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SATUK3AY, MKM 11. 1S22-TKI UZStXA TECJf V '' ' ' ' r1"" ' v . ' ' . ' i '' '4 ' ' jl Tate, Fray Ion Pace Eagles ''Win Over Livingstone. , , ; by C. T.Fisher SALISBURY Senior. All-American candidate Benny Tate scored three touchdowns and sophomore quarter back , Gerald Fraylon v scored ; twice and threw for another as the North Carolina Central Eagles opened their 1982 season with a convincing 42-19 win over the Livingstone College Bears at Salisbury High. Tate rushed for 132 yards on 15 attempts and scored On runs of 1, 21 and 53 yards. ; : : Junior cornerback WHliam Fjizzell, making his first start for Central, picked off a Henry Crawford pass at the Eagles goal line and returned to the NCCU 30 setting up the first Eagles drive. Tate climaxed a 70-yard, 9 play drive of 4 minutes, 15 seconds with his 1 yard plunge. Sophomore tailback James Whi taker, making his first start in Maroon & Gray, picked up 22 yards in the drive. Cen tral's defense forced a short punt on the Bears next possession. Fraylon dropped back from the LC 40 and hit senior flanker Victor Hunter over the middle. Hunter broke a tackle and outraced the Livingstone , defenders to the end zone. Central marched 59 yards in 12 plays over 5 minutes' and scored their third td of the period. This time the maestro Fraylon , scampered , 8 , yard -to; up the-;Nceu- ( r v I l 'v l v., i-r . f the other interception at the end of the first half. Linebackers Allen Red dick, Stacy Ross and : Curtis Woods each chip--: ped in 8 tackles. The ; Eagles set two game;; records as they 'were assessed 24 penalties for 259 yards. NCCU First Downs . 22 Rush-Yds... 51-283 Pass Yds.... 123 Ret Yds 57 Passing 9-23-1 Sacks fly-Yds 9-68 Punting 4-35.5 A Mirror Of The Bull's 1982 Season : Tale count to 20-0 with 6 se cond remaining in the period. Tate scored his second touchdown of the half on a 21 yard run at 9:46 of the second stan za. Another Livingstone short punt gave the Eagles excellent field position at the LC 44. Livingstone outscored the Eagles with all forms of scoring save a single extra1 point in the se cond half. Henry Crawford had a 6 yard run at 13:24 of the third period; Paulis Ford a 22 yard field goal at 6:44. Livingstone registered a safety when NCCU freshman punter Tony Frasier dropped the ball out the end zone. Jo Jo White added a 1 yard run in the final stanza with Raymond Johnson chip- . ping in he two point conversion on a run . Fraylon scored his se cond score of-the game at 2:23 of the third quarter on a 9 yard run. Tharc1i"rn"axePyara"; " Fraylon 8 play drive. Tate closed out the scoring with a 53 yard sprint off right tackle with 53 seconds left in the game. EAGLE NOTES: Tate hit the 100 yard rushing mark for the fifth time in his career. Fraylon completed 9 of 21 passes for 123 yds and 1 td. It marked the sixth time that Gerald had tossed for at least 100 yards in a game. Fraylon's two touchdowns vaulted him to 8th on the NCCU Scoring chart. He has 14 touchdowns and 4 extra points for 88 points. The vaunted Eagles defense gave up 218 yards to Liv ingstone. They held the Bears to 34 yards at halftime while Central took a 27-0 lead. Junior cornerback William Frizzell led the Eagles with 5 unassisted and ,4 assisted tackles. He made the Eagles first in terception early in the Fumb-Lost . Pen-Yds .... 3rd D Eff . . . Time of Poss 4-0 24-259 6-16 30:45 NCCU. L'stone . . 20 0 8 10 LC 17 44-77 141 6 8- 23-2 2-11 9- 29.7 3-1 15-121 7-16 29:15 42 19 Individual Rushing NCCU Gerald Fraylon 10-47; James Whitaker 14-72; Benny Tate 15-132; Clifton Kersey 1- 2; Victor Hunter 1-11; Recce Carson 3-19; Tony Frasier 2- (-16); Michael Worthy 2-5. LC Henry Crawford 2M-24); Jo Jo White 16-31; Raymond Johnson 6-66; Brownell Hob son 1-4. Individual Passing NCCU-Gerald Fraylon 9-21-1 123; James Faison 0-2-0. LC Henry Crawford 8-23-2 141. Individual Pass-Receiving NCCU Victor Hunter 3-72; Audrain Melton 1-16; Benny Tate 2-1; James Whitaker 1-13; Mitchell Bouie '1-12; James Foster 1-9. LC James Davis 2-17; Walter Hand 1-44; Steve Skinner 2-51; Raymond Johnson 1-11; Jay Martin 2-18. Tackles (U-A-FR) NCCU-Allen Reddick 6-2-1; Stacy Ross 3-5-0; Barry McLailghlin 3-4-0; Gregory Tate 2-1-0; Allen Pierce 1-3-0; Lorenzo Ingram 1-4-0; Myron Dupree 3-2-0; Andrew Riddick 0-3-0; Nate Johnson 0-8-0; Curtis Woods 1-7-0; Alan Kidd 0-2-0; Michael Faison 0-2-0; Nate Henry 1-2-0; James Perry 0-4-0; Johnnie Forte 0-2-0; William Frizzed 5-4-0; Marvin ' By El son Armstrong, jr.' The Durham Bulls failed to win the 1982 Carolina League Crown (they were swept in the Title Series by the Alex andria Dukes) but the Bulls did remain No. 1 in the' hearts of over 157,000 paying baseball fanatics who passed through the turnstiles at "historic" Durham Athletic Park, the third straight season that the Bulls have drawn ''over 150,000 paying customers. 'Miguel Sosa, the Bulls' shortstop is in many ways a mirror of what kind of season the Bulls had thr? year. Sosa, a native of the : Dominican Republic, joined the Bulls during the second half of the 1980 season. The 22-year-old became a fan favorite at the DAP dur ing the 1981 season. Un fortunately for the Bulls and Sosa, 1981 was a frustrating ' year. The Bulls narrowly missed winning the first half crown and just fell apart during the second half. For the first time, the Bulls were booed by Durham fans and Sosa received more than his share of the fans' wrath. Unknown to Durham fans, there was upheaval in the Bulls organization. Al Gallagher, then the Bulls manager, was at odds with the people in the Atlanta front office; also with his players. ; Sosa said, "Gallagher Sosa's play improved noticeably over 1981, his fielding improved and his eye on the ball when he canie to bat was much better. In 1981, Sosa was known to swing at bad pitches even if he had a 3-0 count. Not so in 1982. He often -waited patiently to swing at "strike" balls. During the 1982 regular season, Sosa hit 26 home runs which was just one run shy of the Carolina League record for shortstops. During the last half of the 1982 season, after a promising start, the Bulls came unglued. Due to player promotions, in juries, and some com placency, the Bulls stag gered to a third place finish, some eleven and a half games behind the red hot Penninsula Pilots who won the crown in a walk. It seemed as if Sosa , and his mates didn't stand a chance to beat the Pilots as a sudden death one game playoff to determine the Southern Championship unfolded at the DAP on September 1. Sosa, who had been less than impressive in the season's last regular season game, was more than ready to help slay the monsters from Tidewater Virginia. Sosa opened the Bulls scoring in that title game when he hit a towering home run with one over the left field wall in the f I ; t t 1 3 . . n u- Phflto by Durham Moruuig Herald Miguel Sosa Football Action To Rock The Triangle Monday Night Football Steelers Vs. Cowboys game, iierrpierceriaa. o-i-o. wefc-Winnlrilia.when: .giv-.the Bulls a-2-,Iid... - ' we went jniu uiai 5iump . wun inc duus vn ivp By Elson Armstrong, Jr. :" AH summer long, the argument raged among sports enthusiasts in the office of The Carolina Times. No sooner was it known that the Pitt sburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys were go ing to lead off this season of ABC-TV's Monday night - telecasts (Sept. 13), that v the "woofing" began bet ween Steeler. fans (Don Alderman and yours tru ly) and Cowboy par tisans (Ken Edmonds and Ike Singletary). With the - big game almost upon us, it's time to let you in fon the woofing". : :-First the facts: The Cowboys and 1 the .Steelers dominated foot ball in the 1970's. With apologies to Dolphin, Viking and Raider fans, "Big D' and Pitt were I definitely "it!" in the 1970's. Pittsbureh was named the team of because they Super Bowls the '70's won four which is twice . lie maximum number., won by any other club (Cpwbovs in- Elson's Pigskin Durham Metro Preps: Durham Hillside 14, Wilmington Hoggard 13 Raleigh Enloe 17, Durham High 7 Southern Durham 21, Apex 20 Northern Durham 23, Cary 19 College Football: NCCU 21, Virginia Union 20 (Upset!) North Carolina 25, Pitt 22 (Upset!) N.C. State 26, East Carolina 21 Winston-Salem 33, A&T 14 'Florida 18, Southern Cal. 17 Miami, Fla. 31, Houston 25 Nebraska 35, Iowa 19 v Fresno State 23, Cal-Poly 18 Purdue 29, Stanford 28 Tenn. State 34, Jackson State 30 NFL PITTSBURGH 28. Dallas 21 (See Story) Qame Tickets ADULTS $7 STUDEIJTS-$5 . Day of Game ' ALL TICKETS $7 NCCU "Eagles" ' .; VS Va. Union "Panthers" ....'-it Dot ending: CIAA Champs Sat., Sept. 11th 1:30 p.m. O'Kclly Stadium SEASON TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE 683-6574 eluded, let me add!). 1 The Steelers made the pjayoffs every year beginning in 1972 (en ding in 1980, sob, sob). During their reign, the Super Steelers won the AFC East Crown eight straight years, played in six AFC title games, win ning four AFC titles along with their four Super Bowl crowns (the last in 1980). Dallas came close (but no cigar!) to being nam ed the team of the 70's. When Pitt beat them for that honor, the Cowboys dubbed themselves "America's Team", and for good reason. The Cowboys are the NFL's most visible franchise. They are loved and hated by fans from sea to shin ing sea (see the Aug. 28 issue of Sports Il lustrated). Beginning in the mid-1960's, the Cowboys have been an annual NFL powerhouse. They've only missed post season play once since 1966 and that occurred in 1974. The Cowboys have (I981)w he treated v a number' of us Cold, in cluding myself. Bobby Dews (this year's Bulls' manager) is different. If things are not going well and you're not executing properly, he'll talk to you constantly, but he never pressures us." , . Sosa hopes that 1982 will be his last season in Durham. "It's not that I don't like this city. Hove it here the fans and all but I hope to move up from Class A ball, I wish Durham would switch to double- or triple-A ball so that I could still play here. , A number of my teammates feel the same as I do." During the last week of the 1981 season, the Bulls seemed to quit on the field and Sosa, in particular, Claiming an injury, did not play dur ing the season's last ' week? 1982 was refreshingly different for Sosa and the Bulls. During the first half.race, Sosa had returned to the home crowd's good graces and when PA announcer Eric Brooks announced his name, the fans roared. The Bulls won the first half . pennant after beating Penninsula in a still discussed classic showdown. .8-1, with two out in the top of the ninth, Sosa caught a line drive to end the game. In the . happy Bulls locker room afterward, Sosa said, "Last night, I told Bobby (Dews) that in that last regular season game, I did nothing, but I'll do something against Pen ninsula!" Sosa, who some day hopes to make it to the big leagues, will pro bably hot return to Durham next season. He will probably be sharpening his skills in . Savannah or Richmond in 1983. Sosa says that he car ries good memories of Durham. "The people here treated me good, I'm glad that this year, more black fans came to . see us play." For Sosa and the Bulls, the 1982 season was one of beating the odds. First the Bulls had changes at the top with a new general manager, Ricky May, and a new manager, Bobby Dews. Then there was that frigid week in April when the season began which hurt attendance. June and July were among the wettest ever in Durham and Bill Miller, (Continued on Pauc 6 By Elson Armstrong Normally the heated football rivalries don't 'get underway until at least mid-October, but this weekend Triangle pigskin fans will get to see their choice of impas sioned showdowns. The action gets going on Thursday night when highryraj5ed v , North Carolina journeys 10 rii tsburghljto take on the, No. I ranked Pitt Pan thers. While the Pan thers and the Tar Heels have met only three times previously, beginn ing in 1974, this intersec tional match has been in teresting. This one pro mises to be the biggest yet because not only will the national standings be affected, but the Heisman Trophy race could be determined in this match. The Tar Heel faithful are pushing talented run ning back Kelvin Bryant for college football's big gest individual prize and the Panthers are doing likewise' for their prized quarterback, Dan. Marino. Both teams just may possess their best squads ever and they're both aiming for the national championship. The game will be telecast live on CBS-TV (Channel 1 1 locally). On Saturday, Durham and Raleigh will be seething as two hot rivalries are renewed. In the afternoon, Virginia Union hits the Bull City to take on the rampaging North Carolina Central Eagles for a 1:30 kick off. Duke has this week off. The Blue Devils are savoring their 25-24 vic tory at Tennessee Duke's biggest win in a decade. The Eagles will be out for revenge against Union. Not only did Union beat them in the regular season last year in Richmond, but they blasted NCCU in the CIAA Championship garnet in Char lattfc! last November. i ' , NCCU warmed up for the showdown by poun ding Livingstone 42-19 last Saturday in Salisbury. A sell-out crowd should descend on O'Kelly Field on the NCCU campus for this one. , North Carolina State and East Carolina renew their feud under the lights at Raleigh's Carter-Finley Stadium beginning at 7 p.m. This game is sometimes called the Super Bowl of Eastern North Carolina, and it's 'always colorful. ECU Pirates would love to dethrone their "big bros" from Raleigh. State, which dismantle ed Furman . 264) last week, will be seeking its second win of jhe young season. A sellout throng of possibly 50,000-plus can be expected for this one. Eight miles west of Durham in Winston Salem's Grove Stadium, yet another rivalry flares as Winston-Salem State hosts its hated neighbors, the A&T Ag gies in a 7:30 p.m en counter. This 5 game is always rough and tumble and is usually attended by , numerous Durham area fans. ft (1 HOP WW H 1 1 Bk. A M M M V tVf -BLJhy ..... ft A Sosa Tags Out A Dukes Runner riMt ky DrkMi Mnta HtnM
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