A former Excelsior Springs baseball player is living out a dream since his playing career ended.Jaxen Gibson, a 2019 Excelsior Springs High School graduate, recently finished his second season as a graduate assistant coach at Mineral Area College, a Park Hills-based junior college. Working with the pitchers, Gibson helped Mineral Area win its first NJCAA Division I Region 16 title this season. After winning the championship, the Cardinals fell to Eastern Oklahoma State College in the South Central District Series.During his time at Mineral Area, Gibson has coached two regional pitchers of the year and a regional player of the year. And he has helped send seven players to the NCAA Division I level.Gibson advises any high school athletes looking to play in junior college or at the four-year college level to take care of their minds and bodies.“College athletics are full of big, physical kids; and if you don’t get in the weight room and ...