The Clarion November 13, 1989 Page 15
Baseball coming back to Brevard in ’91
Doug Rogers’ men will get sophomore leadership from, left to right, Nate Fearrington, Cleon Dickerson,
Jamie Cousin, Harvey Cozart and Marcus Allen.
by Scott Holmes
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The Great American pastime is on its
way back to Brevard. In the fall of 1991,
Brevard College will have its first baseball
team since 1969.
In mid-October, the BC Board of
Trustees decided that it was definitely
time to reinstate baseball at Brevard Col
lege.
According to President Billy Greer, “It’s
a good thing to bring back to Brevard Col
lege. Every school in our conference has a
baseball team and we feel the need to get
in there.” Greer added, “Baseball will add
a much-needed and extra excitement dur
ing the springtime.”
The project is in the early stages of
development, but many things have been
pretty much decided. The baseball field
will be built where the cornfield is now
located.
In addition to the baseball field, the 30
acres of the cornfield will also be turned in
to a softball field. The ball park will be
built in-house, with a local contractor do
ing most of the building. The initial cost of
the project will be approximately $100,000.
The coach for the team has not yet been
decided on, but will most likely be hired in
the spring of 1990 in order for him/her to
become acquainted with the BC program.
The coach will also be hired at that date so
that he/she will be able to do the recruiting
with more time and ease and to familiarize
him/her self with the area coaches and
systems.
The addition of a baseball team will br
ing 35 to 45 new students to BC. Of these, 25
students will be heavily recruited and the
other 10 to 15 will be walk-ons.
How exciting is the prospect of baseball
at Brevard? Public Information Director
Jock Lauterer, “This is wonderful. What
more American sport is there than
baseball? It’s only appropriate that
Brevard College have baseball back in its
sports program.” Lauterer added that,
“It’s one of Brevard College’s most tradi
tional sports.”
How do the students feel about the idea
of baseball coming back to BC?
Sophomore David Hunt said that “even
though I won’t be here when it happens, I
believe that it’s a great idea and that
Brevard needs another sport.” Sophomore
Charlie Dino added, “It’s the national
pastime. It’s about time that it was put into
action.”
Brevard College has its own baseball
hero. Back in the 1940s, a player by the
name of Gil Coan played baseball for the
Brevard College team. A few years after
he graduated from Brevard, Gil Coan was
a professional baseball player for the
Washington Senators. Coan did quite well
in the major leagues. Having a .303 batting
average and was a real hustler. In a
previous Clarion interview, Coan was
quoted as saying this about baseball at
BC: “I wish they could have baseball, but
with schools being out around May 1, it’s
hard.”
Men lose to
Bobcats in
championship
by Charlie Dino
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The Brevard College Men’s Soccer
Team ended their regular season on a
great note. The team geared up for the
Region X Tournament by traveling to play
Hiawasee College Oct. 28. The team killed
Hiawasee by the score of 8-1. The win was
lead by Kurt Lehnert’s three goals and the
goalkeeping of Dave Simmers and Andrew
Zeldin.
The team’s first game in the Region X
tournament was played on Friday against
Anderson College. Brevard split their two
games with Anderson earlier this year.
This game went well for Brevard. The
team advanced into the Region X cham
pionship by defeating Anderson 2-1. Goals
were scored by Adrian Benzinger and
Michael Murray. The goals were assisted
by John Hackworth and Kurt Lehnert
respectively.
In the Region X championship game,
Lee’s-McRae opened the game with an
early score, which was answered quickly
with a Kurt Lenhert goal. Again, L-M
scored and that was answered by a BC
goal again by Lenhert. The halftime score
was 2-2.
Then, in the second half, Mike McAvoy
got the go-ahead goal for the Tornadoes
Now it was the Bobcat's turn to respond,
and L-M lied the game at 3-all. BC bowed
out when Lees-McRae scored two goals in
the last four minutes to win it 5-3.
Defensive action from the championship round of the men’s Region X finals against Lees-McRae.
photo hy Don Scarborough