The Plant City High football team got better in more ways than one at a boot camp last weekend at the Vero Beach Sports Village in Vero Beach.
The facility is where the University of South Florida football team conducts its preseason camp.
The camp lasted two days and put 36 of the Raiders players through grueling workouts and team-building exercises.
New PCHS strength-and-conditioning coach Andrew McNair, a reserve for the U.S. Marines, led the boot camp.
The camp consisted of early morning wake-up calls, early bedtimes, position drills and conditioning exercises.
Raiders head coach Wayne Ward, entering his third season, is going through a rebuilding process after losing 22 seniors from last year’s squad. Plant City started the season 7-0 last year before dropping its final three games, missing a state playoff birth. The Raiders only return five starters each on offense and defense.