If you wanted to see plenty of offensive firepower Saturday, Harris Field late in the afternoon was the perfect spot. Read more
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Sunday, May 30, 2021
Game 5
Keiser planned to save ace pitcher Pablo Arevalo for Saturday’s second-round game against No. 1 seed Southeastern (Fl…
To see Nick Merkel around his guys, his boys, the Spokane product is in his environment, laughing, joking and one of …
Game 7
If you wanted to see plenty of offensive firepower Saturday, Harris Field late in the afternoon was the perfect spot.
Saturday, May 29, 2021
There aren’t many out there in the NAIA like Faulkner's Antonio Frias.
Brad Neffendorf likes to tout his team’s ability to prevail in do-or-die moments. His Louisiana State Shreveport Pilo…
Friday, May 28, 2021
Normally, the trek each year here to the Avista NAIA World Series begins on the back diamonds of some minor-league ba…
It’s nothing unique for Lewis-Clark State’s roster to feature a few hometown kids.
Commentary
My last official duty as sports editor of this newspaper was to coordinate our coverage of the 2019 Avista NAIA World…
Organizers are looking to provide a sense of normalcy for fans at the 2021 NAIA World Series beginning today at Harri…
No. 6 seed
As the fans trickle back to Harris Field to take part in the first Avista NAIA World Series since 2019, there’s no do…
No. 8 seed
Many teams have an exterior source of motivation or rally cry, but the bond within the Keiser University baseball pro…
No. 7 seed
On paper and on the diamond, the Grenadiers of Indiana University Southeast will arrive here as another in a long lin…
No. 5 seed
It probably was a nondescript, uneventful Wednesday for almost everyone else in the NAIA. For Georgia Gwinnett, April…
No. 9 seed
Brad Neffendorf says his team plays better when its season is on the line.
There has not been a shutout in the NAIA World Series since 2016. The streak has reached 63 games, from game No. 12 i…
No. 2 seed
When coach Nate Breland was playing at Central Methodist in the mid-2000s, “winning nine, 10, 12 games a season was a…
No. 3 seed
It’s an unusually late first-time experience for many of Lewis-Clark State’s main figures, players who have been soli…
No. 10 seed
When coach Ryan Dupic took charge at Concordia in 2014, the school was riding a streak of 35 consecutive losing seasons.
No. 1 seed
The Avista NAIA World Series is back after a year hiatus and the “fire” has been rekindled for a Southeastern team th…
No. 4 seed
Coach Kirk Kelley calls his 2021 Oklahoma Wesleyan team one of the most resilient he’s coached. And for good reason.
Lewis-Clark State and Faulkner have met nine times in previous Series, but this is the first time they will meet in a…
This story was printed in the Palm Beach Post on Dec. 21.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
A total of four No. 1 seeds were eliminated and bids were secured Wednesday as the 10-team Avista NAIA World Series s…
