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JOHNSON C, SMITH 1-0, 1-7. Coach Wylte Harris
(2nd year, 1-10). 30 Imarman returning. 17 lettarTncn :
lost. Top raturiMM: DE Alfred Wring, OB Mlko
Jamison, OB Ronnl Armstrong, .06 Jeff Coan, C Ray
Ellis, RB-QB Cal Olll. Top newcomers: OT James
Stevenson, OB Mike Heath, RB Leslie Knox, OG Cecil
McManus, DT John Westmoreland. Strengths: added
muscle, defensive secondary. Weaknesses: Inex
perienced offensive line, passing game.
When the Johnson C. Smith Golden
Bulls ended their 1978 football season by
losing 56-0 to N.C. Central, the Smith
football program hit Jxrttom.
A 1-10 record went into the books,
and regrouping was the first priority.
Coach Wylie Harris met with the
team the day after the final loss and set
forth an ambitious off-season weight
training program. The returning
players, eager to make amends and
encouraged by Harris's patient in
sistence that they could be a good
football team, stuck to the regimen.
Now, all Smith linemen are well
ahead of last year's bench-press capaci
ty, and players like Alfred Wring and
Sidney Montgomery are talking about
winning big.
Harris, it should be noted, isn't talk-!
ing about winning big YET. He forsees
a more respectable record this year,
THEN maybe a conference cham
pionship or two. ' '
Nobody wants to tell that to Wring
or Montgomery,- though one reason is
that Wring, after a year of pumping
iron, now weighs a slim-waisted 260
pounds, though he stands but 6-2 V4. He
can bench press 415 pounds.
Montgomery's measurements and ca
pacities are similar.
Wring moves from defensive tackle,
where his play was a rare bright spot
last season, to defensive end. Montgom
ery was an offensive lineman last year
Harris said a major problem in his
first year at Smith has getting every
body lined up at the right spot but
he's the starting middle linebacker
now.
The Bulls return most of their secon
dary from last season, including Mike
Jamison, a good bet to win all-conference
honors.
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A Glimpse oKI A A Gridiron looms for 1979-80
Offensively, Junior quarterback Cal
Gill has seen action the past two sea
sons but not as much as he or the Smith
coaches would like. He's been plagued
by injuries to the point that discussions
in the spring centered on moving him
to running back in hopes of keeping him
healthy.
If Gill survives fall practice, hell be
the starting quarterback, though, and
he'll have a deep, talented pool of run
ning backs at his disposal.
Fullback Reginald Sanders is the
only member of that group who's'
logged substantial playing time,
. though.
The offensive . line, anchored . last
year by Montgomery, will be young, as
will the receiving corps.
Harris, a respected figure in CIAA
and ME AC circles, made a vow last
fall, and those who know him figure
he'll soon be in a position to keep it.
His team had just absorbed another
one-sided pounding and- Harris was
shaken, but his voice was Arm. "Some
day," he said: "Somebody's going to
pay for all this. Someday soon."
LES BOWEN
Charlotte Observer
LIVINGSTON! 5-4-1, 4-S-1. Coach Andrew Little
John (2nd year, S-4-1). 41 lettermen returning. 12 let
termen lost. Top returnees: OB Marshall Meadows, OT
Glenn Bullock, RB Charles Morris, OT Willie Martin.
Top newcomers. RB Tom Reddlx, OT Roddy Johnson,
OT Mel Jones, TE-OT David Page, TE-OT Mike Top
ping. Strengths: experienced defense, depth. Weak
nesses: offense. Inconsistent defense.
It looked like 1978 was going to be
a long year for coach Andrew Littlejohn
and his Livingstone College Fighting
Bears after the team dropped a 86-10
decision to Norfolk State and then a 10-6
decision to Bethune-Cookman (Fla.). At
that point, though, the Salisbury school
caught fire and won three of its next
four, games to throw itself into the thick
of the CIAA race.
The Bears return six offensive and
nine defensive starters from that team.
"We've got a lot of key people re
turning," admits Littlejohn, who starts
his second year as Bear Boss, "and we
think if our veterans perform the way
we think they will, we'll have an outside
shot at the CIAA title in 1979. We think
we've got one of the: best quarterbacks
in the league in Marshall Meadows and
also one of the best offensive linemen
in Glenn Bullock. 9 , .
"Defensively, we should be much
better this year, with two of our top
tacklers from a year ago Tony Cham
bers, a defensive end, and tackle Willie
Martin returning after each collected
over 100 tackles last season."
Littlejohn has even more reason for
optimism, though. He not only has one
of the best signal-callers in the con
ference, but also two of the better
running backs In Charles Norris and
Leroy Nesmith. Tight end Jessie Long
also returns and should be the prime
target of Meadows on passing plays.
Once again, with those nine starters
back on defense, the Bears are ex
pected to be one of the nation's NCAA
Division II leaders in total defense.
Livingstone has been the nation's most
stingy team twice in the last five sea
sons and 1979 could be No. 3 if the Bears
live up to their potential. However, in
order to reach that plateau, the Bears
will have to be a little more consistent
than a year ago.
While Livingstone shutout two foes
(St. Paul's 23-0 and Shaw 11-0), and tied
Fayetteville State 6-6, that same de
fense let up in the loss to Norfolk, a 37-36
victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore,
a 55-29 loss to league champ Winston
Salem State and, finally, a season-ending
57-7 thrashing at the hands of Vir
ginia Union. The latter loss cost the
Bears an opportunity to play in the Gold
Bowl. A victory would have put Liv
ingstone in the prestigious classic, but
the loss elevated Union into the event.
In addition to help from the re
turnees, Littlejohn is also counting
heavily on at least five new people. One
of those is TomReddix, a 1,000-yard
rusher in his final high school campaign
in 1978. Another is offensive tackle Bod
ily. Johnson, who with fellow, freshman
Mel Jones, is expected to battle the
returnees for starting slots at offensive
tackle.
David Page and Mike Topping are
two more freshmen Littlejohn calls ex
cellent receivers and who are versatile
enough to play either tight end or of
fensive tackle for Livingstone.
"We think the key to our season will
be our early play," says Littlejohn.
"Three of our first four games were on
the road last season and three of the
first four are at home in 1979. We hope
the home field will help us get going a
little better this time around." "If we
can get a few breaks, we could be right
up at the top or at least close to the top
of the league when the season ends,",
Littlejohn comments.
KENNY SNELLING
Norfolk State Sports Information Dir.
NCCU Eagles to Play Wide
Open Football
NCCU mentor Hank Lat
timore is expected to fea
ture wide-open football
when the Eagles take to the
gridiron at home, Saturday
September 8 against Vir
ginia Union.
"We are pleased with the
attitude of the ball players.'
They have exhibited hard
work and we are think
ing in terms of winning this
year." added Lattimore.
The Eagles, 3-8 last
year, lost their starting
quarterback Alvin Cau
thorn, who set a school
record with 1621 yards
passing, including 339 yards
against North Carolina a&i
three-time All-MEAC tight
end Joe Mack, two-time
All-MEAC punter Eric Hines
two time Au-MEAt; line-
oacker Walter Odom, se
cond team All-MEAC line
backer Dennis. Warner and
starting tackle Joe Samuels
and defensive backs Kenny 1
Thomas and Al Douthit.
"We have our work cut
out for us in terms of
replacing these quality play
ers. We have several fresh
men who will fill the void
left by seniors and other
key personnel lost." added
Lattimore.
Junior Charlie Yuille
could be under center for
the opening play. He has
been converted from safety,
but was recruited in 1977
as a quarterback. He will
be pushed by senior Ken
Pugh, a recruited quarter
back who has been con
verted from wide receiver;
sophomore William Marbury
and freshman Daryyl Lind-
sey. Junior halfback Andre
Cooper and Johnny Thorn
ton are the only expert- 'ORDER ARMS' was the command when these Durham High School flag girls
enced backs at tailback, but lowered their flags to the ground. The Durham High marching Bulldogs practiced
tney coma oe severely test- recently at forest Hill fark in prepration for the new football season.
ed by freshmen Roscoe Bur-
nette, Carl Hill, Rodney
Birth, Julius Henry. Junior
fullback Anthony Judd of
Durham is expected to re
tain his starting fullback
slot. Ken Blackwell, Ken
Dean and Ronald Tate are
expected to lend backup
support to Judd.
Four starters will grace
the offensive front-tackle
Kenny Collins, guards
Robert Jacobs and Gary
Smith and center Anthony
Grififn. Freshmen Robert
Waddell and Kenneth Shep
pard are expected to battle
for other starting tackle
spot. Freshmen Sammie
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Vincent Pearsall, an offen
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MEAC
Bowie State at Maryland-Eastern Shore
Morgan State at Towson State (night)
Winston-Salem vs N. C. AST State (night)
(Groves Stadium Winstort-SaJem)
South Carolina State vs Virginia State
(City Stadium-Richmond, Va)
CIAA
Elizabeth City State vs Central State
(Dayton. Ohio)
Fayetteville State at Kentucky State
Hampton at Liberty Baptist
Saint Paul's at Norfolk State
SWAC
Alabama State at Jackson State (night)
Prairie view at Southern Texas (night)
OTHERS
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs Arkansas Tech
(Little Rock, Ark.)
Langston at North Alabama (night)
THE OWL'S PRE-SEAS0N TOP TEN
Winston-Salem
Florida A&M
Jackson State
Gramblina State
Bethune-Cookman
Kentucky State
Clark
Alabama State
South Carolina State
Tennessee State
Alabama A&M
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9-1-1
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7-2-1
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