's varsity football team began official on-field preparations for its 2011 season on Monday with a two-session day of summer camp at Baldwin High Stadium.
Baldwin finished 2010 with a 3-6 overall record, including a 2-3 mark in the Great Southern Conference, a WPIAL AAAA (highest) conference.
The Highlanders' plight was due mostly to a midseason, five-game losing streak, but Baldwin rebounded to win two out of its final three games, all conference tilts. Still, BHS missed qualifying for the postseason.
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The Highlanders were outscored, 234-195, last year, but hope for better things this season under third-year Head Coach Jim Wehner.
Heavy rain on the first day of 2011's camp didn't stop Baldwin from hitting the field twice in the first of many two-a-day sessions that the Highlanders will need to prepare for another year in the Great Southern, which also includes Bethel Park, , Mt. Lebanon, and high schools.
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After a winless 2008 season, Baldwin has maintained steady improvement each year, moving to 2-8 in 2009 and 3-6 in 2010.
Running back Dorian Brown returns to lead the Highlanders. Brown scored 12 touchdowns last year as a sophomore to finish among western Pennsylvania's high school leaders.
Baldwin opens this year at home against non-conference Fox Chapel Area High School on Friday, Sept. 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Full 2011 Schedule (* = conference game):
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(View the video to the right of this article to enjoy interviews and some action from Monday's second practice.)
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