one week out

College baseball season starts next Friday, with Belhaven playing host to Mobile at venerable Smith-Wills Stadium and William Carey tripping down to New Orleans to play Loyola. The launch of a new season always warms the soul, regardless of the temperature outside. Belhaven is coming off a 43-20 season and got votes in the preseason NAIA poll. Something to watch for: Blazers coach Hill Denson is six wins short of 1,000 for his career. Carey went 36-22 overall and 28-7 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, winning the regular season title. Bobby Halford’s Crusaders figure to be contenders again. Aren’t they always?