98 players set to coach at Curley 'Boo' Johnson's 2026 basketball camp
Here are 98 HS basketball players who are scheduled to serve as coaches in the 2026 Curley "Boo" Johnson Skills for Life Camp in Washington, Illinois.
Curley "Boo" Johnson's hoops empire is ever expanding. The former Harlem Globetrotter returns his annual youth basketball camp to the Peoria area this summer. This will be his second summer in Washington and the 18th year of his boys camp and 14th of the girls camp .
"I remember wondering, 'We're kind of taken out of our comfort zone. What the response was going to be like? ' " Johnson told the Journal Star about leaving Dunlap for Washington last summer.
"It couldn't have been better. The numbers went up. " Johnson now welcomes participants from 130 Illinois towns and surrounding states.
"There are some places that have signed up that I've never heard of before," the 1982 Peoria High grad said. " ... With the move to Washington, more communities are involved.
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