1999 Miracle Yearbook

IgASEBALL The 1999season was a restructuringyear for the YellowJackets tbintkikeam. The youngteam,led by seventh-year coach Norris Smith persevered through theUAWfinishing with a2-32mark.To open theseason, Cedarville losttwo gamesto Carroll College in Dade City, fiPFighlwhile in trainingcamp. Bryan Mangin homered for Cedarville. The next team Cedarville played, Warner Southern won 14-4. Micah Huntchins had two hits and Nathan Verwys scored twice for the Yellow Jackets. Hutchins went3-for-4 in the first of two losses to Webber(9-5,10-0). Next Cedarville faced Warner Southern for two more games. Warner Southern won both games,completing Cedarville's spring break sojourn in Florida. The Yellow Jackets arrived back in Cedarville to play their first home game and were defeated by Wittenberg 11-0. Following a loss to Wilmington, Cedarville began AMC action with two losses in a doubleheader with Malone. The men then traveled to Capital and were handed another loss. The team continued to play away from home, losing two games to Urbana. The Yellow Jackets then played a doubleheader with AMC foe Walsh. Walsh won both games. Cedarville then lost two games to Mount Vernon Nazarene. The team faced Wilmington and lost 5-3, scoring twice in the ninth innning but losing with the winning run at the plate. Cedarville had a season best 10 hits in the game. Coming off a loss in the opening game of a doubleheader, Cedarville knocked off AMC rival Saint Vincent. Mangin had a complete-game victory. When Rio Grande arrived in Spring- field to play the Jackets, they won 7-3 in the first game of a doubleheader. Cedarville responded with an 8-6 win in the second game,led by Trevor Creeden and Hutchins who delivered three hits apiece for the Jackets. Cedarville finished the season by losing both games of a doubleheader to Asbury in their final appearance. Coach Norris Smith stepped down at the end ofthe seaon and has been replaced by Greg Hughes.Coach Hughes began a rebuilding process at Wilmington in the last three years that has led to two consecutive 12-win seasons for that team. IOL A- &Labatt:(kneeling t-r) Tinf,Sactic,, een,Saturiey, Dew,qerber, Micak Hair-kiss, hetunilton, Michatt (standii9t-r)Head Coach,Norris graig Bantie,Trevor Creeden, CivaHafted* Nat/Loy Vertor, Dan, Rickett, 81-yeut,mangik,8riak scott Van,DerAa,, Ti4n, mccorklel Drew-Bowe,Assistantcoack Brandon,Locks: ATHLETICS !luck