Join Kern Living host Ryan Nelson as he visits the Dignity Health Sports Complex.
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00:02 - What's up Kern County?
00:05 It's Ryan Nelson and you are watching Kern Living.
00:08 On today's episode, we're featuring a place
00:10 that has basketball courts, pickleball, volleyball,
00:14 dance, a little bit of everything.
00:15 And I don't know another place like this in Kern County.
00:18 Now I'm gonna let our guest introduce himself.
00:20 - Thank you for having me.
00:21 My name is Kyle Shiloh.
00:23 I am the CEO of Game Day Sports Academy.
00:26 Game Day Sports Academy, which is the managing entity
00:29 of the Dignity Health Sports Complex.
00:31 - So would you be able to tell us
00:31 a little bit about yourself?
00:33 - Yeah, I'm a Bakersfield native, born and raised.
00:36 I attended Garces Memorial High School.
00:38 From there, I played four years of basketball there
00:41 and I went to the University of Nevada,
00:43 got a full ride scholarship.
00:44 And I'm now the winningest basketball player there
00:47 that's ever played.
00:48 We went to the Sweet 16, a number of NCAA tournaments.
00:53 And then I was lucky enough to play professionally
00:56 for 10 years after that, overseas.
00:59 - Now what does it mean to bring all that success back home?
01:02 - It's good.
01:03 There's not a ton of people in this area
01:05 who really get to do that, especially having this facility.
01:08 It's a story I can tell a lot to kids
01:12 that kind of wanna do the same thing,
01:13 maybe just to give them some inspiration.
01:15 More importantly, things that they can carry
01:16 from the court into real life.
01:18 So it's a blessing.
01:19 - And like we talked about earlier,
01:20 this place has a lot to offer.
01:22 What exactly can people in Kern County find here?
01:24 - So we have a basketball development league,
01:26 tournaments, camps and clinics with that.
01:28 Volleyball, the same thing.
01:29 We have a development league as well with that.
01:31 Everything pre-K through eighth grade.
01:33 We're introducing futsal and soccer training
01:37 in a development league format as well.
01:39 And then we have sideline cheer.
01:40 - So a little bit of everything can be found right here
01:43 for kids and adults.
01:44 Okay, now where exactly are you located?
01:46 - So we're at 3101 Gilmore Avenue,
01:50 which is right by the Boulevard and Timber.
01:53 So you can come here, you can play some sports,
01:55 get involved in some activities,
01:56 then you can go across and have some food
01:58 or a drink or whatever you want.
01:59 - And what about online or on social media?
02:01 - So we're at dignityhealthsportscomplex.com.
02:04 Same thing on Facebook and Instagram, same name.
02:07 - Okay, awesome.
02:08 Well, I wanna try and see if I can dunk.
02:11 I think I can Kern County,
02:12 but we might have to lower the rim.
02:14 So I'm gonna do that and I'll see you all next time.
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