Proskills co-founder Brendan Winters posed with camper Kendall Miller, 11, of Davidson.

Pro Skills Basketball, founded by former Davidson basketball players Logan Kosmalski and Brendan Winters, is launching “Shooting for Shoes,” a free-throw contest to benefit the nonprofit Access to Success, at their four camp sessions in Mooresville this summer. Read the full story

A total of 22 teams turned out for the tournament. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Gethsemane Baptist Church in Davidson hosted 22 teams of young basketball players Saturday at Davidson College’s Belk Arena for its annual Lake Norman Boys 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Read the full story

Justin Reitz (left) and Jean Hargett won their divisions at the Ada Jenkins Center "Fire" 5K Saturday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Justin Reitz of Cornelius cruised to victory Saturday morning in the Ada Jenkins Center “Fire” 5K. The 29-year-old Cornelius runner clocked 17:26 on the course through the West Side and Exit 30 area of Davidson. Jean Hargett, 53, of Mooresville was the top woman finisher, and 14th overall, in a time of 22:25.

A total of 165 runners completed the race, which was part of the third annual “Fire” event, a barbecue festival and fund-raiser to support the center’s programs. Read the full story

KANNAPOLIS – The Kannapolis Intimidators, the Class A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, will turn their Thursday, April 21, game into a breast cancer fund-raiser with the Bosom Buddies of Davidson College’s Connor House. Read the full story

Stephen Curry (right) interviews former teammate Bryant Barr at the 2010 BUZZKILL fund-raising tournament. (Bill Giduz/DavidsonNews.net file photo)

Ex-Wildcats, including Stephen Curry and Bryant Barr, will return for April 30-May 1 dinner and 3-on-3 basketball tourney fund-raiser.

The Davidson College men’s and women’s basketball teams will host the third annual Davidson “BUZZKILL,” a 3-on-3 tournament, dinner and auction, April 30-May 1, to raise money to prevent the spread of malaria and provide health education in Africa. Read the full story

Ron Raeford holds a Stephen Curry authographed ball, which is offered in a prize drawing to support Gethsemane Baptist Church.

Raeford’s Barbershop in downtown Davidson will conduct prize drawings April 30 for a pair of autographed basketballs – one by Davidson College turned NBA star Stephen Curry and another by NBA Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan. The drawing will come during the Gethsemane Baptist Church youth basketball 3-on-3 tournament Saturday, April 30, at Davidson College Belk Arena.

Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at Raeford’s Barbershop, 206 S. Main St., Davidson.

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