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Baker University Football Goes for First National Championship

By Greg Echlin
Published November 29, 2016 at 7:55 PM CST
Baker University band playing at a football game. Baker will host Eastern Oregon in its semifinal game on Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
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The undefeated and second-ranked Baker Wildcatsare one victory away from making a trip to Daytona Beach, Florida, for the national championship game in NAIA football. No team in the Baker athletics program has ever won a national title. And as Kansas Public Radio’s Greg Echlin reports, it was no easy task reaching this point.

The Baker University football team, currently 13-and-0, will host Eastern Oregon at 1 p.m. Saturday in Baldwin City in the NAIA Semifinals (Game Broadcast on ESPN 3/Watch ESPN App/KSMO-TV).

 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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