02 Broadcaster Press 1101 July 15, 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com Announcements Events BERGEN LUTHERAN Church: “The little white church on Timber Road.” Worship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, 995 N. Sioux Point Road, Dakota Dunes, SD. Weekend Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. BRULE Creek Lutheran Church, Elk Point, SD: Worship Service 11:00am, Sunday School 9:45am to 10:45am. CHRIST OUR SAVIOR Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: Worship Sunday 6:00 p.m., Bible Study Tuesday, 9:00 p.m., Neuharth Center, 624-5398 or 1-800-998-1234 CHURCH OF CHRIST, 102 Prosp: Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.; Bible Study 9:00 a.m.; Bible Study 12:00 noon; Wednesday Night Classes, 7:00 p.m. Concordia Lutheran Church (LC-MS) 7 South University Street, Vermillion. Divine Service – Sunday, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School – Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Pastor Samuel Needham. Contact us at (605) 624-3459 or at lcmsvermillion.org CORNERSTONE CHURCH: A Place To Grow: Located at the corner of Crawford & Cherry St. Celebration Service: Sunday during the School year 9:00am and 10:30am (subject to change during holidays) in the summer Sunday 10 AM. Check us out at cornerstonesd.org or call (624-8809) for further information. Meet Jason Gault By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net It goes without saying that winning is important to any coach. Jason Gault, the coach of the Vermillion Post 1 Legion baseball team, is certainly hoping his squad will continue its stellar play as it moves into postseason action this week. There is a special aspect of his involvement in the sport, though, that has nothing to do with wins, losses, or trophies. “I like the fact that I get wedding invitations. I like the fact that I haven’t had to go to any funerals yet,” said Jason, who is in his 16th year of coaching American Legion baseball in Vermillion. “Basically, I like seeing kids grow up to become men who are able to use baseball as a tool for developing coping 156 +/- ACRES OF YANKTON COUNTY FARMLAND ******ALL TILLABLE****** Monday August 4th 9:30 a.m. Located: May?eld: 3 miles North, 3 miles West; OR from intersection of US Hwy 81 & Hwy 46: 3 miles North, 1 mile East. Will be sold on the corner of 441st Ave and 294th Street. LEGAL: The SW ¼ of Sec 17-96-55, Yankton County, South Dakota. 156 taxable acres. Taxes are $2,906.26. The FSA Of?ce shows 154.18 acres of cropland with a corn base of 77.1 with a CC yield of 115bu and a soybean base of 77 with a CC yield of 37bu. Predominant soil type is ClarnoBonilla Loams with 1 to 6% slope with a crop productivity rating of 80. 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The game is so full of those failures, and I really feel like when boys leave here and move on to college and move on to their jobs, they take a little bit of what we’ve worked on. “Those things carry on beyond just the field,” he said. “They carry on into the workplace, into marriages, into being dads, and so the thing I enjoy the most is seeing that development happen.” The Post 1 Legion squad, he said, is “really a special team. They play good baseball, but to understand the team in general, we’ve just got a nice group of boys who do a great job of representing Vermillion and Legion baseball. We’re fortunate to be able to sit back and watch those guys play the game most of the season. They’ve definitely done a great job of working hard at practice.” Being surrounded by 12 guys that love the sport of baseball, Jason said, is a great experience. “They’re also fine young men. We’ve got a neat mix of older kids who are back from college, and we’ve got some freshmen on the team who are starting and doing a great job for us,” he said. “It’s really been a pleasure.” Jason credits the strong baseball programs provided in the Vermillion community for its younger players. Nearly all of the Post 1 team first played, for example, in the Teener ranks, where they learned the fundamentals of the sport at an early age. “These are kids who have gone through some great coaching and some great teams, so I have to give all the credit to those junior Teener and Teener coaches – T.J. Beacom, and Jeff Kratz and Matt Houk – for all the work they’ve done to get these guys to where they are this year,” Jason said. “I like to say that my job is easy because I get them, and they’re fine tuned.” The Post 1 team played its last regular game of the 2014 season Friday night, June 11, in Beresford. Post-season action begins Thursday, June 17, at Todd Larsen Field in Elk Point. “It’s a five-team region, so it’s kind of a strange bracket. It’s a doubleelimination tournament,” Jason said. As he spoke, Post 1 was preparing to face Dakota Valley at Prentis Park on July 9, after defeating Elk Point-Jefferson in the first game of a double-header that day. “This game actually means a lot, because if we were to beat Dakota Valley, we would guarantee ourselves a #1 seed. The #1 seed is essentially going to get a bye … and the #1 seed will play most likely whoever the lowest seeded team is within that next round.” The champion of the five teams competing in the region tournament this week will move on to the state American Legion Baseball Tournament which will be in Tabor July 25-29. “It’s nice and close, and it’s a great place to play IMMEDIATE OPENINGS OAKWOOD APARTMENTS •AFFORDABLE RENT ADJUSTMENT FOR YOUR INCOME •LARGE 2 AND 3 BEDROOM RENTAL UNITS •STOVE, REFRIGERATOR & AIR CONDITIONING •OFF-STREET PARKING AND PLUG-INS •UTILITIES INCLUDED •ON-SITE COIN LAUNDRY •PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT & SAND BOX •3 BLOCKS FROM CAMPUS CALL NIKKI OR DAVE (605) 624-9557 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY baseball. There’s lots of rich tradition there,” Jason said, “and I know Gary Kortan in Tabor and the city of Tabor has put their best efforts in to clean the field up and really make it look nice. It would be great to be there. It would be exciting, and would really be a neat experience. “Some of our ballplayers have three years of state tournament experience, and we have others who have never been there, so we’d love to get there,” he said. The Post 1 team is working on staying sharp and focused, while at the same recognizing the moments when it is okay to let up just a bit, especially to avoid injuries as tournament play approaches. “That’s kind of a tough thing, and we talked about that in the dugout. The right thing to do, I think, at any level in that situation, is to throttle back a little bit, but also to understand that even though we’ve throttled back, we’re still going station to station,” Jason said. “They can still work on their game and they can still play the game the right way. “Fortunately for us, we’ve been in a few of those types of games, and it’s one of those situations where as long as we’re still working on those fundamentals, then it’s better than a practice,” he said. Jason said he feels fortunate to be coaching baseball in a community with a team who wants to play the game the right way. “We have parents that support that, and we have a community that supports it, too, with this great Prentis Park setting,” he said. The best he can do, for now, is hope that all of this season’s work by his players will be rewarded with a berth in the state tournament. “We try to keep them focused, we try to make sure they understand that they need to control what they can control, and forget about the rest. We’re so fortunate to have this group, and I really do hope that they win a lot of baseball games in the post-season,” Jason said. “If they don’t, it’s still been a heck of a ride for us.” Thank you The family of Carrie Campbell would like to thank everyone for their acts of kindness at the time of our loss. All the prayers, hugs, cards, ?owers, food and memorials were greatly appreciated by all of us. 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