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A gallery spotlight on Professor Chesla’s work
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SPORTS
‘SuperWoke’ misses the mark
Archers soccer and volleyball are in season
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Volume 61 Issue 2
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PHOTO BY LINDSEY UNNERSTALL The college’s Archers Baseball team played their annual game at Busch Stadium against Wabash Valley College following the St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers game on Sept. 21.
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Arc he rs vs War ri ors Students Take the Field at Busch Stadium for Annual Archer Baseball Game LINDSEY UNNERSTALL SPORTS EDITOR
Sept. 21 marked another year of the annual Archers game played at Busch Stadium ahead of the baseball team’s spring season. Although the Archers didn’t walk away with a win, losing the game 9-0, the game provided practice and a unique experience for the team. “When we walk out of the gate onto the field it just kind of hits you all at once. Like, alright we’re walking onto a Major League Baseball stadium after we just watched the Cardinals play a game,” Head Coach Scott Goodrich said. “I was more excited than nervous,” Third Baseman Keegan Fowler said after getting the first Archers hit of the game. This was his third time playing on the Busch Stadium field and his second time with the college. The game is the Archers’ biggest
fundraiser of the year and by selling Cardinals tickets to family and friends they are able to raise extra money for their yearly budget. The score doesn’t count like a regular season game, as the experience is more of a chance for the entire team to get in the game, practice and maybe even get out of their position for a little bit, since the game doesn’t have rules for moving players in and out. “It’s really more about the experience, a great opportunity for moms and dads to get pictures of their kids playing out at Busch Stadium on a Major League Baseball field. Even for us as the coaches, it’s just cool to be in the dugout and experience the atmosphere,” Goodrich said. Almost every single player had the chance to play in the Sunday night game, and they all made the most of the event. “When I got a base hit, that was pretty great,” second-year student Derek Dankenbring said. “I’m a pitcher so I haven’t hit in like four years, so I just
went up there trying to go for it.”
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The team’s regular season games start in February, but the Busch Stadium game was a chance to get out on the field and show off, especially for guys like Fowler hoping to play baseball for a four-year college down the line. “The memories are great and it’s fun, we all get along, and we try not to take today too seriously so we can just have fun and enjoy our time here,” Fowler said.
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After 24 years of coaching at STLCC, Goodrich continues to love these opportunities. “There’s so few people that get to continue [playing competitive baseball] beyond college, so for us it’s just a way to stay involved in the game, to be a part of that competitive nature and work with our young players to move onto the next level,” Goodrich said.
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