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Panthers are about more than basketball people as well. “I see them learn how to be mentors and leaders,” Jenkins The Long Island Panthers said. “We just try to encourage basketball prog ram, which that leadership foundation, and started out as a basketball clinic understand that we’re all the for Lorenzo Jenkins’s three same, we’re all one. We help each other just be young daughters good sports — win, nearly 30 years ago, lose or draw.” has become a fixJenkins coached ture in the Lake Kenetta Muhammed view community — from seventh grade and Jenkins is through her senior determined to keep year at Malver ne it that way. High, before she Jenkins, who went on to play basplayed basketball ketball at Nor th while growing up in Carolina A&T UniBrooklyn, trained versity, and eventueach of his daughally Post University, ters as they played on a full scholarfor Malverne High KENETTA ship. Muhammed School. When he MuhAMMEd described Jenkins helped his eldest, as an uncle to her, Tanesha, earn a basketball scholarship, he realized and when she tore an anterior he could do the same for other cruciate ligament, he coached her through the entire rehabiliyouths as well. The Panthers started out tation process. “He became part of my famifocusing on training young women, but has since expanded ly,” Muhammed recalled. “Him to become co-ed, while also coaching me, it was just natural offering a tennis program. Jen- and organic. “He always reminded us how kins trains children from third grade through high school in to act off the court — from how the Malverne school district, to carry ourselves as young teaching them how to become women, and then how to act in not only good athletes, but good Continued on page 16
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We support that. Remembering the 9/11 fallen At the Malverne Sept. 11 ceremony were, above from left, Neil Cronin of the FDNY, an unidentified Marine, Port Authority Police Officer Earnest Bohringer and NYPD officer Gerard Ford. At right, American Legion Post 44 members paid their respects. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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