Elgin baseball and softball host youth camps

Elgin Independent School District hosted its first slate of youth athletic camps to start the summer this past week as Wildcats baseball and Lady Wildcats softball was in action from May 31-June 1 on their respective fields.

Under baseball head coach Jason Bourgeois and softball head coach Pete Moreno, the young Wildcats and Lady Wildcats campers got to work with the coaching staff and a handful of players from the varsity teams for three days.

Campers worked on hitting techniques, fielding drills, baserunning, and more with different stations for kids in first through ninth grade as the future of Elgin athletics was on display.

Both the baseball and softball camps ended with work on baserunning slide technique. However, a fun twist was added as the boys and girls got to slide on tarps with water for a summer slip-and-slide experience on the final day.

In addition to Elgin ISD starting its first week of SAS (strength, agility, speed) workouts this week for all high school and middle school athletes, the Wildcats will also have boys and girls soccer camps for incoming first through ninth graders at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 6-8 held at the high school field.