Hatboro-Horsham basketball teams take part in leadership day at a local elementary school

Hatters athletes run skills drills and teach students at Hallowell Elementary leadership skills

Gary Adornato | Sep 18, 2024

Members of the Hatboro-Horsham boys and girls basketball teams showed their leadership skills with volunteer service at a local elementary school. /

Basketball players, from Hatboro-Horsham High School, in Horsham, Pa., members of the Hatters boys and girls squads, visited Hallowell Elementary School this week to impart some wisdom and support for Hallowell's young students.

According to a report in The Reporter newspaper, the players took part in Hallowell's "Be A Leader" Spirt Day and led the young students in various drills and games, helping develop skills in dribbling, passing, throwing and shooting. The goals was to test reflexes and athletic abilities and offer tips to help students reach their goals.

"This is a super fun teammate event where we play with others," one fifth grade student said to the newspaper. "We are learning teamwork and leadership from the basketball team."

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Published Sep 18, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.