Page 10 The Clarion October 30, 1989
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In Homecoming action. Tornado John Hackworth tangles with an oppo
nent. The BC men lost 1-0 in overtime to Spartanburg Methodist. The
men play Friday in the Region X tournament at Lees-McRae, time and
opponent TBA. (Clarion photo by Jock Lauterer)
BC men hit rough streak
by Charlie Dino
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The Brevard College Men’s Soccer
Team started early October off on a good
foot by defeating Truitt McConell by the
score of 3-0 away from home, which has
been one of our team’s big weaknesses this
season. Goals were scored by Stuart
McKenzie, Terry Agawa and Kurt
Lehnert.
The team’s next game was held here at
Brevard against Montreat-Anderson Col
lege, Oct. 10. This game had a big revenge
factor for the Brevard team. Montreal
beat BC in overtime earlier this season.
But this time the BC team didn’t waste
any time in showing Montreal that
Brevard meant Business. The Tornadoes
beat Montreat-Anderson by a score of 4-1
behind the two goals of Kurt Lehnert and
the eleven saves of goalkeeper Dave Sim
mers.
The sun was looking up for the Brevard
soccer team when Spartanburg Methodist
College rolled into town on Oct. 14.
Brevard was highly psyched for the
Homecoming game. This year’s Brevard
team gamed respect from the Brevard Col
lege Alumni by playing Spartanburg very
hard throughout the match.
The score ended up scoreless through
regulation time behind the 10 saves of
Dave Simmers and the five saves of An
drew Zeldin, but that didn’t prove to be
enough because the Spartanburg team
scored in overtime to beat the Tornadoes
1-0.
The Tornadoes next traveled to meet the
arch- rivals, the Lees McRae College Bob
cats. This meant that BC was at a disad
vantage due to the opposing crowd at Lees
McRae. The Tornadoes played a very
hard-fought game, but in the end, they fell
at the hands of the Bobcats by a score of
3-1. The Tornadoes only had three shots on
goal and five saves, but the bright spot was
Brevard’s leading scorer, Kurt Lehnert.
The team should bounce l)ack from these
two close losses to their usual selves. The
Tornadoes have a lot of talent that should
come together and click when it really
counts. The team’s Region X Conference
record is now 3-4.
BC Golfers rolling along
by Doug Meredith
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The Brevard College men’s golf team
competed in their third tournament of the
fall season on Oct. 16 and 17.
The Central Carolina Invitational was
held at the Wake Forest Country Club in
Wake Forest, N.C. Brevard finsihed with a
BC’s men’s soccer team includes: front row, left to right: Loke Kue,
Alex Heider, Mike McAvoy, David Simmers, Andrew Zelden, James
Nobile and Shawn Loonam. Second row: Michael Murrayy, Alex Mistri,
Mark Crellen, Andrian Benzinger, Teruo Ogawa, Eric Rasmussen and
Brad Newman. Back row: coach Dave Taylor, Kurt Lehnert, Stuart
McKenzie, John Hackworth, Dean Fuller, Kip Lowery, Kyle Kegl and
assistant Joe Bartlinski.
At the ballpark...
Mother nature
strikes baseball
729 total, good enough lor sixth place in the
tournament, which was won by Chowan
College.
Scott Grubbs led Brevard with a 174,
which tied him for 9th place individually.
Brevard’s next tournament was the
Gardner-Webb Invitational, held Oct. 26
and 27 in Shelby, N.C.
by Scott Holmes
Clarion Sports Editor
So I was wrong. So I made a bad pick.
Big Deal! So sue me why don’t you!. The
Cubbies didn’t do so hot in the playoffs, but
it wasn’t the first time, and I doubt that it
will be the last.
The Oakland A’s are doing quite well in
the playoffs. They beat the Toronto Blue
Jays in five games and were leading the
San Francisco Giants two games to none
when tragedy struck.
Approximately 5 p.m. Pacific Standard
Time, 8 p.m. Eastern Time, a major earth
quake hit the San Francisco area, measur
ing a 7.0 on the Richter scale. As of this
date, October 19, over 300 people were kill
ed in the disaster. Part of the Golden Gate
Bridge was broken apart, buildings were
crumbled and destroyed, and a major fire
broke out which covered approximately
two blocks of the city.
Now this may seem a bit stupid to say,
but the earthquake forced Baseball Com
missioner Fay Vincent to postpone the rest
of the World Series until it can be played
safely. At this time, the Series was to be
postponed for a least a week, but by the
time this article will be printed, the Series
could be over or it could still be postponed.
It’s quite hard for me to understand how
anyone could really worry about the rest of
the World Series when you have hundreds
of people killed and millions in a state of
shock and paranoia. I mean. I’m a big
sports fan and baseball is my favorite
sport, but I just don’t see the rush in get
ting the Series back underway. I think that
everything should be down to a mild shock
before baseball should even be thought
about being played again.
First of all. Candlestick Park in San
Francisco was slightly damaged by the
quake. The park should be checked out
quite thoroughly before people are allowed
in it. And that shouldn’t be taken care of
until the rest of the city is at least halfway
under control.
Secondly, why can’t the Series be moved
to another park if it is to be played at all%
Los Angeles is just down the road and I’m
quite sure that given the condition that San
Francisco is in, Los Angeles would be
more than happy to accommodate the rest
of the Series. It’s true that the home field
advantage would be lost, but their home
was almost lost.
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While I’m in the mood, why is everyone
making such a fuss about the hiring of Art
Shell as the Los Angeles Raiders’ head
coach. Just because he is black doesn’t
make him any different from any other
coach. Why don’t teams say that Joe Bob
was hired as the white head coach of the
Hoboken Bums. What difference does it
make that the man is black? He is a human
being just like the rest of us. What he
should be judged by, if anything, is the way
he coaches. Does he have the ability to do
the job in the NFL. That is the only judg
ment needed.
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In local news, the Brevard College
sports teams are really doing a great job,
especially the women’s soccer team. They
are ranked fourth in the nation and are
really rocking on. Good job ladies!
The basketball season is ready to get un
drway. The men are looking really good.
They have five sophomores returning and
a good crop of freshmen. Besides, when
you have Marcus Allen doing nothing but
shooting, you can’t go too wrong. But
seriously though, the team looks well-
balanced and ready for the season.
The women are also looking very good.
Coach Radford has the girls pumped for
the oncoming season and I definitely
believe that this will be a great year for the
girls. I also expect a great year from my
good friend Katie Trexler. I asked her,
begged her really, to put some seriously
high numbers on the b^rd, but as long as
they win. I’ll be satisfied. See ya later.