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August 30, 2010

LMC return to football an all-around success

JACKSONVILLE — Mission accomplished!

Lon Morris College’s return to football can now officially be deemed an across-the-board-swimmingly success.

First, enrollment has nearly tripled since the college announced in January 2009 that it would be resurrecting its football program after not fielding a team for the last 70 years, which was one of the reasons in the school’s decision to bring back football.

On the field head coach Johnnie Ritchey’s Bearcats kept up their end of the deal by blasting Monterrey (Mexico) Tech-Santa Fe 49-0 in front of an enthusiastic crowd, estimated at around 3,000, at the historic Tomato Bowl on Saturday night, in the team’s first game since 1940.

Prior to the actual game, a robust number of LMC students, fans as well as the general public flocked to the parking lots of Sadler’s Kitchen at The Landmark and the Greenhouse Mall for a Bearcat tailgate party.

With plenty of colorful green and white helium balloons decorating the area, fans mixed and mingled, listened to music — some even danced— and naturally consumed plenty of pre-game snacks and refreshments in the true spirit of tailgating.

Judging by the traffic counts at many of Jacksonville’s restaurants, both fast food as well as sit-down eateries, about 10:30 p.m. Saturday evening, it appears LMC and city officials also got their wish fulfilled as far as the positive economic impact Bearcat football will bring to the community.

LMC will play their second of four home contests scheduled for this fall at 2 p.m. Saturday when Arkansas Baptist College visits the Tomato Bowl.

Save the date.





 

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