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6 Sports Tuesday, November 4, 1997 Baseball Field Gets New Name by Danny Breece If you ever stop by the baseball field to see your Brevard College baseball team play a game and hap pen to look up at the score board, you will not only realize your team is winning but you will also notice the name Gil Coan, to whom the field is dedicated, is at the top of the score board. Gil Coan was bom in Monroe, North, Carolina where he attended Mineral Springs High School for four years and played baseball for two. In 1940 he moved t o Brevard and eventu ally be came the head baseball coach here at Brevard College. After two years he retired from this position, and in r ollegc Breva by Tracy Borden The ladies’ soccer team bontinues on their roll of consistent wins. Besides their amazing ath letic ability, they also have an amaz ing sense of teamwork. In fact, the word teamwork does not quite do the team justice. Together the six teen girls think in a mind set that travels throughout the entire team. They work together on and off the field which creates an incredibly powerful soccer game. Coach Bartlenski leads these dynamic women into what will hopefully be a clean sweep of a season. Last week the lady toma- Volleybail Shows Team Spirit by Amber Jefferies gained new players this year who The Lady Tornadoes en tered their second season of vol leyball with more talent and expe rience. This year’s volleyball team is small, but they are doing very well. Rebecca Wagner, who is on the team said, “The team has improved a lot since last year, and there is a whole lot of talent involved. We all hope to do well in nationals which are held in November, in Utah. I am very happy with the team’s skill and fnendship. We are all doing well. The Lady Tornadoes have improved tremendously. They have are very strong in their areas. AThe team looks really good this year, and we all have a lot of team spirit. We also have good willingness to work with each other. I believe that we have good people skills, but we need to work on communica tion and trust in one another,” stated Jessika Rodriguez. Brevard has a very defen sive volleyball team. They started out their season very strong, and now, as they are heading to na tionals, they are becoming stron ger and holding their own. They are striving for competition and are very eager to win nationals. 1993 the college baseball field was dedicated to him. For the past four years Gil has been spending 15 hours a week pre paring and keeping the field in ex cellent condition. When he was asked why he spends so much time working on the field, he sim ply said he does not like to se( the field in bad condition. Gil is currently living in Brevarc with his wife Dovie, and every daj you can be sure to see him work ing on the field. If you ever hap pen to pass by the field and see black truck parked by the righi field fence, make sure you stop and say hello and tell Gil how much you appreciate what he is doing for the team. Lady Tornadoes “Whirlwind”into Victory does broke the record for the most consecutive wins, which is just the beginning of the goals these ladies have in mind. They are going for the most goals in a season. Deter mination and hard work are both qualities all of these ladies possess.The team just played the last game of the season on Mon day, October 27, and won 14 to 0. On Sunday, November 2 the girls played Spartanburg, here at home. This was the beginning of Regionals. The team travels to Georgia on November 8th and 9th to play Districts. We all wish them luck in the games to come! BC Baseball Is Still Confident by Bobby Dodenhoff Brevard Baseball has just wrapped up their fall schedule. Their schedule consisted of a few Division II programs and the rest consisted of two-year programs. Their schedule was a long, tough, and tiring schedule, but the players learned a lot of new things and improved their skills over the last two months. The team consists of fourteen returning players and sev enteen freshmen. The team also con- sists of returning catcher, Curtis Sapp, who was an All-Region player last year and left fielder. Matt Brown, who was one of the top five hitters in the region last year. Also, returmng this year is power hitting right fielder, Travis Pittman, who bat ted .377 last year with eight home runs. The team is confident com ing out of the fall season, and they are looking forward to the spring which is just around the comer. The team might be confident, but they know that there is a lot of room for improvement. They are going to take advantage of the off season to get stronger and to get in better shape. By spring time the team will have come together and have a great chance to become great competition among the Region X. They feel if they keep working hard and improving their skills there will be no one who can stop them from winning the Region X come spring. Now that you’re all grown up, what are YOU going to do? “Choosing Maj or’ Participate in this One Hour Seminar. See Pam Johnson to Pre-register. The Placement Center ■ Stamey Counseling Center 883-8292 cxi 2299 or pamj(o)brevar(].edu
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