By {Jaycob Ammerman} | gargoyle@flagler.eduThe Flagler College athletic department announced the hiring of former Wisconsin University assistant coach Brian Heffernan to lead the women’s volleyball team.
Heffernan takes over for former head coach Taylor Mott, who relocated to Tennessee with her husband and two children after the fall 2011 season.
By Daniel Arbelaez | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Dyann Busse
Flagler’s freshman striker Marco Padilla promises a lot of success for the next four years. His experience of playing in many teams is so rich, that in just six months he has shown all of his capacity.
In the 2011 fall season he scored 4 goals. Two of them were overtime goals in two of the most important games of the season. His two cousins, Frank and Rolf Fletcher, play for the Venezuelan National Team. Today, they are two of the greatest soccer players in Venezuela. Both of them play in Switzerland and in Italy, respectively. Padilla is not far from being the same as his cousins. His performance and determination show how much he can contribute to the success of the Flagler men’s soccer team.
By Santiago Martinez-Caro | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Dyann Busse
For Flagler junior Yegor Romashov, playing tennis internationally has resulted in more than passport stamps. Romashov is now the student assistant coach of the men’s tennis team.
Romashov, a 20-year-old from Ekaterinburg, Russia, said he was advised by his principal in Barcelona, Spain to go to college in the southern region of the United States.
“I liked two schools, Georgia Southern and Flagler College,” Romashov, a sports management major, said. “My first year I went to Georgia Southern, and I didn’t really like it so I decided to transfer to Flagler College.”
They always say like father, like son. Sons often aspire to be just like their fathers, mimicking what they say, how they dress and even how they act.
For Flagler men’s basketball coach Bo Clark, he is literally following right in his father’s footsteps–in more ways than one. Clark played for his father, Eugene “Torchy” Clark, on the UCF Men’s Basketball team, and now he coaches his own son, Matt Clark, on the Flagler team.
By Mari Pothier | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Dyann Busse
With the return of many talented seniors and the pickup of powerful transfers, the Flagler College baseball team appears to be dominant in all areas of the game.
Flagler lost two out of three in their season opening series against the University of West Florida. On opening day, Feb. 3, the Saints slid past the Argonauts 4-3.
By Adam Hunt | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Santiago Cavanagh has his eyes on the prize.
And the Flagler men’s golf coach knows what it takes to win the Peach Belt Conference Championship title – his team did it last year.
By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler women’s basketball team continues their struggles with their recent home loss to Montevallo.
The Saints are now a disappointing 2-17 on the season, with a current seven game losing streak.
Coming into the season, the Saints expectations were very high.
Story and photo by Eric Albury | gargoyle@flagler.edu
New year’s resolutions are never easy. Nor are they always followed through to the end. But for Elijah Hayes, backup point guard for the Flagler Saints, his first resolution is already coming to a successful close.
Hayes’ aim was to abstain from meat, dairy, refined sugar, starches and flour for 21 days. No easy task when he had practice six days a week and played 1 to 3 games a week. But Hayes said it was worth it.
By Mari Pothier | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Dyann Busse
Taking one game at a time and looking to the future is how head coach Bo Clark is keeping morale up among his players.
The men’s basketball team is currently on an 11 game losing streak with a 6-12 overall record.
“I think the big thing is to try to keep as much positive energy as we can,” Clark said.