Page 10 The Clarion September 19, 1989
Summertime sports in review
by Scott Holmes
(.hirion Sftorl^
Welcome back, Brevard College
Students and faculty. I hope that you en
joyed your summer. This past summer
brought out the best and the worst in
sports.
The worst being scandals. The Pete Rose
incident was the big story. Pete Rose was
banned from baseball for life by Baseball
Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti for
betting on baseball games, specifically
Rose’s own team, the Cincinnati Reds.
Ironically, Giamatti died of a heart attack
just nine days after his suspension of Rose.
Rose is eligible to appeal for reinstatement
after one year. Rose still argues that he is
innocent, but according to the evidence,
Pete’s out.
Another scandal is the N.C. State basket
ball program. Athletic Director and Head
■-’oach, Jim Valvano is under investigation
by thr NCAA for allegations concerning
payments to his players. Most of the
allegations came from a book titled “Per-
--.onal Fouls." The investigation is still go
ing on.
Now to the more positive side of the
sports world where there were many
champions. The Detroit Pistons dethroned
the two-time defending champion Los
Angeles Lakers, four games to none, for
the NBA Championship. Although the
Lakers were depleted by injuries to Magic
Johnson and Bryon Scott, the Pistons had a
great year and deserved to win. In the
NHL, the Calgary Flames defeated the
Montreal Canadians, four games to two,
for the Stanley Cup Championship.
Expanded BC
intramural
program set
by Brad Walker
('Itiruui Ht'fHtrh-i
Brevard students, have you ever been
worried about not being able to participate
in a college-competitive sport?
Never fear, Jan Gillean is here with a
fall season line-up of intramural sports.
Jan expects a large crowd of not only
students, but also faculty and staff. This
fall's schedule will include outdoor
volleyball, co-ed softball, swim meets, flag
football, tennis, billards, turkey trotting,
basketball free throwing from the line, and
punting, passing, and kicking. The excite
ment began September 12. and will con
tinue until December 11. The intramural
sports are open to every individual,
regardless of skill Ifevel.
To become involved in the intramural
program, tajk to your intramural
representative who is located on each floor
in each dorm on campus. The represen
tatives will organize a team and spt)rt of
your choice lH>fore the deadline dale of
that sport.
If there is not a representative on your
floor or you are a commuter student, talk
to Jan Giliean in McLarty-Goodson lO.i
Curtis Strange did something that no
golfer had done since Ben Hogan did it in
the 1930’s when he won the U.S. Open golf
championship for the second straight year.
The new generation of tennis arrived
this summer as Michael Chang of the U.S.
and Arantxa Sanchez of Argentina won the
French Open in surprising upsets over
Ivan Lendl and Steffi Graf. Other young
hopefuls in tennis include Andre Agassi
and Monica Seles.
As in almost every year, there are many
surprises in sports. This summer there
were two big ones. The first surprise came
at the Little League World Series in
Williamsport, Pa., as a team from Trum
bull, Conn., came from out of nowhere to
defeat the heavily-favored team from
China, which has dominated the event for
the past three years. The victory was the
first for the U.S. since 1983. The game was
broadcast on national television and was
definitely a sight to see.
Another miracle story is cyclist, Greg
LeMond. After winning the Tour de PYance
in 1986, LeMond was accidently shot in a
hunting trip. LeMond was expected to
never ride again. But this summer, Le
Mond pulled off one of the biggest miracles
of the decade by winning the Tour de
France again. LeMond came from :51
seconds behind in the final stage to win the
biggest cycling race of the year.
This summer had many exciting spor
ting events. Some bad and some good but
all of the stories provided the sports fan
with many memories and many more to
come.
I
BC students leaving for Austria pose for a group picture before flying
out on Sept. 3. The group will spend fall semester studying in the small
village of Altmunster. They are, left to right, front to back, Hideke
Ariizumi, Mylene Thomas, Jennifer Walaitis, Catherine Engstrom and
Susan Budan.(Photo by Dean Doc Wood for the Clarion)
EAGplans big year at BC
From Page 8
pus. One such project could be a combina
tion canoe trip/clean-up effort in the area,
which is in the early stages of planning
now.
Other projects will be decided on by the
SPORT
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SCHEDULE
ENTHY DEADLINE PLAY BEGINS
1989 FALL
ENTRIES OPEN
SWIM MEET
MON. SEPT n
MON. SEPT 18
SEPT
19
PUNT, PASS i
KICK
MON. SEPT 25
WED SEPT 27
SEPT, 28
FLAG
FOOTBALL
MON OCT 2
FRI OCT 6
OCT
10
TENNIS
DOUBLES
MON. OCT. 9
FR] OCT 13
OCT,
17
BILLIARDS
MON NOV 6
WED NOV 8
NOV
9
CO-ED
VOLLEYBALL
MON. NOV 13
FRI NOV 17
NOV
21
TURKEY TROT
MON, NOV 13
FRI. NOV 17
NOV
20
FREE THROW
DEC,
11
Competition is available in
less designated as co-ed.
men s and women’s leagues un-
Jan is l(H)king for officials for volleyball,
football, basketball, and soccer. If you
would like to be an official, stop by Jan's
locker HMim If you think you have the
team, the style, and the stufr a champion
t-shirt will be awarded to those people and
teams who win the games. Get involved
with the intramural program Brevard, It
will be a great experience and lots of fun.
•And that's no turkev trot!
group when regular EAG meetings begin.
The EAG will meet the second and fourth
Wednesday of every month in room 102 of
the gym at 7 p.m. This year officers will be
elected to help lead certain projects such
as recycling and trail maintenance. New
people will be elected as needed.
EAG hopes to utilize the skills and
talents of Jan Gillean, outdoor recreation
director, and Clyde Carter, the new
wilderness experience teacher here at BC.
Carter will speak on low-impact camping
(camping with least damage to the enviro-
ment) at the September 20 meeting. EAG
plans to have more guest speakers come,
and are hoping to do joint projects with the
Sierra Club which recently started at
Brevard.
Sharon Waggy and Sybil Dodson, coor
dinator for Project Inside-Out, have
discussed the possibility of the EAG
becomming one of the options for the ser
vice component that will be required for
graduation starting with the freshman in
the fall of 1990.
New faculty at BC
From page 8
he worked at Montreal—Anderson College
as an admissions counselor and as assis
tant director of Project Winners at BC this
summer.
Greg Dill of Brevard will be the RD in
Ross Hall and serve as a security officer.
He has completed basic law enforcement
training at A—B Technical College.
Tom Hall of Brevard has also been nam
ed a new security officer at BC. He receiv
ed his EMT certificate from Durham Tech
and is working on a degree in fwlice
science.
Other new staff members include:
Marianne Whitten, executive secretary to
the Dean of the College; and Gayla Robin
son, a UNC—Charlotte graduate and
Brevard native serving as an admissions
counselor.