Cathedral High School soccer coach Rocky Kettering and the 1998 Georgia High School Coach of the Year, Alex Horton, team up again for the Second Annual Cathedral Green Wave Soccer Camp beginning on July 17.

The boys and girls camp will begin July 17 and run through July 22.

In addition to the high school camps, Horton and Kettering will be co-directing an Elementary Evening Soccer Camp, which begins on July 18, and ends on July 21, and a Soccer Coaches Clinic, which starts on July 18-19.

The camps were originally set for different times, but have been combined because of a conflict with another school activity.

&uot;Our main objective is growth in the Natchez area with regards to soccer,&uot;&160;Kettering said.

&uot;Natchez High is a prime example of the popularity of competitive soccer coming to the area. Before last year, they didn’t even have a team, and now that we (Cathedral) and Franklin County have teams, and the popularity of these camps, there was no reason for Dr. Carl Davis not to instate a soccer program.&uot;

The boys and girls camps will begin at 8 a.m. and last until 2:30 p.m. each day. The elementary camp will begin at 5:45 p.m. and last until 7:15 p.m.

Registration is July 17 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The coaches clinic will begin at 7 p.m. and go until 8:30 p.m.

Kettering also thinks that the attitude and demeanor that Horton brings back to Natchez is creating much more interest in the game of soccer around Natchez.

&uot;Alex told me that he would very much like to come back and do it again, and the positive feedback I&160;got from the parents and players really contributed to getting Alex back this year,&uot; he said.

Kettering also said another new addition to this year’s camp, and it is that each player who participates will be given their own personal soccer ball.

&uot;Alex was amazed when he came last year, that each player didn’t have his or her own ball, so we’re going to do that this year.&uot;

Kettering one of the reasons for the new soccer ball plan is because, &uot;we want to emphasize practicing at home, as well as at the field.&uot;

&uot;No matter what happens, the main thing we’re trying to do is get more and more people involved in soccer,&uot; he said.

around Natchez all together,&uot; Kettering said.