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Campbellsville U launches campaign to fund turf, lighting

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By Linda Waggener, feature writer

A unique speaker, a winning Tiger football game and the kickoff of a campaign to fund professional turf and lighting were highlights of a super athletics weekend at Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY.

Former Marshall University head coach Jack Lengyel, renown for having rebuilt the Marshall football program in the 1970s after tragic crash of Southern Airways Fiight 932 which was returning the Thundering Herd home after a road loss on November 14, 1970 killed all aboard, was the special speaker invited to help launch the $1.2 million campaign.



The campaign was presented as the biggest news for HIG Field since 2006 when a new name was given to the CU football stadium, Ron Finley Stadium.

Coach Finley, recovering from a life threatening health crises, was there for the game, sitting in his van just a few yards from the plaque which reads, in part: "In honor of Coach Fon Finley, head football coach 1988 - 2002, for his personal commitment and devotion to Campbellsville University, re-establishing the Tiger Football Program, influencing the lives of hundreds of young men, both on and off the football field, and instilling a legacy of Christian leadership that defines Campbellsville University Football..."

Coach Finley chatted for a few moments with Coach Lengyel, two legends meeting over the game they gave their career lives to. Lengyel spent time with supporters, with Tiger football players and with leaders of the university during his visit. Just before the game start, President Michael V. Carter presented Coach Lengyel with the Campbelllsville University Leadership Award.

CU beat West Virginia University Tech, 16-6, in a Mid-South Conference East Division victory Saturday on a rain-soaked field.


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Jack Lengyel receives Leadership Award from CU



2009-09-27 - HIG Field, 204 Tiger Way, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener.
President Michael V. Carter gave Campbellsville University's Leadership Award to Marshall University Coach Jack Lengyel before the crowd attending Saturday's football game. This was the culminating event in a weekend of excitement for CU Athletics. Friday evening, Lengyel spoke to a packed banquet hall about his experiences bringing football back to Marshall University after a plane crash wiped out the entire team. Carter's introduction of Lengal was a poignant one as he had been a student at Marshall when that took place. At the dinner, a capital campaign was announced which will raise funds to cover the CU field with turf and lighting of it and the baseball field. Lengyel is pictured above, center, with President Carter to his right. Board members and staff surround them, including a very proud Athletics Director Rusty Hollingsworth at far right. The Tigers beat West Virginia Tech just as the sun came out after a week of rain.

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Jamestown Elementary Lakers at CU Tiger football game



2009-09-27 - Finley Stadium at CU, 204 Tiger Way, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. The Jamestown Elementary Lakers attended Campbellsville University's winning Tiger football game Saturday as they wound up their Punt-Pass-and-Kick activities on campus.
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Legendary coaches meet at CU game



2009-09-27 - Finley Stadium at HIG Field, 204 Tiger Way, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Legendary coaches Jack Lengyel and Ron Finley met at the Saturday, September 26, 2009 Campbellsville University football game against West Virginia Tech.
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