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To me, this was the #1 quote from the LA Times article :

 

“You make the big time where you're at,” says La Verne receiver Jon Lilly after catching six touchdown passes. “No matter what happens, this is a blast.”

 

Last season, our son, now a senior pitcher at a D3 school, closed-out a save on the final game of the season, in extra innings, on a cold, rainy late spring afternoon in the Pacific NW, for what was an historic, record-setting win for his school relative to season W/L record. Did they make the D3 playoffs - no, but it was important, really important. This save opportunity occurred for him after he was a starter in the game the day prior. (ha ha, only in D3)

 

When the final out was recorded, he exploded off the mound with a huge fist pump and a gigantic mitt-spike, while the entire team crashed the field and celebrated. You'd thought they qualified to go to Appleton.  I still watch that half inning every once in a while on the archived web broadcast. To me, that's the essence of D3 sports.

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