Keeping their eyes on the ball

Not far from Penn College's new turf field, youngsters cavort with a larger-than-life accessory. — Not far from Penn College’s new turf field, youngsters cavort with a larger-than-life accessory.

Museum visitors check out the Global Connections "touch table," which offers a compelling visual of Little League's international reach. — Museum visitors check out the Global Connections “touch table,” which offers a compelling visual of Little League’s international reach.

A camper speeds down the basepath at the interactive facility, along Route 15 in South Williamsport.

Reaching for the sky, a boy goes airborne to loft a ball over the 8-foot "fence." — Reaching for the sky, a boy goes airborne to loft a ball over the 8-foot “fence.”

Youngsters get a hillside peek at the Little League Baseball World Series facilities that, in less than two months, will be abuzz with excitement.

As the Women’s World Cup surges into the quarterfinals and Major League Baseball nears its All-Star Break, the youngsters in Penn College’s Camp ESCAPE this week paid homage to both sports. The seven-week camp, headquartered in and around the Field House and running through July 25, offers a variety of opportunities and activities for boys and girls from age 6 to 14. Among Week Four’s diversions were an impromptu go-around with an oversized soccer ball on Monday and a trip to the World of Little League Museum on Tuesday.
Photos by Tim Wegman, student photographer, and Jeremy R. Bottorf, coordinator of athletics for club sports, intramurals