Warriors baseball camps are a home run

INA, Ill. – Over the course of July, Rend Lake College held a pair of baseball summer camps under the tutelage of RLC Head Baseball Coach Tyler O’Daniel. Thirty youth sluggers came to Ina to take part in the camps where they worked on the fundamentals hitting, fielding, pitching, throwing, base running, and mental aspects of the game.

RLC Head Coach Tyler O’Daniel, far left, taught campers from grades 3-5 in the first baseball camp of the summer. He was assisted by RLC freshman Steven Anderson, second to left, RLC Assistant Coach Brandon Hardin, second from right and RLC sophomore Dalton Banach, far right.Participants in alphabetical order were Hayden Burton (Johnson City), Cole Copple (Benton), Luke Himelick (Flora), Cyrus Joy (Dix), Trevor Millenbine (Dahlgren), Charlie Shupe (Mt. Vernon), Kyle Williams (McLeansboro) and Carson Woolsey (Sesser). 

RLC Head Coach Tyler O’Daniel, far left, taught campers from grades 6-8 in the second baseball camp of the summer. He was assisted by RLC sophomore Dalton Banach, far right. Participants in alphabetical order were Logan Atwood (Flora), Colton Berk (Woodlawn), Tyler Conrad (Flora), Xander Fuqua (Marion), Eric Healy (Norris City), Trevor Johnson (Flora), Cyrus Joy (Dix), Alex Kiefer (Mt. Vernon), Will Kiefer (Mt. Vernon), Jake Kinsman (Benton), Hunter Kluck (Mt. Vernon), Leighton Malcolm (Woodlawn), Gavin McCann (Benton), Shandon Prather (Flora), Chase Rubenaker (Benton), Trey Severin (Benton), Drew Wheeler (Mt.Vernon) and Neil Young (Flora). Not pictured: Ollie Collins (Flora), Garrett Patridge (Flora), Camden Strom (Edwardsville).