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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55 • Number 205 830 • 379 • 2234
Local man builds basketball gym, hopes to inspire more training, love for the game
Free basketball training this Sunday for Seguin middle, high school players only By Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
or we try to utilize the schools but then it’s hit and miss, ‘Oh, you can’t train today because it’s Spring Break, the gyms are closed or you can’t do this or you can’t do that and then there wasn’t any equipment. It was brought up out of necessity. The Seguin Activity Center, we talked about that. That hasn’t opened. There’s just nothing in this area for kids to get out and train, nothing like this at least” said Saengerhausen.
(McQueeney) – A local entrepreneur’s vision has turned into a slam dunk investment for all those who are passionate about the game of basketball. Just prior to the start of the pandemic, Erik Saengerhausen had just opened the doors to his new indoor basketball court training facility, The Dog House. The gym is located on Terminal Loop Road in McQueeney.
The gym is located in a gated business park giving court users the opportunity to privately train if necessary. While his vision still calls for a few big-ticket items, Saengerhausen says his court comes fully equipped and even includes the luxuries of AC and heating for yearround operation.
While safety guidelines have made it difficult to fully operate over these last several months, the ability for training, pick up games and other basketball programs have finally resurfaced this fall. The switch to cooler temperatures has also made this the perfect time to hit the court.
“It’s 3,000 square feet. It’s kind of a three-quarter court. It has two goals. I’ve got two shooting machines, box jumps, ropes, pull up bars, medicine balls. We’ve got cones. I mean just all the training stuff you need. We’ve got everything,” said Saengerhausen.
Saengerhausen says the Dog House has literally been a dream, a dream that he hopes other families will take advantage of. “The name is the Dog House and that’s just the kind of training that we want to do. It’s intense, high intense training. The vision started -- my kid plays AAU (Amateur Athletic Union). His kid plays AAU. Another buddy of ours Cody Cheetham, his son plays AAU and there’s just no where to train. We are all going to San Antonio to train
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Friend and local basketball enthusiast Thomas Zuniga says he is proud of what Saengerhausen has been able to accomplish and hopes that families and teams take advantage of this local gym. See THE DOG HOUSE, page 2