Justin Mills and Cameron Robinson signed letters of Intent today to play college Lacrosse.   To veiw pictures from today's signings, click on "Off to College to Play Lacrosse"

Click on "GoUpstate Online" and the Spartanburg Herald Journals story by Kevin Melton for more information on these two fine student athletes!

Congratulations to these athletes, parents, coaches and teachers on their accomplishments in both the classroom and playing field.   

Terrika Foster
Girls Basketball – Lander University
 
KeKe Cooper
Girls Basketball – Appalachian State

Megan Steading  (missing in photo)
Softball  and Volleyball – North Greenville
 
Hannah Wertz
Volleyball – Brevard
 
Hannah Cabiness
Volleyball – Coker
 
Arista Setro
Golf - Anderson University
 
Ethan Jarrett
Lacrosse - Catawba College
 
Lexi Cathcart
Lacrosse - Newberry College
 
Hannah Watchorn
Lacrosse - Converse College
 
Curtis Webb
Basketball – Lincoln Memorial University 

To view pictures from today's event, click on "Cavalier Galleries" then select the "Special Events" category and scroll to the bottom for the link.

Today, 5 Cavaliers signed "Letters of Intent" to play college - Golf - Baseball - and Swimming.   Click in "Cavalier Galleries" and then select the "Special Events" category for the link to pictures.

Congratulations to these Cavaliers and their families for their commitment to excellence.....these successes don't just happen!

Dorman High Welcomes New Coaches

    The Dorman High School Athletic Department welcomes 11 new coaches to the staff for the 2011-12 school year.  Several of the new coaches have actually coached previously in District Six and are returning to the high school coaching staff.  Dorman Athletic Director Flynn Harrell says that the new coaches this year are “top notch.  I believe that they will help their respective teams reach new heights going forward.  They all bring tremendous experience with them from their playing days and from previous coaching opportunities.  Many of them have already been working with our athletes during the summer training sessions and I can see that they will be welcome additions to our Dorman coaching staff.”

  The girls’ basketball program has seen the biggest coaching turnover since last season.  Valorie Whiteside is taking over as the head varsity girls’ basketball coach.  Coach Whiteside was a star athlete at Chapman High School where she led the Lady Panthers to a state championship.  She went on the play at Appalachian State where she holds numerous school records, had her jersey retired and was selected to join the Southern Conference Hall of Fame.  She played professional basketball in Europe after college.  Coach Whiteside had previously been on the staff at Dorman as an assistant under Joy Couch.  She has also coached teams in Spain, in youth organizations and in AAU.

  Nicole Hood rejoins the Dorman girls’ varsity staff as an assistant after spending the last two years as a successful head coach at Dawkins Middle School.  Coach Hood played basketball at Westside High School in Anderson and at UT Chattanooga in the Southern Conference.  She was previously a varsity assistant at Dorman from 2007-09.  Jessica Collins, a former Lady Cavalier player, will also be a varsity assistant basketball coach.  She too played basketball in college in the Southern Conference at Appalachian State.  She has been the head girls’ basketball coach at Gable Middle School the past four years.  Ashley Wyatt, a former Dorman High player, returns to DHS to coach the junior varsity girls after spending the past three seasons as the head girls’ coach at Fairforest Middle School.  Athletic Director Flynn Harrell says that “you would be hard pressed to find a better qualified and experienced coaching staff than the one we have now at Dorman.  Their experiences as players and coaches will be a true asset to our DHS basketball players.”

  Matthew Lindner takes over as head boys’ lacrosse coach this year.  He played high school lacrosse, football and wrestling in New York and went on to play football and lacrosse in college at Salisbury University.  He has coached lacrosse at several high schools since 2000 and served as the head coach at Hilton Head High School where he led the team to the state championship in 2006.  He was the men’s lacrosse assistant coach at Presbyterian College from 2007-09 and was the head girls’ lacrosse coach at Wade Hampton High School last year.  Coach Lindner will be teaching chemistry at DHS this year.

  There are two new coaches on the varsity football staff this year including Tracy Woodson who will be coaching running backs.  Coach Woodson is a graduate of Spartanburg High School where he was a Shrine Bowl football player.  He coached on the Spartanburg High School staff for several years and was most recently a coach and athletic director at McCracken Junior High.  Former Dorman girls’ soccer coach Josef Lorenz is coaching the Cavalier kickers this fall.  Coach Lorenz played football and soccer at Stafford High School in Virginia and played soccer at USC Upstate.  He has coached soccer at Wofford College and at Vanderbilt University before coming to Dorman where he led the girls’ soccer program for nine years.

  Two new assistant coaches were added to women’s sports for this year including Dawn Tscherne to the girls’ lacrosse program.  Coach Tscherne was actually Dorman’s first ever girls’ head lacrosse coach when the program started three years ago.  She has spent the last two years as an assistant at Converse College and is excited to rejoin the Lady Cavalier program.  Chelsi Lowe joins the softball staff as pitching coach this year.  Coach Lowe played softball at Chapman High School and at SMC where she was a star pitcher.  Her knowledge of pitching will be a real asset to the Dorman softball program.  She will also be teaching Spanish at DHS.

  Two new junior varsity head coaches have joined the DHS staff this year.  Heather Perry is now the JV competition cheer coach.  Coach Perry is a former Dorman and USC Upstate cheerleader.  She has coached the cheerleading squad at Fairforest Middle School for the past eight years.  Zac Rich is the new JV boys’ basketball head coach.  Coach Rich played basketball at Lexington High School and at USC Upstate.  He has previously served as the JV coach and varsity assistant at Pickens High School.  He will also be teaching social studies at DHS.

Lightning Warning

Evacuation Procedures

In the event of a lightning warning (15 second blast from the lightning detection system horn) during a football game the stadium will need to be evacuated.  Here are the procedures for evacuation:

Visiting football team – to the ground level field house on the visitors side of the stadium or to their team buses as directed by their head coach

Home football team – to the ground level field house on the home side of the stadium

Referees – to the referee’s lockeroom on the ground level field house

Home band – to the 9^th grade football lockeroom in the upper field house (Jamie Pruitt and Roger Sumner will let the band in)

Blue Belles and Home Cheerleaders – to the JV football lockeroom in the upper field house (Jamie Pruitt and Roger Sumner will let the cheerleaders and Blue Belles in)

Visiting band and cheerleaders – to their respective buses parked in the grassy lot next to the visiting stands

Spectators – will need to evacuate the stadium and return to their vehicles until the all clear signal is given

No One Should Return the Field or to the Stadium Until the All Clear Signal has Been Delivered.  This Signal will be Three Five Second Blasts from the Lightning Detection System Horn.

Dorman Cavaliers Dot Com salutes Erroll Morgan, secretary to the Athlectic Director, Flynn Harrell.

I have no idea how many AD's Erroll has had to train but to be sure she has guided a bunch through the jigsaw of season tickets not to mention, programs, pictures, and  the world of eligibility that requires vigilence, preserverance, patience, and determination.

For the most part, Erroll remains in the background gettting and keeping things in order.  It takes a lot of people to create an athletic program like what we have at Dorman.......Erroll has played a major role!

So for now, the Dorman Nation wants to say THANK YOU ERROLL ....we APRECIATE YOU!

Oh by the way, could I get 4 season tickets on the 50 together?  (K I D D I N G)