Classical baseball job has 12 applicants

LYNN – The search for a new Classical High baseball coach will kick into high gear over the course of the next week or so.Athletic Director Bill Devin said there are 12 applicants for the job. He and Classical High principal Warren White will begin going through the applications and a committee will be assembled to provide input. Devin said a new coach could be in place sometime next week. The position opened up last spring when Jim Tgettis resigned from the job.When the job opened up, Classical assistant Derek Dana was mentioned as a possible successor to Tgettis, but the St. Mary’s baseball job opened and Dana, a graduate of the school, was hired to replace Bill Norcross.Filling the baseball job isn’t the only thing on the Classical High athletic director’s plate. With the pending retirement Penny Pension early next month, Devin will also have to launch a search for a boys tennis coach and a new girls tennis coach. Pension coached both teams, but with girls tennis moving to the spring (the same time the boys play), her loss results in two job openings.Devin will also be busy dealing with the lacrosse team due to its merger with English. Although Classical had healthy numbers last spring, English was in danger of not being able to field a team this year and as a result, the two teams will be merged and a new coach appointed. Chris Simbliaris is the current Classical coach and Kevin Driscoll coached the Bulldogs.Devin said the lacrosse merger will be handle in much the same way as the hockey merger between Classical and English. The team will take a new name and get new uniforms.