June is somewhat the unofficial second season for high school basketball. 

Clinton High School varsity basketball coach Vic Binkley was very impressed with the dedication and buy-in he got from his team this summer as they did a lot of competing in central Illinois and lots of workouts.

For the upcoming 2023-24 edition of the Clinton Maroons, size will again be limited and so Coach Binkley says a lot of his focus this summer was guarding teams and opponents with size.

Also part of this summer for Coach Binkley was getting the younger kids engaged in basketball and excited to be a Maroons varsity basketball player. So he hosted a week of camps for youth of a wide range of ages and he is very excited about what he saw.

Coach Binkley is very excited about the changes at the high school gym and cannot wait for his athletes to get on it and for the community to see it.