PRINCI INTO PRACTI D EAM IE/4\M WORDS Luke Theisen I I PHOTOS NJ Montgomery LES E COMBINE WORK MIS and put them into practice." 0 In summer 2017, the Nicaraguan little league baseball team was able to visit the United States because of Dr. Andrew Baker, assistant profes or of Bible and director of the Mitchell Center, and team coach Colette Price, through the sponsorship ofMision para Cristo, a missionary organization directed by Baker's parents. On top of working with the little league team, the Bisons also facilitated a Vacation Bible School vent, built houses, helped with demolition, put on baseball clinics and played some baseball games against 1icaraguan teams. "We've established a relationship with those kids that will last a lifetime," Baker said. "We're facilitating that relationship." For senior infielder Grant Guest, the team's trip to Nicaragua was a great way to gain perspective. "This trip means more to our team than winning a national [championship]," Guest said. "[If] we could go this whole season and not win a game but go down there and maybe win some hearts for the Lord, [in] the end that's going to be the most important thing.' During December, the Harding baseball team helped by taking a mission trip to icaragua. Forty-one players, coaches and family members made the trip, which lasted Dec. 16-Dec. 23. According to head coach Patrick McGaha, the trip was a great opportunity for the team to learn more about how to help others. "As a coaching staff, we're always trying to find ways for our guys to be able to have some kind of outreach and be able to do what they can as far as giving back," McGaha said. "I thought it would be a great chance for us to do mission work and be able to help, hopefully, the community there and also a chance for us to bond as a team and really to take some of the lessons that we learn as athletes According to McGaha, C A rules stated that a team could take one international trip every four years, which was usually used to get some extra practice. fcGaha knew that the Bisons could do that while also helping people. "We want (the team] to be able to put some principles into practice that we talk about all the time in athletics," McGaha said. "The principles of hard work and all the time you put in as an athlete [carries] over into being able to work for the Lord." I Several players from the Nicaraguan little league team sit on the sideline and wait for the game to begin on at the Harding Intramural Fields on July 17, 201 7.The Nicaraguan team traveled to the U.S. as a result of careful planning by Dr. Andrew Baker and team coach Colette Price. II Photo courtesy of Jeff Montgomery SCOREBOARD: Delta State University// 7-9, L Delta State University// 4-5, L Delta State University// 0-1, L St. Edward's University// 6-3 , W St. Edward's University// 3-10, L St. Edward's University// 0-16, L Northwestern Oklahoma State University // 9-1 , W Northwestern Oklahoma State University// 5-6, L Northwestern Oklahoma State University// 5-3, W Union University // 5-6, L Southwestern Oklahoma State University// 1-6, L Southwestern Oklahoma State University // 1-7, L Southwestern Oklahoma State University// 3-0, W University of Arkansas at Monticello // 1-8, L Henderson State University// 3-5, L Henderson State University// 0-2, L Henderson State University// 0-3, L Hendrix College 4-7, L Ouachita Baptist University // 5-2, W Ouachita Baptist University// 4-3, W Ouachita Baptist University// 11-8, W Oklahoma Baptist University // 0- 10, L Oklahoma Baptist University// 0-6, L Oklahoma Baptist University// 3-12, L Union University// 5-3, W Southern Nazarene University// 6-3, W Southern Nazarene University// 6-4, W Southern Nazarene University// 5-8, L Arkansas Tech University// 5-4, W Southestern Oklahoma State University// 1-9, L Southestern Oklahoma State University// 4-5, L Southestern Oklahoma State University // 1-1 1, L Lane College// 13-3, W East Central University// 5-2, W East Central University// 5-3, W East Central University / / 2-0, W Hendrix College // 11 -7, W Southern Arkansas University// 9-12, L Southern Arkansas University// 6-9, L Southern Arkansas University // 0- 7, L Ouachita Baptist University// 7-6, W University of Arkansas at Monticello// 9-4, W University of Arkansas at Monticello // 14-7, W University of Arkansas at Monticello// 2-3, L Williams Baptist College// 10-2, W Williams Baptist College// 6-2, W Arkansas Tech University// 3-19, L Arkansas Tech University// 6-2, L Arkansas Tech University// 5-14, L Arkansas Tech University// 6-4, W Arkansas Tech University// 4-8, L Arkansas Tech University// 6-10, L CD )> (f) m CD )> r r :::::::
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