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Ex-major league stars head up staff at local baseball camp
By Dick Sparrer
The 12th Camp With the Pros, a summer baseball camp for players ages 7-12, returns to the Santa Clara Valley in July and August.

Camp sessions will be held July 28­Aug. 1 at River Glen Park (Bird and Pine in San Jose) and Aug. 11­15 at the Union Little League Complex (Blossom Hill and Camden in San Jose). Hours are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. each day, and camp fees are $119 per session.

Camp director is Roger Samuels, a former Branham High School and Santa Clara University star who went on to pitch for the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates. Director of instruction is Mark Cummins, a former Santa Clara University infielder who went on to play professional baseball and has worked as the head baseball coach at Live Oak High School for the past 17 years.

Former major league hurler Ernie Broglio, who won 21 pages in 1960 for the St. Louis Cardinals, will serve as pitching instructor.

For more information, call Samuels at 408.264.0396.


Bronco baseball

Santa Clara University will offer two Bronco Baseball Camps for high school players ages 14­18. The camps will run Aug. 1­3 and Aug. 8­10. The cost for each camp is $125 and sessions will focus on hitting, fielding and pitching. SCU head baseball coach Mark O'Brien will head the camp staff consisting of SCU players and coaches. For more information, visit http://www.collegebaseballcamps.com/broncos/index.html.


Volleyball camps

The Vision Volleyball Club and Los Gatos High School will team up to host a series of volleyball camps for girls this summer. The camps will feature individual training in volleyball fundamentals and tactics and will stress the basics of team play.

A youth camp for girls in grades 5­9 will be held Aug. 11­15, 9 a.m.­noon, at Los Gatos High ($150); an advanced camp for girls in grades 9­12 will be held Aug. 11­15, 5­8 p.m., at Los Gatos ($150); and an outdoor camp will be held July 30­Aug. 1, 5:30­7:30 p.m., at Los Gatos ($90).

Joe Ripp, who is entering his 11th season as the girls volleyball coach at Los Gatos, is the camp director. Ripp, who has been coaching for 13 years, is also the director for Vision Volleyball.

For more information, call Ripp at 408.356.9181 or visit http://www.visionvolleyball.com.


Soccer camps

Santa Clara University will host a series of summer soccer camps for players ages 6­18 this summer.

Camp dates include: July 28­Aug. 1, residential camp for players ages 14­18; and Aug. 5­8, elite residential camp for players entering their junior and senior years of high school.

For more information on the camps, contact Rusty Johnson at 408.554.4003 or mjohnson@scu.edu or visit http://www.santaclarabroncos.com and follow links to camps.

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