Sports, at it is best, as always had the ability to touch our emotions, and sometimes even move us to tears.  This page will be dedicated to those stories which do just that.

LENDING A HELPING HAND:  After a player hit her first ever home run, she missed first base and when she tried to go back to touch first, her knee buckled under her and she fell to the ground in pain.  The players on the other team, knowing that she would lose her home run if she did not complete the path around the bases, actually picked her up and carried her all the way to home, stopping at each base so that the girl could touch it with her foot:

I can't do justice to this story, so I will let the professionals do it, here are some links:

 Central Washington Website ESPN New York Times  CBS News Fox News ESPN Video

PLAYING AGAINST ALL ODDS:  There is a DIII player who was born without legs.  Here is her story:

Gina Gilday

MONTANA'S ONE HANDED SLUGGER:

Shay Oberg 

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER'S UNDYING LOYALTY:

Courtney Crews

CANCER, WHAT CANCER?

Amanda Littlejohn

Amanda Littlejohn, starting catcher for the Camels, was diagnosed with Melanoma after the season in May of 2007.  The catch is that it had already spread to her lymphnodes and she had to have some major surgery done.  She had the surgery immediately when she returned home to California in hopes that maybe she could play softball this spring.  Amanda didn't pick up a softball for months.  She didn't practice or anything.  In September, the Camels went to Chapel Hill to play in a fall tournament against the Tar Heels along with some other teams.  She picked up a bat that day and went 3 for 3 with 3 RBI against one of the top schools in the nation after not setting foot on the field for over 4 months.  That is not the end of the story though.  Amanda continues to do great things.  She is having to continue to take treatments and has flown home 3 times throughout the season still fighting this disease, but through it all has started all 58 games for the 36-22 Camels.  Her numbers as a sophomore in 2008 playing through the treatment of what can be a deadly disease have been astronomically better.

Freshman (2007)

.220 B. Avg., 17R, 47H, 8 2b, 3HR, 24 RBI, .299 SLG, .252 OBP

Sophomore (2008)

.360 B. Avg., 38R, 71H, 18 2b, 10HR, 59RBI, .604SLG, .391 OBP

She has been a wonderful inspiration to everyone on her team.  She is a wonderful person with great leadership skills as just a sophomore.

OVER? IT'S OVER WHEN I SAY IT IS:

Brandon McArthur