Nov. 9, 2012 I The Clarion
Sports
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Men's basketball begins season The end has arrived
final game of the season tomorrow
By Jackson Vause
StaffWritei^_
The Brevard Men’s Basketball season
opened play on Monday with an exhibition
game against the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville.
Brevard lost, but made a good showing
against the D-1 school.
Brevard took an early lead by hitting a
three point shot to open the game. After that,
however, Brevard looked uneasy on the court,
and couldn’t get a shot to fall while UNCA
got hot and came on strong to take a 30-12
lead at the ten minute mark.
Here Coach Burgess called a time-out, after
which Brevard made a small run to bring the
score to 39-21 with six minutes left in the
half. Brevard kept this streak for a short while
longer as Nicholas Dionisio came in and
drained two three-pointers, but unfortunately
for the Tornadoes, UNCA was consistent at
the free throw line and entered the locker
room at half time leading 51-31.
Brevard came out of half time aggressively,
and three pointers from Matthew Ward and
Gerel Simmons looked as if they might spark
the Tornado offense. This came to no avail
however as a dunk from UNCA’s Roberts
swung the momentum once again in the
Bulldogs’ favor. UNCA took control of the
game from this point and sparked by to more
dunks from Cunningham went on to win the
game 91-60.
Brevard remained upbeat after the game
however, saying that they felt that it gave
them a good feel for their strengths and
weaknesses coming into the season, and also
that taking on a D-1 school would prepare
them and make them better for the rest of
the season.
The Tornadoes will begin their official
season tonight against Columbus State
University in Americus, GA.
Freshman Alex Moe fights to block a rival Bulldog in their season opener.
Lady Tornados fall to Bears in home finale
By Chantel Azevedo
Sports Editor
The Brevard College volleyball team
underwent a tough 3-1 loss to the Lenoir-
Rhyne Bears in their final home match of the
2012 season in Boshamer Gymnasium last
Tuesday night, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-11.
The lady Tornados were able to get ahead
of the Bears in the first set of the match after
rallying from an 11-6 deficit to open the
match. The Tornados tied the Bears at 13-13
and later 16-16 before finally gaining a solid
lead in the set. The Lenoir Rhyne Bears took
control over the game following the Brevard’s
first set, winning each of the next three sets.
The Tornados will visit Tusculum College
today to take on the Pioneers at Pioneer Arena
on Friday, November 9 at 7 p.m. Lenoir-
Rhyne, meanwhile, will head to Eleazer
Arena to take on the Lions of Mars Hill today
at 7 p.m.
By Drevius Sizemore
StaffVVritei^^^^_
The Tornados final football game is here and
will be played against the Newberry Wolves
tomorrow at Brevard.
The Newberry Wolves record is (5 - 5) and
the Brevard Tornados record stands as (1-9),
but the win to loss ratio will mean nothing
going into this game. Brevard plans to end
their season with a bang and to play fierce and
intense football; they will end their season
with nothing less than a win. This game is
set to be a very exciting game because this
game will provide closure for the Brevard
Tornadoes.
Brevard should exert many examples of
emotion packed plays throughout this game,
due to it being the last game for the seniors
of Brevard College. The Seniors that will be
playing their last game as Tornados are Aaron
Reese, Anthony Cestrone, Chris Jones, C.J
Wilson, Eric Watts, Derek Church, Phillip
Curcio, Dusty Holder, Jordan Bookheart,
Sean Lampkin, and Marvin Lawson.
All of those players listed will have to play
hard because this is the last game of their
collegiate career, and to go out with a win
would be the best way to end it. Most players
feel that the season just flew by, and that it
feels strange approaching their last game,
but have nothing but a win embedded in
their brain. They believe that despite all the
tough and hard times they have experienced
that to end it with a win would be the perfect
ending.
Brevard has had a rough season but they
never gave up and continued to have a positive
outlook on their future as a collegiate football
program. This game will do nothing but bring
upon closure to their season and at the same
time spark a fire to make them realize that
they have a lot of work to do as a team and
that all it takes is time and commitment. The
Tornados will step on to the field with their
heads up and look their opponents in the eyes
and fight until the game is over and ending
in their favor, with Brevard College bringing
home a win.