How a ME youth basketball coach gave one kid a chance to shine [Video]

FAIRFIELD, Maine — The high school basketball season is finished as the state champions hoisted their hardware on Saturday.

But how those young adults reach that level of success starts at a young age, even in a less competitive environment like youth sports.

“The PAL program, that’s what we specialize in, that any kid can play,” Trevor Woods, a PAL board member and basketball coach, said. 

Woods has been coaching for more than 15 years, and played as kid and through high school. He also currently helps coach the Lawrence High School Boys Varsity Basketball team, and says nearly every kid on that team played in the PAL.

But the point of this league is not to win championships: it’s to help build kids’ confidence as they try out new sports for the first time. Eleven-year-old …