Football is in the air

Published 10:20 am Thursday, July 31, 2014

By Ernest Bowker

John David Liggett kicks a field goal out of the hold of St. Aloysius football coach BJ Smithhart during the St. Aloysius youth football camp on Wednesday. About 20 children ages 5-12 attended the camp, which included skills drills and a touch football game. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

John David Liggett kicks a field goal out of the hold of St. Aloysius football coach BJ Smithhart during the St. Aloysius youth football camp on Wednesday. About 20 children ages 5-12 attended the camp, which included skills drills and a touch football game. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

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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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