The Springfield Armor recently visited the Westfield Boys & Girls Club.
WESTFIELD – It is not every day that a kid gets to meet a professional basketball player.
That is why the NBA Development League team known as the Springfield Armor decided to have two of their players, as well as the head coach visit The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield on February 18.
“We always want good players with good attitudes,” Springfield Armor coach Doug Overton announced to the large group of kids gathered in the Club’s gymnasium. Overton’s words are a great lesson for kids to learn, especially those playing a team sport.
The Armor take part in exercises with local youth.
Over 100 kids all gathered in the gym to participate in relay races, dribbling and passing exercises, and other fun basketball-related games, all while the two representatives from the Springfield Armor put on demonstrations and rewarded kids with high fives and genuine smiles. Coach Overton ran the event, blowing the whistle when one of the four teams won
the relay race, and making sure the losing teams got down on the floor and did five push-ups.
To learn more about other special events and programs being held at The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield please call Kellie Brown or Jose Roman at 413-562-2301 or visit our website at www.bgcwestfield.org. Stop by and visit or take a tour please of the Westfield Boys’ and Girls’ Club at 28 West Silver St. – Courtesy of Jordyne Daponde/Boys & Girls Club intern
