Impressive Was The Word

mpressive wasthe word for many ofthestatisticsthat the Liberty Baptist College Baseball team boasted ofthis season At one time the Flames were 21-4, with winning streaks ofseven andeight games, andwere 6-1 against Division I schools. They defeated allbut one oi the teams they played against fromthe state ofVirginia Butmost impressive was winning the first sixteen games on their newbaseball field Added to this was thefactthatofthetotal28players, 19 were freshmen. To Coach Al Worthington andAssistant Coaches Curt Christians andBill Brown oneof the big factors ingetting the team together was the pre-season trip to Florida, which notonly gave the team a tan, but gave the coaches a chance to see whocould fillthe positions best, much before regular season While inFlorida the Flames were able to play nationally-ranked Southern Illinoisalso

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The team ended with an excellent 22-11-1 season record, highlighted by two victories over state power Virginia Tech anda victory over James Madison After these wins many acclaimed the Flames Baseball team as"the best in the state."

Individual standouts this season were many Forbatters,SidBream ledwith a .443 average,followed by Richard DeWitt with .361,and Dean Powell with .341.Theteam average was .295 for theseason Of the pitchers Dave Harris wasoutstanding with a 7-0 win/loss record, followed byLee Guetterman with5-2, and Frank Brown who hada 4-1 record

Of thefans who watched theFlames play Coach Worthington said "We appreciated them andtheir enthusiasm This helped ourplayers towin!"

LBC BASEBALL TEAM: (front row) Asst Coach Curt Christians, Marc Leatherwood, Frank Brown, Matt Royer, Ronnie McGuire, John Jarnagin, Doug Smith, (second row) Dean Powell, Tom DeWitt, Steve Younts, Don Brake, Rob Strasser, Paul Taggart, Asst Coach Bill Brown, Head Coach Al Worthington (third row) Tom Sweat, Lee Guetterman, Kirby Clark, Jim Yard, Sid Bream, Doug Williams, Chris Miller, David Harris, Trainer Bobby Fowler (fourth row) Manager Cliff Reynolds, Peter Guy, Barry Clarkson, Bruce Secrest, Richard DeWitt, Ken Pantano, Jim Mullins, Dike Shellman, Brian Metzger