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Articles : 2010 College Issue, Athletics: More Than a Game

April 19, 2010 issue

Photo by Josh Gleason/Goshen College

From refugees to coaches, soccer is a lifeline for Goshen brothers

GOSHEN, Ind. — “Take care of my soccer ball,” 13-year old Thavisak “Tavi” Mounsithiraj told his neighborhood friends. “I will pick it up later.”

But, just hours later, his entire family of eight would crowd into a dugout canoe to cross the Mekong River and escape from Communist rule in his native country of Laos.
Rosedale student goes the distance in first marathon

ROSEDALE, Ohio — For Christians, “finishing the race” evokes images of a cloud of witnesses cheering on runners who strain to win the prize.
Softball surprise at Messiah adds to a surge of success

GRANTHAM, Pa. — No one expected the Messiah College women’s softball team to win the national trophy last year.
‘It’s not a sin to want to win’ on football field for Tabor

HILLSBORO, Kan. — Christianity is more than just a showy touchdown celebration at Tabor College.
Lessons, values applied on and off the court at Bluffton

BLUFFTON, Ohio — Everything Bluffton University volleyball players experience as student-athletes is an extension of the classroom, according to head coach Steve Yarnell.
Character shines through in success, adversity at EMU

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Amid the hoopla surrouding the Eastern Mennonite University men’s basketball team’s No. 4 national ranking in NCAA Division III, many fans remarked on the team’s exemplary behavior.
FPU athletes start week with encouraging words

FRESNO, Calif. — The 33 young men and women gather slowly outside the Special Events Center at Fresno Pacific University.
With a goal, they’re on the run at Conrad Grebel

WATERLOO, Ont. — In January, Sarah Pries and Kim Bowman decided to get Grebel back into shape.
Pure play: Bethel athletes build teams up by serving

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — Back in February, Bethel College campus pastor Dale Schrag encouraged students to participate in a meal-packaging event for earthquake-ravaged Haiti by invoking his late father.
Coach returns to restart cross country program at Hesston

HESSTON, Kan. — At first glance, Gerry Sieber seems like he might be a man of few words. Until you ask him a question about something he’s passionate about, and you quickly learn otherwise.