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Ladies swimming p. 12
Ladies softbaii p. 12
Men’s basebaii p.li
Men’s basicetabii p. 12
Friday, February 8,2002
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Joy Marinelli
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24 was close, only 26-
The crowd, mostly parents
cheered loudly, each side hoping to
assist the ball into the basket by
voicing their support.
The players struggled and
fought to gain the advantage. The
whistle blew —time out.
The teams ran to the sidelines
and looked up at their coaches for
further direction.
Gardner-Webb students, Tripp
Graziano and Jake Lehmann, gath
ered the team around them and
started going over the next game
plan.
Lehmann explained a new play
while Graziano encouraged each
pJayer to keep up the defense and
the good work. The II- and 12-
year-old boys carefully listened
then gathered in the huddle before
running out on the court again.
It s basketball season at the
Shelby YMCA.
Three hundred and thirty kids
GWU student/YMCA volnnt a , . by Joy Marinelli hundred and thirty kids,
and player Turner have
cheer. for a group been divided up into teams. After
practicing for an hour each week
since November, the teams began
their season in early January.
The coaches were just as excit
ed as the kids. "I love working with
the kids, and I’ve done it for three
years (coaching]," said Mike Shade,
another Gardner-Webb student and
volunteer coach for the YMCA.
“It combines my love for bas
ketball and my love of kids.”
The YMCA’s Sports Coordinator,
y Oliver, said that Gardner-Webb
and the YMCA have been working
together the past few years on vari
ous programs. Cam Corder, the
YMCA CEO, started the Shelby
YMCA from scratch.
Then Corby Hangline, a
Gardner-Webb graduate, was hired
to work as the Sports Coordinator.
He has been responsible for 80 per
cent of the programs presently
offered.
Oliver said the YMCA has seen
a continual increase in its member
ship. There are 10 to 12 thousand
members.
The move to the new building
two and a half years ago has
allowed the YMCA to offer more
opportunities.
Throughout the growth
Gardner-Webb has been there to
assist the YMCA. Since Oliver has
been working
as
„ to “■5 Sports
Coordmator, there have been four
interns from Gardner-Webb.
Now that it is basketball sea
son, four students from GWU vol
unteered to coach teams. “It’s really
awesome that they volunteered,”
said Oliver. “They approached me.”
The volunteers had to stay over
into their Christmas break in order
to go to all the practices, he
explained. “That means a lot to the
kids, especially to stay over at the
holidays,” Oliver continued.
For the GWU students, coach
ing is an opportunity for them to be
involved with sports. “I like work
ing with kids...I have more fun
than they do,” said Graziano “I
want to coach when I get older and
this gives back to the community.”
The YMCA/GWU partnership
will continue in the future. Oliver
said that he is working with GWU
women’s basketball coach, Edie
McCurley, to set up a regular
internship program for Gardner-
Webb students.
We work with Gardner-Webb
to see what we can do for them and
what they can do for us,” Oliver
said.
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A female Gardner-Webb
student was attacked at the
Broad River Greenway at 4; 15
p.m. on Jan. 28. Her attacker,
a 34-year-old local man, was
arrested by the Boiling
Springs Police Department on
Feb. 5.
“It was a beautiful day
with lots of people around—
the middle of the afternoon,”
said Mike McCauley, who
was running at the Greenway
when the attack happened.
Word of the incident has
raised questions among stu
dents, especially females,
about safety.
It [the attack] happened
in the middle of the day; it
wasn’t even at night,” said a
female GWU student.
The assailant was charged
with first degree kidnapping, a
Class D felony punishable by
up to 40 years in prison.
According to North Carolina
crime statistics, the average
sentence for this charge is 12
years.
The attacker was also
charged with assault on a
female, which is classified as
a misdemeanor.
McCauley, who chased
the man in his truck, said that
students should always be
aware of their surroundings.
“This is a good example
that anything can happen to
anybody, regardless of where
you are or what time you are
there,” said McCauley.
Both Boiling Springs
Police and Campus Police
noted that awareness is the
key to staying safe.
“We’ve got the same
problems as everybody else,
we just control them a little bit
better,” said Boiling Springs
Police Chief James Claiy-.
Campus Police Officer
Jennifer Archer stated that
awareness is one of the most
important tools for promoting
safety.
“When I heard about the
attack, my first reaction was
that everyone takes for grant
ed that nothing happens here,
but it does,” said Archer.
She also emphasized that
being prepared is one of the
best ways to ward off any pos
sible attack.
“Walk confidently and be
aware of your surroundings,”
Archer said.
“Think about what you
are going to do if you are
attacked beforehand. If you
know what you are going to
do, it’s more likely you will do
it,” she added.
English Professor, David
Parker, teaches an Aikido
class from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on
Tuesdays in the wrestling
building as an opportunity to
learn self-defense techniques.
This service is free to all
Gardner-Webb students.