Baseball camp coming to Huntington Beach

The Huntington Beach High School baseball program will host the HB

Baseball Camp for five weeks, beginning June 19, Ernie Diaz of the Orange

County Scorpions Baseball Club, announced recently.

The NCAA collegiate level instructional All-star camp is open to

youngsters ages 9-15, with instructors coming from the Orange County

Scorpions summer All-star baseball team. Collegiate players who will be

on hand at the camp represent USC, Penn State, BYU, the University of San

Francisco, Arizona St., Oklahoma, Loyola Marymount, and Chapman

University.

The camp director is Ron Pirayoff, an assistant varsity baseball coach

at Huntington Beach High, and a former collegiate standout at Loyola

Marymount. Moe Geoghegan of Scorpion baseball is the camp organizer.

The regular camp schedule begins with campers stretching, running, and

throwing. After they are divided into groups of eight, campers will go to

various stations to work on hitting, defense, and pitching, with new

drills being implemented every week.

The camp will be organized like a collegiate practice, with Monday and

Tuesday camp days ending in group discussions. Topics will include the

mental aspects of the game, as well as keeping grades up in school.

On Wednesday and Thursday during the five weeks, campers will

scrimmage. On Fridays, camps will end with skills competitions and awards

will be given for the top performers.

Batting cages as well as equipment will be available for the campers

through Huntington Beach High.

The five weeks of camps will be held on the following dates: Session

1, June 19-23; Session 2, June 26-30; Session 3, July 10-14; Session 4,

July 17-21; Session 5, July 24-27.

Daily times for campers are as follows: Ages 9-12, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.; Ages 13-15, 1-3:30 p.m.

Cost of the camp for one session is $100. All five sessions are

available to each camper for $500. All campers will be given a camp

T-shirt and hat to be worn as uniform, and awards will be given to

standout campers and in skills competitions.

Deadline for the camps if June 12. For more information, call

949-888-2524, or e-mail mgeoghegan@scorpionbaseball.com.