Photo Gallery: St. Aloysius youth football camp
Published 3:00 pm Thursday, June 20, 2024
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Mason Landers catches a pass at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Stavros Tzotzolas runs through a drill at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Greyson Jones catches a pass at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius football head coach Walker Mosby runs to catch a pass at the school's youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius football head coach Walker Mosby does push-ups after dropping a pass at the school's youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Miller Smith catches a pass during a game of touch football at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Patton Green (1) throws the football at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius' varsity football players watch campers participate in a drill at the team's youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Stavros Tzotzolas, right, tries to get around Reid Nelson and Miller Smith during a game of touch football at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Reid Nelson, right, tries to get around Greyson Jones during a game of touch football at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Mason Landers catches a pass at St. Aloysius' youth football camp on Tuesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius’ football team held its annual youth camp this week at Farrell Stadium-Balzli Field.
More than a dozen young players in grades K-6 mingled with St. Al’s varsity players, as well as coaches Walker Mosby and Bumper Brogdon, as they ran through drills and played games of touch football.
The camp began Monday and concluded Thursday morning.
St. Aloysius’ 2024 varsity football season will begin Aug. 23 with a road game at Adams County Christian School. The home opener is Aug. 30 vs. Cathedral.
The Flashes will also play a preseason scrimmage against Lamar School on either Aug. 8, 9 or 10 — the date and time have not yet been set — at Balzli Field.
2024 St. Aloysius football schedule
Aug. 23 — at Adams County Christian
Aug. 30 — Cathedral
Sept. 6 — at East Rankin
Sept. 13 — *Tri-County
Sept. 20 — *at Clinton Christian
Sept. 27 — *Central Hinds
Oct. 4 — at Riverfield
Oct. 11 — Columbia Academy
Oct. 18 — Manchester
Oct. 25 — *at Winston Academy
*MAIS District 2-4A games
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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