Miami Dade College North Campus - Falcon Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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ASEBALL Baseball Coach Demie Mainieri is expected to turn out another outstanding baseball team this season. He had a chance to take a look at his players in a series of exhibition games played in Fall ,68 and the coach liked what he saw. The team has good speed, outstanding defence, and power, all plus signs pointing toward another trip to Grand Junction, Colorado, site of the Junior College Championship Tournament. The pitching staff will miss superstar Ed Avila, who pitched two years at Miami-Dade without losing a single game - but Mainieri expects re- turning lettermen Ray Bare, Bob Danaher, Wayne Assistant Coach Tony Simone, Head Coach Dr. Demie Mainzerz, Assistant Coach Nelson Mitchell. Hilburn, and Ed Checkwicz to take up the slack. The Falcons have four outstanding freshman hurlers in Dave Herman, Gary Bradshaw, John Murphy, and Dave Popovich. When the season opens the lineup is expected to be: Ralph Edwards, first baseg Tommy Erwin, second base, Artie Gonzalez, short stop, Ray F erraro, third baseg Glen Borgman, catcher, and Johnny Rivers, Sandy Swanson and Roy Gibson, outfielders. SITTING: Steve Calcutt, Bob Flynn, Bay Feraco, Artie Gonzalez, Tommy Ervin, Tommy Taylor, Dave Shelby, Dale Gordon Sandy Swanson. KNEELIN G - Coach Nelson Mitchell, Mike Kram, Statistician, Dave Herman, Ralph Edwards, ,Iohny Rivers, Emmett Law, Archie Cameron, Bill Russell, Bob Danaher, Jimmie Smart, Steve Thompson, Tony Gonzalez. STANDING- Coach Tony Simone, Bob Fleischer, Manager, Mike Misler, Gary Bradshaw, Roy Gibson, Glen Borgman, Ray Bare, Wayne Hilburn, John Murphy Dave Popovic, Tony Giordano, Rich Poole, Assistant Manager, Head Coach Dr. Demie Mainierll 1 QQ. - - I br Ll .l

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BASKETBALL As the Fa1con's basketball team prepared to start the ,68-569 season Coach Bill Alheim found himself without a single starter from last year's outstanding squad that finished 7th in the nation. Guard Richard Wenz, sixth man on last yearls team, was expected to bring valuable leadership and experience to the new starting five. He saw action in 21 of 33 garries last year and finished with a game point average of 7. An injury caused Richard to miss the latter part of the season. Returnees Steve Brady and Wayne Conn saw limited action last year and both have come a long way since then -improving their shooting and re- bounding. Conn was expected to get the nod at starting center with freshman Willy Wilcox, a 6' 8 giant, his backup at the position. Freshmen Willie Snell and jimmy Harvard were ticketed for heavy duty and these multi-talented ball hawks probably hold the key to a successful Falcon season. Snell, the Falcons' old mann, is expected to reach superstar status based on his record which includes making the All-Air Force Team two times. He can do just about everything a basketball player is supposed to do on a basketball court. Harvard, at 6' 3 , jumps, shoots, and rebounds well but will have to excel more on defense if the Falcons are to win many ball games. Another freshman, Vernon Roberts, 6' 3 , could be great with experience. t'He,s good enough to start at any of the forward or guard positionsw, said Coach Alheim. Coach Alheim, facing the toughest schedule in Falcon history, had just two words to say when asked about his team: nWe're hurting . The team played a Thanksgiving Tournament and looked great in their season debut smashing the UM Frosh, 112-60. But the Florida State Frosh turned out the lights on the Falcons the following night, 73-58. MIAMI-DATE JUNIOR COLLEGE NORTH ,S 1968-69 BASKETBALL FALCONS: - FIRST ROW: Alan Shockley Iassistant trainerl, Willie SnelL Alexander Wynn, Vincent Fallica, Richard Wenz, Jim Kirton ftrainerj. SECOND ROW-Joe Klein Imanagerj, Bill McMurtry, Ray Hoeben, Steve Brady, David Bowland, lim Richardson fassistant coachl. THIRD ROW- Vernon Roberts, Wayne Conn, Willie Wilcox, Dale Dunnavant, Jim Harvard, BillAlheim fhead coachl.