by ReginaRussell | Aug 18, 2020 | Faith and Athletics, Featured, News & Events
I will never forget the first time the prison doors shut behind me. There I was standing in the holding room, thinking, “What has Robby Speer talked me into this time?” Three hours later, as Robby and I walked together across the prison yard, he asked me what I...
by ReginaRussell | Aug 18, 2020 | A Word From Robby, Featured, News & Events
Changes, changes, changes! This has been all of our lives for several months. Fifteen years ago, the first Sports Reach Auction was hatched. We really weren’t sure how we were going to run it. It was held late summer at Severns Valley Baptist, the old location...
by ReginaRussell | Aug 12, 2020 | Faith and Athletics, Featured
I was one of those baseball players who said they weren’t going to play slow-pitch softball when my collegiate baseball days were over, but I was hooked after my first weekend. I went on to play twenty-plus years while getting in 150-200 games per season. If my...
by ReginaRussell | Aug 12, 2020 | Faith and Athletics, Featured, News & Events, Team Updates
I cannot count the number of times I have been asked, “What is THAT?” while pointing to the symbol on their hats and jerseys. THAT CROSS has given me the opportunity to share with others, players, and spectators, about the ministry of Sports Reach and, most...
by ReginaRussell | Jul 1, 2020 | Faith and Athletics, Featured, Team Updates
Eastern KY Sports Reach has been limited the past few months due to COVID 19 shutting down all the prisons. Since we are mainly a prison only team, we have had to find new avenues for sharing The Gospel. Recently, we traveled to Knoxville to play in a softball...
by ReginaRussell | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured, News & Events, Team Updates
The Sports Reach A Softball team is in its third year as part of the USSSA Conference. The Conference consists of 30 of the top teams in the country. There are 5 Major teams, 6 AA teams, 17 A teams and 2 B teams. The top 16 teams qualify to play in the major...
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