<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:exif='http://schemas.google.com/photos/exif/2007' xmlns:geo='http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#' xmlns:gml='http://www.opengis.net/gml' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:photo='http://www.pheed.com/pheed/' xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' xmlns:batch='http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch' xmlns:gphoto='http://schemas.google.com/photos/2007' xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>http://www.ncsaa.org/news/</atom:id><atom:link href='http://www.ncsaa.org/feeds/news' rel='self' type='application/rss+xml' /><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:20:19 -0400</lastBuildDate><category domain='http://www.ncsaa.org/news/'>Basic</category><title>National Christian School Athletic Association - News</title><description>National Christian School Athletic Association - News</description><link>http://www.ncsaa.org/news/</link><generator>Spire Ad RSS Generator</generator>  <item> <title>A Fruit of the Spirit</title> <guid>http://www.ncsaa.org/news/2011/10/17/a-fruit-of-the-spirit</guid><link>http://www.ncsaa.org/news/2011/10/17/a-fruit-of-the-spirit</link> <description>This is the tenth in a season-long series of posts on the topic of joy, as it relates to the life and athletic pursuits of your teams.  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