My senior year of high school, I was given the Sportsmanship Award. I had no idea I was gonna get it, and still am not quite sure how it happened, but I was very excited and proud. I’m as competitive as anybody, but if someone beats me fair and square, I’ll be the first to congratulate them.

Having seen some of the parents’ actions at my nephew’s baseball games recently, I was thinking sportsmanship had been kicked to the curb in favor of being number 1, so when I heard about this video from youtube about a softball game between Western Oregon and Central Washington, I was touched and encouraged. Check it out:

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