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AJ Storr played high school basketball in Kankakee and Las Vegas. He played prep school basketball in Arizona and a post-graduate year in Florida. He’s been a college basketball star at St. John’s and Wisconsin before moving next year to Kansas.
But he’s not from any of those places. He’s from Rockford. And proud of it. Storr, and his equally well-traveled star sister, will return to Rockford to hold a free youth basketball camp at the downtown YMCA from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10.
“I remember where I came from,” said Storr, who was on the freshman team at Rockford Lutheran before his family moved to Kankakee but never played a varsity game in Rockford. “I fell in love with the game of basketball in Rockford, Illinois. I want to help the kids out there who have big dreams, to help them take this basketball thing to the next level.
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“We’ve got so many memories playing basketball, mainly at the YMCA, where the camp will be held at. Holding the camp there is a surreal feeling. The YMCA is where we spent most of our time playing basketball.”
Storr held his own youth camp last summer at Wisconsin but is excited to hold this one in conjunction with his older sister.
“We are really close,” Storr said. “From first through fifth grade, we always played on the same basketball team. We’ve always had a strong bond. We are just trying to give back to the community and guide kids in the right direction.”
Ambranette Storr is the only sophomore to be named first-team All-State by The Associated Press in Rockford history. The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 23.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals and shot 53 percent at Lutheran when she was named to the 2018 Class 3A All-State team. She played her final two seasons for Kankakee and finished with 2,913 career points, 12th in state history for Illinois girls basketball.
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Author : Rockford Register Star
Publish date : 2024-07-31 08:07:20
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