Thompson getting first look at Jays

Scott Stegeman watches as Jays head basketball coach demonstrates a drill during a varsity camp session Wednesday night at Fleming Fieldhouse.
Scott Stegeman watches as Jays head basketball coach demonstrates a drill during a varsity camp session Wednesday night at Fleming Fieldhouse.

The talent is there. Now it's just a matter of harnessing it, helping it reach its full potential and taking it to the next level.

That's pretty much how the Jefferson City Jays first-year basketball coach Blair Thompson summed up this week's summer camp at Fleming Fieldhouse.

"Everything we do will be directed at moving forward," Thompson said. "There's a lot of contributors ....