The baseball team used a six-run eighth inning to bust open a tight game and secure its eighth NJCAA Division II national championship in a 9-3 win over Brunswick CC at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid, Oklahoma. baseball coach Jeff Willis was already beaming with pride over his Bengals squad after winning the NJCAA Division II national championship for the eighth time. “It was a special moment for all those kids and I couldn’t be happier for them,” Willis said of the 9-3 win over Brunswick Community College.
The truth is Willis could actually be more proud of his . In fact, he was just moments after the postgame awards ceremony. What were the members of his team doing just moments after getting the trophy they had worked all season to earn? Incredibly, picking up trash in the stands at David Allen Memorial Field in Enid, Oklahoma.
“That tells me that those kids are winners and that tells me that we had success behind what that scoreboard says,” Willis said. “I know this without any doubt, the kids that we had were tremendous. The best evaluation is trying to figure out what kind of servanthood leadership they had.
” As proud of Willis was, though, he wasn’t surprised. It was the second time in the tournament his Bengals – without any urging from the LSUE coaching staff – performed the community service. The first time was following the tournament opener.
“I was the last one out of the dugout and I’m walking up into the stands,” Willis told. “I.