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"Ray County Voices" host Shawn Roney talks with Army National Guard soldier and Excelsior Springs coach Cale Lyons. Topics include the experience of being deployed during the holiday season, and baseball and football. Recorded Dec. 19, 2025, in Richmond, Mo.

Notes:

• Miranda Jamison's story on Lyons' military service was published Dec. 26 in the print edition of the Richmond News and its sister newspaper, The Excelsior Springs Standard. To read it, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/news/local-service-member-shares-impact-holiday-deployment or https://www.excelsiorspringsstandard.com/news/local-service-member-shares-impact-holiday-deployment (subscription required for both websites).
• Clarification: Pitch clocks have been in use since 2011 in NCAA baseball. The NAIA began using pitch clocks during the 2020s. 
• Shawn might have learned about 20 and out becoming commonplace in the U.S. military while considering joining the Coast Guard Reserve, rather than the story written about the Coast Guard's recruiting efforts. 

Credits:

• Host: Shawn Roney
• Producers: Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Editing: Shawn Roney
• Music director: Shawn Roney
• Music: "Auld Lang Syne," "Picardy," "Greensleeves," all traditional and arranged by Shawn Roney; performed by Sacred & Secular (solo incarnation). Released by Mo-Mutt Music. Used by permission.