ALEXANDER, Ark. — Fittingly at the day after the NBA Draft, Summerwood Sports activities holds the construction’s grand opening in hopes that the brand new fitness center can lend a hand native athletes paintings in opposition to that level.
After 3 years of building, the multi-use facility opened its doorways at 4824 Bryant Pkwy in Alexander and celebrated accordingly by way of preserving a day-long AAU basketball match. The Arkansas Hawks will now observe within the construction, which has two indoor basketball-volleyball courts and some other being built.
“It makes it nice for those guys to find a way to return and turn out to be higher basketball gamers,” Arkansas Hawks president Invoice Ingram mentioned. “It’s a really perfect benefit for our youngsters to have a spot to return to just about any time and paintings on their recreation.”
“With the Arkansas Hawks, we don’t have a fitness center on occasion to observe at so we don’t get our practices in,” Benton ahead and 2025 Razorbacks goal Terrion Burgess mentioned. “It’s excellent to have gyms round right here for a large number of youngsters to get in and put the paintings in.”
Benton Panthers boys head basketball trainer Dexter Hendrix has been carefully tied to the fitness center’s building. His father and uncle David and Doug Hendrix partnered to possess the power.
All events concerned, together with the Town of Bryant which licensed the fitness center being constructed alongside Alexander Street, are excited for the way Summerwood Sports activities to lend a hand native athletes of every age for future years.
“Our colleges have such superior amenities however they’re so busy with faculty actions,” Trainer Hendrix mentioned. “To have some other position to observe, host video games, host camps, basketball volleyball, is solely one thing I feel the group has in reality wanted and now they’ve the chance to return right here and do it.”
See the total tale above and notice Friday’s recreation agenda underneath in case you wish to have to take a look at some AAU basketball that includes native stars like Hog goals Burgess and Annor Boateng.
