Friday, December 7,1979
T flHy Tornados
led by Height
Page 7
THE CLARION
by Bobby Henson
IS
Coach Don Scarborough
beginning his second season as
the head coach of the Brevard
College girls’ basketball team.
The season starts on a note of
optimistic from Scarborough, as
he will be trying to recover from
the dismal 4 and 12 record of last
season. Coach Scarborough feels
that he as well as the team has
more experience than last year.
He said that he acquired some
valuable experience last season
that will be to his advantage
through the tough 20 game
schedule this year.
Scarborough feels that the
major difference in the team this
year is that there is a little more
height. However he did add that
the Lady Tornados will still be
small when compared to other
teams that they will play.
Scarborough did indicate that
the team will have more depth
than before and that the reserves
are much better.
Since the girls are relatively
small, Scarborough plans the
controlled type running game. He
feels that he can compensate for
the absense of height
quickness and speed.
Coach
with
Scarborough is very
happy to have recruited Jill
Haynie, a 5’11 freshman from
Lilbarn, Georgia. She chose
Brevard College over such
schools as Truit-McConnell who
was the number two team in the
nation last year. Jill, along with
Joyce Whitmire, will be
depended upon for leadership, as
they are the co-captains. Another
big key will be the outside
shooting ability of sophomore
Donna Barnwell from Hen
dersonville, N.C. The Lady
Tornados will be in action this
weekend taking part in an in
vitational tournament on the
campus of Warren Wilson
CoUeg
Mrs. Anderson
Photo by Mary Doyle
Coach A: Bright Future
Sophomores, Moose Timberlake and Bobby Summers
show good B.C. Tornado form. Photo by Steve Raby
by Mike McFarland
Gail Anderson’s diligent work
and optimistic attitude have
helped develop the women’s
sports program at Brevard a
great deal. Anderson, women’s
varsity volleyball and tennis
coach, is one of many reasons
that the women’s sports situation
has improved.
Miss Anderson became in
terested in coaching due to the
fact that her small high school
had excellent teams. This in
spired her to pursue her
education and graduate from
Western Carolina with degrees in
Health/Physical Education and
Spanish. After various coaching,
teaching, and even a position as
Dean of Women at Piedmont
College in Georgia, Gail was
forced out of the physical
education aspect of school due to
heart surgery. Doctors urged her
to stay out completely. However,
she recuperated more quickly
than expected while working at
Franklin High School. Brevard
offered her a position while she
was working at a summer camp
here ten years ago.
Women’s sports have
progressed significantly during
the time she has been here, ac
cording to Anderson. Gail ex
perienced shaky beginnings as a
basketball coach. Her women’s
team was limited to a practice
session of one hour, two days a
week due to gym space and men’s
practices. Anderson points to the
concern of Mr. Boshamer and the
expansion of the gym as an ob
vious turning pont. She also cites
the efforts of Corky Maynor for
successfully starting women s
volleyball and tennis programs
two years ago.
Despite recruiting problems
because of B.C.’s size, women’s
sports have a bright future here,
says Anderson. Although B.C.
still has “a long way to go,” there
are people here willing to
promote the women’s efforts
according to Anderson. B.C. has
drawbacks when attempting to
encourage a girl athlete to come
here to compete because of a lack
of scholarship money.
Miss Anderson pushes her
teams to achieve worthwhile
goals. Measuring success by
gaining a sense of values from
sports, Anderson points out that
the season has achieved its
purpose regardless of the won-
lost record if the team has
developed values. Gail states that
her objective is to be a coach with
a Christian attitude. This is
difficult to instill in players faced
with losing. Anderson bases her
coaching philosophy on Vince
Lombardi’s statement which
explains that “The will to win is
everything.” This contradicts
modern sport’s obsession with
winning at all costs.
Miss Anderson enjoys herself
by maintaining interest in a
variety of activities. A new place
in the country is where Gail
devotes most of her free time
now. Other interests include
hiking, working with her Outdoor
Education class, and Emergency
Medical Technician work. An
derson says her favorite hobby is
simply to be around students.
Harriers Sixth In Nation
by Ray Duckworth
The Cross Country Team
finished sixth in the nation on
November 10 at Wichita, Kansas.
The team had two All-Americans
this year. Jeff Wentworth made
All-American for the second time
finishing fifth in a time of
24:55.2. He was the first
American to cross the finish line.
Freshman Ronnie Treadway
'^lade All-American by finishing
25th in a time of 25:31.8.
Other finishers were John
^®Mge, 54th, in a time of 26:03 .8;
Michael Bachman, 79th, in
26:27.7; Roger Saltsman, 89th, in
26:35.2; Joe Briscoe, 131, in
27:02.1; and Greg Stotler, 168, in
27:39.6.
Brevard finished sixth behind
New Mexico, Southwestern
Michigan, Golden Valley of
Minnesota, South Idaho, and
Glendale of Arizona. Jackson,
Michigan, an earlier foe for
Brevard this year, finished
eighth. Coach Witek was pleased
with revenging an earlier loss to
Jackson.
Coach Witek was upset about
finishing sixth only because sixth
place does not get national
recognition. Only the first five
places get recognition. But,
Brevard had been ranked ninth
just prior to the meet.
While in Witcha, Coach Witek
served on a panel to discuss
training methods. The panel was
asked questions by students
running in the competition.
Meanwhile, Brevard finished
the year with several ac
complishments . The^
•>; III
Region Ten Title for the eleventh
straight year, and they continued
a streak with a total of twenty-
eight straight dual meet victories
in the past five years. Also, Jeff
Wentworth set a new Brevard
College Course Record on
November 3, with a time of
25:11.8. They won recognition on
the front page of “The Harrier,”
the cross country national
magazine. Finally, the team
defeated half the four-years
schools in the state in the North
Carolina State Invitational on
October 20.
Soccer
Wraps Up
Winning
Season
by Mike McFarland
The B.C. soccer team
fell to Miami-Dade/South
8-0 in the second round of
the Southeastern
Regionals at Jacksonville
University on November
10th. Brevard fell behind
every as Miami raced to a
5-0 half-time lead. Three
second-half goals enabled
Miami-Dade/South to lock
up the victory. Brevard
had received a first-round
bye while Miami had won
on the previous day. The
Miamians outshot
Brevard 23-6.
The consensus among
Brevard’s players after
the game was that the
Florida squad was simply
more experienced, older in
many cases and had
played together longer.
The victory left Miami-
Dade/South with a 23-0-1
season record and a
seventh place national
ranking going in to the
battle for the nation’s top
spot at Essek Community
College in Baltimore,
Maryland.
Brevard finished its
season with a 10-4-1 mark
and can be considered to
be among the top sixteen
teams in the nation based
on their appearance in the
Southeastern Regionals.
Coach Don Scarborough
feels, “We made a big
stride over last year’s
team. Our level of com-
petiveness doubled. To
compete in the top ten, we
have to make as big a step
next year as we did this
year.”
The season statistics are
as follows: SCORERS —
Ed Pagan (10 goals),
Robbie Alexander (6), Jeff
Loftin (6), Andy Dickinson
(4), Hassan Regimand (4),
Ted Winson (4), Nino
Dippa (3), Victor Chee (1),
and Mark Lee (1).
ASSISTS — Pagan (3),
Alexander (2), Loftin (2),
Winston (2), Dickinson
(1), Dieppa (1), Homayan
Larki (1), and Dale
Romnosky (1). Brevard
outscored its opponents 39-