Youngstown, Ohio – Central YMCA’s Respect Basketball league was highlighted recently in The Vindicator. Randy Nuby recently retired from coaching sports such as basketball and football to devote more time to his landscaping business and his grandkids.
But several months ago, after violence in Youngstown spiked, he heard the “whisper” of God urging him to get back in the game.
“I started thinking about all of the violence that’s going on,” he said. ” I said, ‘I’ve got to do somthing.’ God basically has been whispering in my ear: “You’ve got to do something.”
“So I said I’m going to create a program for kids 19 and over that are just out of high school who need direction. They need mentorship, they need somebody to push them in the right direction and make positive decisions,” he said.
That is when the Respect Basketball League of Youngstown started to take shape…
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