Photo gallery: Marines hold boot camp for Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe athletes, coaches

July 19, 2017 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated July 19, 2017 at 12:29 a.m.

by C.B. Schmelter , Staff photos by C.B. Schmelter

LFO athletes rush past U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Garcia towards a practice field at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School for a boot camp on Tuesday, July 18, in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Coaches and athletes from almost every sport at LFO participated in the boot camp led by the U.S. Marines.
LFO athletes rush past U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Garcia towards a practice field at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School for a boot camp on Tuesday, July 18, in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Coaches and athletes from almost every sport at LFO participated in the boot camp led by the U.S. Marines.

Coaches and athletes from almost every sport at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe participated in the boot camp led by the U.S. Marines.

Quinten Postell, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Ridgeland High School, was one of several poolees - an individual committed to becoming a Marine but yet to ship to boot camp - motivating the athletes and leading stations during the LFO boot camp.

"I really enjoyed being able to help them out there and," Postell said, "... show them that they're way more than they think they are." "I feel like I was really able today, doing all of this, to show them that 'I can scream at you but I can also help you.'"

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