Rogers Humbles Siloam Springs 12-1

Lauren Smith pitched a no hitter over 6 innings allowing only one unearned run in a victory over the Lady Panthers from Siloam Springs. The Lady Mounties played solid defense while only committing one error on the evening.

Rogers Wins 21-1 Over Northside

Rogers defeated a depleted Ft. Smith Northside team Thursday night 21-1 at Ben Geren Park in Ft. Smith. The Lady Mounties had 12 hits and 10 walks in run-ruling Northside. Lauren Smith picked up the win and had 3 hits on the night. The win increases Smith's overall record to 7-6 on the year. Karson Walker and Ashley Ferguson each collected two hits and had 4 rbi each.

Rogers Defeats Heritage

The Lady Mounties of Rogers defeated Rogers Heritage 16-0 in three innings on a windy night at Veterans' Park. Rogers took advantage of 7 errors and collected 7 hits in the rout. Junior catcher Karson Walker led the Lady Mounties with two hits and four rbi. Senior Alex Cook had two hits and three rbi.

Lauren Smith moved to 6-6 on the year by giving up one hit over the three innings. Smith also struck out two.

A Word From Coach Harper

“Within the freedom to choose are those endowments that are uniquely human. In addition to self-awareness, we have imagination—the ability to create in our minds beyond our present reality. We have conscience--- a deep inner awareness of right and wrong, of the principles that govern our behavior, and sense of the degree to which our thoughts and actions are in harmony with them. And we have independent will---- the ability to act based on our self-awareness, free of all other influences.” 

In the book Stephen Covey relays a story about Viktor Frankl who was a death camp survivor during the Nazi Holocaust. He was tortured and never knew if he would be sent to the ovens or be one of the "saved" ones who removed the bodies or shoveled out the ashes of those who were burned to death.

“One day, naked and alone in a small room, he began to become aware of what he later called “the last of the human freedoms”--- the freedom his Nazi captors could not take away. They could control his entire environment, they could do what they wanted to his body, but Viktor Frankl himself was self-aware being who could look as an observer at his very involvement…… He could decide within himself how all of this was going to affect him. Between what happened to him, or stimulus and his response to it, was his freedom or power to choose that response. 

While we may not be in control of our circumstance we are in but we do control of how we respond. We must learn to choose the right response.

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