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Sports, Video November 23, 2009

VIDEO: Cops and firefighters face off for cause

By Caroline Young | cyoung1@flagler.edu
Photo courtesy Jennifer Wells
Video by Caroline Young and Michael Newberger
Music contributed by Waiting on Brian

PHOTO CAPTION: Ralph and Malik Hicks and Destiny Brooks stand with members of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

Boys and Girls Club board member Allen Bohl is one the masterminds behind the first “Local Heroes Basketball Battle.”
Members of St. Johns County Fire Rescue and the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office went head to head on Nov. 14 in a basketball game at the Flagler Gymnasium to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club.

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Features, Sports November 23, 2009

Saints continue Cinderella season

By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Photo by Mike Slade

PHOTO CAPTION: Flagler College’s Meg Weathersby blocks against Armstrong Atlantic’s Kathrin Standhardinger en route to the regional championship game. The Saints won the regional championship against Wingate and are headed to the national tournament.

The No. 2 Flagler College Saints won the Division II Southeast Regionals with a convincing 3-1 win over No. 1 Wingate University.

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Blogs November 23, 2009

Ultimate Saint: Volleyball dreams come true

Tonight was a must-win for the Saints, and they played like it. The entire match was close, and the pace was set in the first 10 minutes when neither team had a lead of more than two points.

There were quite a few tips as opposed to kills, and that was very bothersome.

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Sports November 19, 2009

Volleyball team surges into NCAA Regional tournament

By Matthew Osterhouse | gargoyle@flagler.edu

Photo caption: Flagler College volleyball head coach Taylor Mott wins the Peach Belt Conference “Coach of the Year” award. Mott will lead the Saints in a match against No. 7 Lees-McRae College Bobcats on Friday in Wingate, N.C. at the NCAA Division II tournament.

The Flagler College volleyball team ranks No. 2 in the region heading into the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional tournament.

The Saints finished the regular season at the top of the Peach Belt Conference and won the PBC tournament. The team is riding a 25-match winning streak into the Regional competition.

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News November 19, 2009

Meteor shower dazzles night sky

By Michael Strasburger and Lauren Belcher | Gargoyle@flagler.edu

The annual Leonid meteor shower peaked early Nov. 17.

St. Augustine residents and all of North America had the chance to experience the concentrated showers before dawn. Although the shower peaked Tuesday, the shower is expected to continue until Nov. 21.

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News, Sports November 17, 2009

Volleyball sweeps powerhouse Armstrong Atlantic to claim PBC Tournament

By John Jordan
Special to The Gargoyle

AIKEN, S.C. − Meg Weathersby (Maitland, Fla./Orangewood Christian) recorded a match-high 13 kills on 30 errorless swings for a .433 attack percentage to help lead Flagler College to a 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-23) win over Armstrong Atlantic State University Sunday afternoon in the championship match of the 2009 Peach Belt Conference Tournament at the Convocation Center. Flagler is in its first year as a member of the Peach Belt.