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-

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