Coastal Carolina University - Atheneum Yearbook (Conway, SC)

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Students Have A Ball With The Bicentennial VX. i at fl M ffff law as 2 In honor of the Bitentenninl telelvrqltion, the 1976 Spring formal was renametl the Bicentennial Hull. Students were ent-nurgxgecl to wear eoloniul .1IElYCIO1lQlCl to the festivities. The dance, held at the Convention Center was well nttenclecl and everyone who went felt Coastals' contribution to the Bicentennial was L1 real ball,

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Golf Team After the Spring 1976 season, Coastal's Golf team has great expectations for 1977. The District 416 Tournament is the biggest game for the team, with the State Tournament at Hampton, SC ranking second. Coastal placed Sth of 11 teams at the 1976 District if 6 Tournament and 11th at the State Tournament. The team's record for spring 1976 was 9 out of 15 matches. The fall 1976 schedule included Methodist tournament CCoastal won 5th place of 12 teamsj and Elon Tournament where Coastal's team placed 2nd of 17 teams that participated. Andy Davis shows promise as the teamls first man, Rocky Reavis second and Eddie Salley third, according to the fall record of 3 matches won of 4 played. Any student can try out for the team at the first meeting in the ' Iq., V spring. Twelve members are chosen. The members compete for a it can f ' f. f , .,, . ,Q :ff v chance to go to each tournament. 7 f. 1 Coach Tom Cooke ' , , ,1'4v, 1 Coach Tom Cooke, Rocky Reavis, Eddie Salley, Rob West, Charlie Roundtree, Student Assistant Ricky Avins 'T 1 ls pl fl Y N 't 1 F l l

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Coastal 'S First Ann ual Baseball Invitational The Coastal Chants hosted the First Coastal Carolina Invitational Baseball Tournament this year and the line-up of participants was impressive with powerful Miami of Ohio, Eastern Connecticut and Armstrong State. Randy Owens was the hero of the opening game for Coastal as he pitched a 4-hit shutout and slapped a game-winning homer against Armstrong State 2-O. In the second game Miami of Ohio and E. Conn. battled and E. Conn. exploded in the late inning to win 9-5. Miami of Ohio Redskins swept 2 games from the Chanticleers of Coastal to take the honors in the First Annual C.C. Invitational Baseball Tournament. Coastal needed to win only 1 of the 2 games 'to become Toumey Champs since they had not lost in the double elimination. Coach Vrooman said he was very pleased with his team's play in the tournament. We played very well throughout the tournament and no one likes to lose but at least we lost to a good teamf' Coastal placed three on All-Tourney Team. However the team was dominated by Miami. Owens hit 533, batted in 7 runs and pitched a 4-hit shutout to be named in the designated hitter spot. Landrum batted .353 with a 1 RBI and was honored in center-field position. King won 1 and lost 1 with a 0.75 ERA and nailed down honors as top right-handed pitcher. fPhotos courtesy Sun Newsj .,,,, . . . ' ' rf ' , or ,Wax 4 , M. at at ,, ,. 401 ' A 10. ' I, - Mr 'mm g -.'1 ,. Randy Owens is congratulated at home after a 2-run homer to win the opening game,