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Stand-up crowd
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Unlike at many recent NFL games, no one kneeled or sat during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Thursday's Bradwell Institute-Effingham County softball game in Springfield. Most of the spectators also placed their right hand over their heart. Effingham County won the game 16-0.