{"id":7888,"date":"2025-07-02T20:35:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7888"},"modified":"2025-07-02T20:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T20:35:45","slug":"summer-notebook-princeton-girls-basketball-tunes-up-at-bradley-camp-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=7888","title":{"rendered":"Summer notebook: Princeton girls basketball tunes up at Bradley Camp – Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"


Princeton players taking part in the Bradley University Team Camp were Addy Dever (from left), Maddie Gibson, Alice Scruggs, Ava Munson, Danika Burden, Cam Driscoll and Jocelyn Strouss. <\/span>(Photo provided by Tiffany Gonigam)
The Princeton<\/a> girls basketball team got to tune up their game and get a taste of the college experience Saturday at the Bradley University Team Camp.
The Tigresses played three games at the Markin Student Center and Renaissance Coliseum on the Bradley campus in Peoria. There were 37 teams in attendance.
\u201cIt was really neat. I think it\u2019s good for the kids to get to see a college campus and they enjoyed being able to be on the Renaissance Coliseum court,\u201d PHS coach Tiffany Gonigam said. \u201cMany of them noted how intimidating it would be with the way the floor sat below the stadium-style seating.\u201d
While it was Princeton\u2019s first time at the Bradley camp, Gonigam got to experience it playing for Bureau Valley and then coach Jeff Ohlson, now athletic director at PHS.
The Tigresses went 1-2, defeating Chicago Marshall 30-21 while losing to the Heart of Illinois Travel team and Chicago Trinity.
Princeton players and their young followers pose at the gym logo at the Bradley University Team Camp. <\/span>(Photo provided by Tiffany Gonigam)
Jhavon Hayes has resigned as head softball coach at Princeton High School after three seasons to land what she calls her \u201cdream job\u201d as hitting coach at Illinois State University, her alma mater.
\u201cI had the conversation before just about entertaining the idea and then it opened. I was praying, got confirmation. I got the sign I needed,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cMy coach (ISU head coach Tina Kramos) told me to get on campus ASAP. So I\u2019ll start Aug. 1.\u201d
This will be a full-time position with ISU, so Hayes will be giving up her current job as a foster care caseworker.
\u201cI love my job currently, but I got a call for my dream job. Got to take it or else I\u2019ll regret it,\u201d she said.
Kramos was an assistant coach at ISU when Hayes played for the Redbirds in 2010-13 and served as a student assistant in 2014 working with hitters.
Hayes met with her PHS squad Thursday because she wanted to let them know before they heard it somewhere else, she said. After having a turnaround season in 2024 with a 17-8 record from 7-17 in 2023, Hayes said this year\u2019s 15-12 campaign was a bit of a disappointment.
\u201cThe last season wasn\u2019t what we hoped it would be. Had some injuries and just trying to figure out how to plug people in,\u201d Hayes said.
Princeton softball head coach Jhavon Hayes talks to her team on the mound while facing L-P in March 2025 at the La Salle-Peru Athletic Complex. She has resigned after three seasons to take a hitting coach position at Illinois State University. <\/span>(Scott Anderson)
Former Mendota standout Amellia Bromenschenkel has been named as an assistant coach for the University of Northern Iowa women\u2019s basketball program. She joins the UNI staff after a playing career at Purdue Fort Wayne, where she appeared in a program-record 147 games and is ranked in the top-10 in school history in points (1,536), rebounds (516), field goals (568), 3-pointers (173), steals (183), and blocks (80).
\u201cWe are excited to welcome Amellia to our Panther family. She will be a good fit for what we are looking for,\u201d UNI head coach Tanya Warren.
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