Sports.
September 8,1994
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West Georgia throws hailmarv in last 10 seconds
Elon suffers 29-24 loss
Bob Grimmie
Stajf Reporter
The Fightin’ Christians started
their 1994-95 season this weekend
at West Georgia College.
Despite gaining 321 yards
rushing and over 400 yards in total
offense, Elon lost 29-24.
Early in the game, the Fightin’
Christians suffered two losses when
senior captain offensive lineman,
Chad Chisholm severly sprained
his ankle and senior captain defen
sive back, James Washington dis
located his shoulder.
The Fightin’ Christians of
fense was sparked by senior Rod
Clark. Clark, who is playing his
first year at tailback after three years
as wide receiver, gained 225 all
purpose yards and scored two touch
downs.
It was Clark who gave Elon a
24-17 lead with 14:18 to play in the
fourth quarter when he took a hand
off and darted wide right for nine
yards and a touchdown.
The Fightin’ Christians’ lead
was cut to one when the Braves of
West Georgia College scored on a
touchdown pass with 11:11 remain
ing. Their extra point attempt failed.
Eventually Elon took over
with 2:45 left on the clock and
began to run off time. However,
after running for 12 yards junior
quarterback Maurice Blakeney
fumbled, and the Braves recovered.
With 40 seconds left in the
game the Braves moved the ball
from the eight-yard line to their
own 31-yard line. From here they
threw two incomplete hail mary
passes.
With under 10 seconds re
maining, West Georgia took one
more shot. This time they were
successful. The Braves completed
a 69-yard hail mary touchdown pass
with seven seconds on the clock to
give Elon a tough 29-24 defeat.
"This is disappointing. West
Georgia is one of the worst teams
I've ever played against," senior
offensive lineman Carl Stewart
said. "It shoudn't have come down
to one play in the fourth quarter."
The Fightin' Christians will
play their first conference game
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Catawba.
Search ends for women's tennis coach
Chuck Walker
Staff Reporter
Elon College ended its search
for a head women’s tennis coach
this past summer when they hired
Herb Bolick.
Bolick comes to Elon with 23
years experience as a director of
tennis. Bolick has worked as a club
pro at Emery wood Country Club in
High Point and he just recently left
Old Forest Racquet Club in Elon
College in June. Bolick’s duties
consisted of teaching, running
events and tournaments.
For his efforts, Bolick was
inducted into the North Carolina
Tennis Hall of Fame.
“The most enjoyable part of
my job, for me, was teaching tal
ented juniors,” said Bolick.
“Coaching has always been enjoy
able for me. I saw this as an oppor
tunity to focus on that aspect.”
Coaching at Elon will also pro
vide Bolick to pursue other inter
ests as well.
“Thejob ispart-time,” Bolick
said. “That will allow me the op
portunity to pursue a business, as
well as allowing me to be able to
stay in tennis and do something
that I enjoy.”
The man who played an inte
gral part in bringing Bolick to Elon
was assistant athletic director and
men’s head tennis coach Tom
Parham.
"Itwasaprocess,” said Bolick
of his finding out about the Elon
job. “Coach Tom Parham and I
explored the possibilities and it
happened. I’m excited.”
Bolick had the opportunity to
work with most of the women’s
tennis team this winter while he
was still working at Old Forest, and
It
Coaching has
always been enjoyable for
me. I saw this as an
opportunity to focus on
that aspect."
Herb Bolick
he was impressed.
“We have the nucleus for a
very good team,” said Bolick. “Ev
erybody is returning. We are ranked
#19 in the nation in the preseason
NCAA Div. II poll. I think one
advantage the girl’s have with me
as the coach, is that I don’t coach
any other sport, and I have experi
ence working with talented play
ers. I think we can move up a level.
I think doing well nationally is a
realistic goal.”
Bolick definitely has experi
ence working with talented play
ers. Two quality players Bolick
spent extensive time with are his
sons: Burt and David.
Burt, the oldest son, was a very
successful player at Williams High
School in Burlington and N.C.
State. Burt is now in the process of
qualifying for the ATP Pro tour.
David, Bolick’s youngest son,
won the state 3-A singles title while
at Williams last year. David is now
a freshman at N.C. State.
“Their involvement and suc
cess in tennis is just something that
evolved,” Bolick said. “There was
no set plan, on my part, for them to
become professional tennis play
ers. I was at the club so much with
my job and they would come, and
they developed an interest. I just
coached them along the way. They
turned out to be good players, but it
was nothing designed on my part.”
So now, Bolick will try to pass
along his knowledge and experi
ence to the women’s team here at
Elon. If experience and dedication
are any indication, Bolick should
be a perfect addition to the Elon
coaching staff
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April Perkins at the Pendulum Office
Ext. 2331
Football Player Profile
"Big Will" going out with a bang
April Perkins
Sports Editor
Charles Mitchell, also known
as ‘Big Will’, has walked onto the
football field for 15 years, and this
season will be his last time.
“This is it for me. I have had
a lot of fun, but this is my senior
year, and now I’m trying to go out
with a bang,” Mitchell said.
Mitchell is a 5-10,270 pound
senior from Sanford, N.C. He
came to Elon in 1991 on a full four
yearscholarshipforfootball. Dur
ing his senior year in high school,
Mitchell was recruited by coaches
Leon Hart and Larry Stephens as
one of Elon’s defensive lineman.
He has filled in at that position
ever since. However, this is the
first year Mitchell has started for
the Fightin’ Christians. Coach
Stephens feels Mitchell has ev
erything needed to be a strong
player.
“Charles is a good defensive
player,” Stephens said. “He needs
more consistency, but he has all
the tools to be a good defensive
player, size, quickness, height, and
everything else that comes with
it.”
Mitchell suffered a knee in
jury and had surgery this past June.
However, he feels that this will
not stop him nor slow him down.
“As long as I stay in shape and
continue to exercise it, it’ll be
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Charles Mitchell
alright,” Mitchell said.
His knee didn ’ t seem to bother
him at all this past weekend at
WestOeorgia. The Fightin’ Chris
tians lost 29-25 but Mitchell feels
the team played well. "The game
was 60 minutes and we played
hard 59 minutes and 20 seconds.”
Mitchell finished the game with
eight tackles and one fumble re
covery.
Mitchell’s biggest influence
has always been his parents. “They
would never let me give up and
forced me to go after my goals,”
Mitchell said. And that is exactly
what he intends to do. He is ma
joring in History and Philosophy
and will graduate in December,
1995. Following graduation, he
will go on later for a part time
teaching certificate and hopes to
teach and coach.
0 Schedule of
Events
Sept. 9 Volleyball vs. High Point University (HOME)
7 p.m.
Sept. 10 Football vs. Catawba (away) 1:30 p.m.
Women's Soccer vs. Queens College (HOME)
2 p.m.
Sept. 11 Volleyball vs. Mars Hill College (HOME)
2 p.m.
Sept. 13 Men's Soccer vs. Greensboro College (away)
4 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Guilford College (HOME)
6:30 p.m.
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