camp.

“We started these camps five years ago,” she said, “because I knew there was ...