Liberty Basketball Hosts Challenger League

JACKSON - The Jackson Liberty Boys Basketball Team recently hosted the Challenger League for a workout and scrimmage on their campus.

It was a morning filled with smiles and laughs along with a lot of good basketball. After participating in a number of fundamental drills, those in attendance got to play real time basketball. The Challenger League members were assisted by a number of current high school students and Liberty players both past and present.

The Challenger League is designed to offer a socialization opportunity through athletic participation between disabled students with their non-disabled peers. The program is to help those involved, to build the roles of being on a team, sportsmanship and fair play while playing basketball. The Liberty Boys Basketball Team was honored to be a part of such a great morning. Channing Williams, who graduated from Liberty last year and is currently playing at Ocean County College summed up the experience quite well: “Coach Connor has always emphasized the importance of helping out the community as much as possible. He really tries to teach us about life, not only basketball. This morning was extremely fun for all of us.”

Coach Don Connor is a lifelong resident of Jackson, who teaches history at Liberty and has been the head coach for the past three years. He hopes for this not only to be an annual event but conducted several times a season. He said “Challenger League is an unbelievable organization that offers opportunity to those who ultimately may not get the chance to participate in daily activities.”

Insects In Winter - FREC

JACKSON – Learn insect life cycles and how they survive in the winter. They will look for their tell-tale signs and find out how important these amazing creatures are to our human lives. Our investigation is around the building and garden area.

Program to meet on February 28 from

10 to 11:30 a.m. out front of the Forest Resource Education Center, 495 Don Connor Boulevard, Jackson.

Pre-registration only, accepted on first-come basis. Accepting 15 people for this event and registration is free. Register at: eventbrite.com/o/forest-resource-education-center-31858983647.