Sports
The Clarion February 28, 1W9 Page 7
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by David Gilrealh
Clarion Reporter
It took a last second three-point shot by
Jason Williams to give Brevard College a
72-71 win over Lees—McRae at Brevard on
Thursday, February I6th.
Nate Fearrington scored 19 points to
lead theBrevardTornadoes to their victory
against Lees-McRae. Good defensive and
offensive plays were keys to their victory.
Two other leading scorers were Marcus
Allen with 16 points and Darren Lawler
with 13 points. It has been five years since
Brevard has beaten Lees McRae at home
“I’d like to think we are heading in the
right direction. We are 3-6 in the Con
ference games, and 15-9 over all,” Coach
Rogers said.
Brevard’s conference game against
North Greenville unfortunately was the
result in the injury of Brevard’s leading re
bounder, Mike Cole, who twisted his knee
and has not played in the last four games.
Nevertheless, Brevard has won three ot
the four games without Mike. “We are hop
ing to get Mike back in time for the tourna
ment games,” Coach Rogers said.
“We still have some tough games to go,
which happen to all region games,”
Rogers said.
On Feb. 24, Harvey Cozart sank two free
throws with two seconds left on the clock to
give Brevard a 88-86 upset win over the
North Greenville Mounties who ^ere rank
ed ninth in NJCAA. Marcus Allen led all
scorers with a game high 31 points.
Other Brevard Basketball Scores
Feb. 6 Brevard 67, Chowan 91,
Feb. 8 Brevard 80, Reinhardt 64
Brevard 63, Louisburg 59
•Men's Basketball
•Women's BaHkelball
•Indoor Track
•FeaUire: Belh Rirbler
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holds off his defender. Carollo and
C teammates were able to hold all of their op-
tanh"^* their way to the finals against Spar-
“fg Methodist College in the Brevard Indoor
“'■ney held Feb. 17-18. SMC defeated BC 1-0 to
tournament. EC’s John Hackworth was
^***‘natnent MVP (Clarion photo by Raisan Russo)
BC’s Tricia Bone gets a shot off against Maryville
College. The Lady Tornadoes were eliminated
from tournament play in the first round. Ap
palachian State University won the tournament by
defeating Lees-McRae 1-0 in the finals.
Shot putter Beth Richter
Record in put
by Graziella Allen
C.lariim Reporter
Beth Richter, freshman at Brevard Col
lege, set and broke the women’s record for
indoor shotput on Feb. 3 at the Clemson
meet.
Beth Richter, from Chattanooga, Tenn.
is the first and only woman to compete for
B.C. in the shotput event. This was
Richter’s first track meet for Brevard Col
lege and her first indoor track competition
ever.
Richter’s throw of 31 feet set the
Brevard College womens record. On her
next throw she broke the newly set record
with 33 feet and 4 inches.
“I was so excited, I couldn’t believe it”
said Richter.
It hadn’t clicked when coach Dave
Rinker said she had set the record and
then when he said, she had broke the
record she said she just couldn’t believe it.
Richter had been shotputting since the
seventh grade but only outdoors. Even so,
this is the farthest she has ever thrown the
shot; the closest she came was up 30 feet in
high school.
Richter has learned a lot since being at
B.C. especially from coach Rinker. “He’s
helped me alot,” says Richter-especially
on her form, she says. Richter has seen im
provements in strength thanks to Jerome
Conley, who has been working with
Richter in weight training.
During practices Richter says she had
no idea how far she was throwing but she
savs that not knowing may have helped
her in the end. Richter placed fourth in the
Clemson meet, only beaten by four feet.
“I really think I’ll get to 35 feet” says
Richter. She plans on continuing workouts
to improve her upper body strength. Out
door track starts March 18th in Georgia.
Richter says there’s one thing she would
like. To have more girls get involved in
shot put so there could be more competi
tions and a better chance for the whole
team. Richter explains, “I believe m team
spirit and that’s very important, I get a
sense of satisfaction that I’m actually try
ing to do something for myself and to also
help a team at the same time.”
Richter plans to continue competing
throughout her college career and would
like to take up soccer during her next
semester at B.C.