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The greatest moment in the history of sportsmanship

It happened in the very first inning of the Southwest Region championship. Two boys who when they woke up this morning only cared about one thing… get to Williamsport. Suddenly everything changed, because in real life things happen just like that … things change in a heartbeat.

Kaiden Shelton is the big man on the powerful Pearland team, their big picture, their big hitter. Isiah Jarvis is the shortstop on the scrappy Oklahoma team that had through incredible perseverance made it to the championship game . One team has already been to Williamsport, the other has never been.

The Pearland team scored 3 runs in the top of the first, but Oklahoma came right back at them in the bottom of the inning , they scored 2 runs and had a big rally going on, there was noise everywhere, coaches were yelling for the pitcher Shelton and the batter Jarvis to ”Battle” “win the battle.”

Then it happened, a twist of fate, Shelton lost control of a fastball and hit Jarvis right in the helmet, and Jarvis fell in a heap at home plate

Suddenly nobody was thinking about Williamsport anymore. With Isiah laying there and coaches and medical staff rushing to his prone body, Shelton kind of circled around the area between home and the pitchers mound. The staduim was silent. Jarvis’s mom stood in the stands , one hand clasped to her face, the other to her heart. And every mom who has ever sent their boys into these games was right there with her.

The Pearland players took a knee, eventually so did Shelton. Seconds seemed like hours. On one knee, Shelton was totally alone with his thoughts. But going through his mind were the words of the umpire immediately after Jarvis had gone down .”Oh my God” the umpire had said.

Finally they helped Jarvis to his feet , on replay you could see how the ball had hit his helmet in a good spot , it got more helmet then anything, Jarvis had been more frightened then anything . He trotted down to first , but now the trouble was with Shelton.

Before that pitch he had only one thought - Battle… win the battle … the words of coaches…now the only words he could hear in his mind… were the words of the umpire: “Oh my god.”

And just like that he started to cry. He was standing on the mound crying, and nobody went to him, not his teammates, not his coaches . Then one person did go to him… Isiah Jarvis left first base threw his helmet off, walked right to him and hugged him. That hug said… it’s okay. It was just what Shelton needed at that particular moment , I am sure his mom had wanted to Rush out there and hug her boy, Isiah took care of that for her , because Shelton was a big kid with a big heart and he didn’t want to hurt anybody , he didn’t want to hear an umpire say “Oh my god” over something he did . He was there to play baseball and make new friends, he hadn’t bargained for this

The game resumed , somebody won , somebody lost, one team went to Williamsport, the other packed their bags for home, it will all be forgotten , but that moment of perfect sportsmanship will live for as long as there is human competition

Before the tournament Isiah Jarvis said his biggest dream was to make sports center . I think it’s going to happen.

His name is Isiah and in the book of Isiah there is a famous passage about coming quickly to the rescue “I will sustain you and I will rescue you.” It’s almost perfectly symbolic that a boy named Isiah would come quickly to the rescue and do it when it was most needed.

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Awesome weekend for 10u!!! They won both games!!! Too bad the rain cancelled the rest of the tournament=( Cannot wait to see what these girls do next!!!! !

Super proud of these girls! Went 4 and 3 for the weekend! They worked super hard and have grown so much!!! What a great weekend of softball and team bonding! .

So sad. Prayers to her family.

UPDATE: The reward being offered in this investigation has been increased to $7,000, according to Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers.

Waterloo Police Chief, Dan Trelka, told me "all theories are being considered" in tragic shooting death of former UNI softball player, Micalla "KK" Rettinger.

Micalla died in the apparent random shooting on Highway 218 early Sunday morning, while her friend, 32-year old, Adam Kimball, was shot in the face. He is being treated at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Police say it appears the same bullet struck them.

A passenger in the car with Micalla and Adam was not injured. All three were returning home from work at a Cedar Falls
business at the time.

25 year old Micalla was driving the car on Highway 218, crossing the Brinker Lake, Cedar River bridges, when the bullet came through the driver-side window. The bullet struck Micalla first and then carried through her to hit Adam in the back seat.

Somehow, she was able to drive the vehicle to the first exit down the road, the Greenhill-218 exit just, past the two bridges, the Brinker Lake bridge and the Cedar River bridge. Micalla was pronounced dead at that location.

Waterloo Police have not released the caliber weapon involved in the shooting.

In addition, Waterloo Police have not yet said at what distance they believe the shot was fired. Longer range would indicate a higher powered weapon, but police say they just don't know at this point.

Again, Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers is offering a $7,000 reward in the case, and Waterloo Police investigators are asking for the public's help in finding the shooter.

Cedar Valley bike trails run through that area, and authorities believe a trail camera or surveillance camera footage could help solve the case.

Because the shooting occurred around 2:30 early Sunday morning, one theory is the shooter could be a person who was hunting illegally.

It could also be someone whom just randomly fired a weapon in the area..

A worst case scenario would be that the shooter intended to fire at a passing vehicle.

If you believe you may have any information about the shooting or suspicious or unusual activity in the area early Sunday morning, please call Waterloo Police Department at 291-4340, ext. 7, or Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers at 855-300-TIPS (8477).

More information as it becomes available through various sources. RS

The University of Northern Iowa Monday released this statement about the former Panther, Micalla Rettinger.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa mourns the loss of former Panther softball player Micalla "KK" Rettinger who was killed early Sunday morning in a shooting in Waterloo.

"Sunday morning, we lost a member of the Panther family. We are devastated to learn of the senseless death of Micalla Rettinger," Director of Athletics David Harris said. "This news is heartbreaking to our softball team, UNI Athletics and the entire campus. Our thoughts and prayers are with Micalla's family and friends."

"I am devastated. KK was a pretty special kid to us," head softball coach Ryan Jacobs said. "I can still see the smile on her face and I remember the way she always thought of other people first in a genuine way. When we had youth camps, she was the one that all of the kids on campus would be drawn to. This is a huge loss to our team and everyone that knew her."

Micalla was a 2016 graduate of UNI and an outstanding outfielder for the Panthers. She earned Second-Team Missouri Valley All-Conference honors her junior and senior seasons and led UNI in hits her senior year.

She graduated from UNI with a degree in Biology in 2016.

The Panther softball team will honor Micalla with a moment of silence before Tuesday's home season finale against Iowa scheduled for 5 p.m. in the UNI-Dome.