A New Season Is Upon Us

We have had one week of practice with our team. We had tryouts on October 15-16 during fall break and we had a large turnout. Having tryouts mean you have to have “cuts” which are always one of the most difficult parts of my job.

The guys have been working hard and our practices have been very competitive. It is a unique situation with is having five seniors who are eager to increase their production collectively (12 ppg & 10 reb) from last season and freshmen who are eager to earn substantial minutes for us this season. As a coach you love to see “healthy competition” because that is what makes a competitor want to compete. Also, I am very grateful for my two assistant coaches (Alvin Green and Tim Meyers) who will return for another season at BC.

On Thursday we will have our ODAC media day in Salem. I am curious to see where we will be selected because we did lose are top three scorers (Dominic Trawick 22 ppg, Jake Johnson 12 ppg, & Segar Jordan 8 ppg) from last season.

Our current team has been very busy not only with practice but also with different community service projects. I spoke to the students (Grades 5 – 8) and staff at Skyline Middle School to “kick off” their Character Week at the school on October 18th. Our entire team went to John Wayland Elementary School to read to all of the Kindergarten classes on October 21st. We have a program intact called “READ with an EAGLE” and we will visit different elementary schools throughout the year. Below are two different web links from Oct. 21st.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKn6bw878TA

Here’s the link from WHSV TV 3

http://www.whsv.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5213223&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

This Saturday is a BUSY weekend for ALL Bridgewater College fans.
NOON – Women’s Soccer is hosting ODAC playoff game vs W & L
1 pm - Football vs Emory & Henry (Senior Day)
3:30 pm – Women’s Basketball Spaghetti Dinner in Nininger Hall
Men’s Basketball vs ALUMNI team in Nininger Hall
Please come out and support your Bridgewater College Eagles

Alumni Roster : Jay Strotman, Matt Drewer, Andrew Cathlin, Dominic Trawick, Michael Oblitey, Matt Ross, Jake Johnson, Rob Rice & Justin Reavis.

Have a GREAT Day and I look forward to seeing you this weekend.
Go EAGLES!