Page 8 May 2, 1984 10th Consecutive Year Flames Top 20 Victories By Steve Davis Al Worthington. Not since Lib­ About the season just con­ Pat Sipe's two-out grand slam erty's inaugural baseball season cluded, Hoffman added, "I guess in the bottom of the seventh lifted has a Worthington-coached team I'm satisfied. We won more than the Liberty Baptist College failed to reach this mark. we lost, but we had a lot more baseball team to an 8-4 victory The win over Howard made potential than we showed." over Howard University in the up, in part, for an April 26 dou­ first game of a double-header at Also speaking on the season ble-header sweep at the hands of Liberty Stadium Saturday. just concluded was Worthington Old Dominion University in who said, "We've had a good The Flames had led 4-3 going which the Flames got only one season. We're not in the into the seventh before Howard hit in the first game, then were playoffs, but it's been fine. We scored one run on starter Niles no-hit by Scott Hughes in the sec­ only had one senior, so we gained Creekmore, who was lifted in ond. a lot of good experience." favor of eventual winner Walter Dacuycuy (5-0). Dacuycuy got There is a definite bright side The Flames were led in pitch­ the last out of the seventh, strand­ to this; the team has only one ing by sophomore lefty Kevin ing a Bison runner on third. athletic senior, leftfielder Curt Napier. Napier had won a team- Hoffman. Hoffman, who trans­ leading six games with an e.r.a. The first eight Flame's batters ferred from Ohio Northern Uni­ of 3.27 going into the O.D.U. reached base in the first inning versity, was only eligible for one twinbill. of the second game as the Flames season at LBC. scored eight runs behind winning The Flames spent much of the pitcher Colby York (2-2) and Hoffman recovered from a bad 1984 season on a roller coaster. coasted to a 15-5 win and a sweep fall practice to be the Flame's They started out the season with of the twin bill. The win brought starting leftfielder and was an upset win over nationally LBC's record on the season to named the team's best hitter. ranked Division I Georgia Tech, 23-18. The season's last game About his fall practice, Hoffman but then struggled much of the was scheduled for April 30 stated, "The Lord just showed me season to stay above .500, with against Virginia Tech. I wasn't making the team because a low coming during a 3-6 I was a great ballplayer, but be­ Hawaii trip over spring break. This was the last season for cause He wanted me to." the Flames in NAIA competition and marked the first time in four seasons the Flames failed to make the NAIA World Series. The team placed fifth each of its last three appearances in the "AND HERE'S THE PITCH!"—LBC freshman pitcher Colby series. York serves up the horsehide in a recent Flames' baseball The Flames, however, won game. York was the winning pitcher in Saturday's second over 20 games for the tenth con­ game.—Photo by Patrick Tran. secutive season under head coach LBC Runners Strive For Recognition By Tim Brockway tance events and is part of the event. Track and field at Liberty distance medley team. Tim Sprano, in his last season WHOOSH—LBC first baseman Pat Sipe swings and misses Baptist College are words too Scott Evans is a junior from with the Flames, holds the school often taken for granted, but not Woodberry, N.J. Evans is the record in the javelin. The senior a pitch in the dirt—a rare occasion for Sipe, who struck out by everyone. There are those Flames best half-miler and is also from Woodberry, Conn, has a only four times in 1983, and hit two home runs Saturday here who take those words very part of the distance medley team. throw of 195 ft. to his credit. including a grand slam.—Photo by Patrick Tran. seriously. Coach Jake Matthes Curt Kreft is a junior from Tip­ Ryan Utz, a junior from Deer- and his athletes are just such a pecanoe, Ind. He is a national field Beach, Fla., holds the group. qualifier in the 1500 meters and school record in the hammer with For the look of a winner. There are, however, several a member of the distance medley a throw of 164 ft. athletes who deserve some recog­ team. Michael Reid, a high jumper nition. Troy Nelson is a junior from who doubles as a forward for the Go "All the Way U.Sjg There is Johnnie Englhardt. A Windom, Minn. 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