{"id":680283,"date":"2026-04-21T11:16:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680283\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:16:48","slug":"columbia-homeschool-baseball-team-unites-players-families-k-12-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/680283\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia homeschool baseball team unites players, families | K-12 Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interscholastic athletics are an ingrained piece of middle and high school education, but for the Central Missouri Homeschool Saints, it wasn\u2019t always a possibility.<\/p>\n

Before Senate Bill 63 passed in Missouri in 2025, homeschool students weren\u2019t able to participate in Missouri State High School Activities Association activities and sports teams \u2014 including baseball. Homeschool students with athletic interests had to look for recreational play.<\/p>\n

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Central Missouri Homeschool Saints player Carter Lovell (7) and his teammates set up a pitching screen on March 10 at the baseball field behind Grace Bible Church. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to have your own home field, too,\u201d sophomore Jimmy Muller said. \u201cAlmost like your second home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Central Missouri Homeschool Saints player Soren Cherri practices batting March 10 at the baseball field behind Grace Bible Church. The field was built by former players and their families who also work to maintain it.<\/p>\n

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Central Missouri Homeschool Saints pitching coach Xander Lovin helps freshman Sam Crawford during practice on March 10 at the baseball field behind Grace Bible Church. Lovin is in his first year coaching and is a former member of the team.<\/p>\n

Hannah Henderson\/Missourian<\/a><\/p>\n

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Members of the Central Missouri Homeschool Saints baseball team huddle and pray at the end of practice on March 10 at the baseball field behind Grace Bible Church. Each player\u2019s jersey bears a patch referring to Proverbs 27:17, which reads, \u201cAs iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Central Missouri Homeschool Saints pitcher Sam Crawford practices on March 10 at the baseball field behind Grace Bible Church. The team\u2019s first game of the season was against the freshmen team of a fellow homeschool baseball program, the St. Louis Patriots, at noon on March 21 in Bridgeton.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Central Missouri Homeschool Saints baseball team train their shoulders on March 10 at the baseball field behind Grace Bible Church. The team practices three days each week for two hours.<\/p>\n

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