Photo Gallery: St. Aloysius Football Camp

Published 4:26 pm Tuesday, July 13, 2021

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St. Aloysius football player Stas Eb plays keepaway with Jackson Ratliff and another camper at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

St. Aloysius football head coach Bubba Nettles demonstrates a blocking technique to young players at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

St. Aloysius football coach Derrick Watson directs players through an agility drill at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Grayson Price performs an agility drill at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Wyatt Montgomery performs an agility drill at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Owen Sisson punts a football during the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

James Tate runs through an agility drill at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Charlie McSherry runs through a drill on the blocking sled at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

James Tate runs through a drill on the blocking sled at the St. Aloysius Football Camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Nearly 30 children in Grades 1-6 are participating in the annual St. Aloysius Football Camp this week. The young players are going through drills and exercises designed to teach them the fundamentals of the game, as led by St. Al coaches and players.

The camp began on Monday and will conclude Thursday.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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