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sportsweek Columns, Scores, Profiles, Predictions November 3, 1983 1HE WUK The CtAA Winston-Salem State continued to hang on to its slim lead over North Carolina Central in the Southern Division by defeating Johnson C. Smith 33-17, while Central mauled Bowie 35-0. Liv ingstone, although virtually eliminated from the division title chase, continued its winning ways over Elizabeth City. In the North, both Hampton and Virginia Union had their problems but stayed even in the loss column with only one defeat each. Union used a 158-yard performance by Gary Mayo to beat Virginia State 16-6. Hampton used a super defen sive effort to best Fayetteville State 14-7. St. Paul’s got win number six over Newport News Apprentice with a 27-18 score as Anthony Mills ran for 187 yards. Norfolk got a 19-12 non-league win over Howard on two blocked field goals by Glenn Jones. He returned one of them for 79 yards for a score. Standings NORTH CONFERENCE Won Loif TIod ALi OAMES Won Lost Tied Virginia Union 5 1 0 8 1 0 Hampton Inst. 4 1 0 5 3 0 St. Paul’s 3 2 0 6 2 0 Elizabeth City 2 3 0 3 5 0 Norfolk St. 2 3 0 4 4 0 Virginia State 0 5 0 2 6 0 SOUTH CONFERENCE Won Lost Tied ALL OAMES Won Lost TIod WSSU 4 0 1 6 I 1 N.C. Central 5 1 0 7 1 0 Livingstone 3 2 0 5 2 0 Fayetteville 1 4 1 1 6 1 J.C. Smith 1 4 0 1 7 0 Bowie State 0 6 0 0 8 0 Saturday’s Scores Winston-Salem State 33, Johnson C. Smith 17. North Carolina Central 35, Bowie StSte 0. Livingstone 25, Elizabeth City 17. Hampton Institute 14, Fayetteville State 7. Virginia Union 16, Virginia State 6. Norfolk State 19, Howard 12. St. Paul’s 27, Newport News Apprentice 18. Bethune-Cookman 38, North Carolina A’T 3. Towson State 23, Delaware State 15. Alcorn State 43, Florida A’M 30. TheAlEAC With idle South Carolina State in danger of los ing an at-large berth in the NCAA playoffs, a lot of attention was focused last week on upstart Delaware State. So the Hornets promptly lost 23-15 to Towson State and now seem to be out of the playoff picture. North Carolina A&T got its first league win in two seasons last week but was brought crashing down to Earth by Bethune- Cookman 38-3 as the Wildcats got their first MEAC win of the season. Florida A&M, which beat S.C. State last week, found the going too tough against Alcorn State and was outscored 43-30. CONFERINCE AIL OAMES Standings Won Lost TIod Won Lost TIod S.C. State 3 0 0 6 2 0 Delaware St. 3 1 0 6 2 0 Bethune-Cookman 1 2 0 , 3 3 0 Howard 1 2 0 1 7 0 N.C. A&T 1 3 0 3 5 0 Florida A&M 0 0 0 4 4 0 This Mf^eek’s Games Livingstone at Bowie State. Elizabeth City at Winston-Salem State. West Chester at Fayetteville State. Hampton Institute at St. Paul’s. North Carolina Central at Johnson C. Smith. Virginia State at Norfolk State. Bethune-Cookman at South Carolina State. Delaware State at Central State. Florida A&M at North Carolina A&T Noted And Quoted: WSSU Coach Bill Hayes, after learning that his team had passed for 233 yards in its homecoming win: “I’m embarrassed that we passed for so many yards. I may have just ruined my reputa tion.” Former Johnson C. Smith coach Wylie Harris on his years of competing against Bill Hayes; “Let me set the record straight. Bill and I were 2-2 against each other when we played in college, and you know our record against each other as coaches.” Harold Amos (29) and Stephanie Darby (55) of Johnson C. Smith grow weary of dragging down WSSU’s freshman sensation Leonardo Horn, who amassed 89 yards rushing and two touchdowns in Saturday’s homecoming victory for the Rams (photo by James Parker). “V” for victory is the signal this Winston-Salem State cheerleader is giving Johnson C. Smith running back Jeff Easterling steps past Eddie Sauls of after last week’s homecoming game against J.C. Smith (photo by James WSSU in fourth-quarter game action. WSSU won its homecoming contest Parker) 33-17 (photo by James Parker). WSSU Takes Homecoming Win Over J. C. Smith By ROBERT ELLER Sports Editor The Winston-Salem State University Rams struck for scores the first two times they had the ball Saturday and survived a number of mistakes to overcome Southern Division rival Johnson C. Smith in the Rams’ homecom ing game. The 33-17 win kept the Rams atop the division with a 4-1-1 mark and upped their record to 6-1-1 overall. But after the contest. Coach Bill Hayes expressed some displeasure with his team’s performance. “1 don’t know what it is about this team. At times, we looked awesome,” he said. “Then, at other times, we became very complacent. It seems like we play just well enough to win.” The Rams were indeed awesome in their first two possessions before a capacity homecoming crowd. Freshman Ricky Davidson returned the opening kickoff 42 yards to the Smith 43. On the third play from scrim mage, quarterback Karlton Watson, making his first start in three weeks, sprinted left and scored from 36 yards out. Ronald Bethune’s extra-point attempt put the Rams up 7-0 with only 55 seconds of the first quarter elapsed. Forcing Smith to punt after three plays, the Rams’ of fense struck again, going 74 yards in only four plays. A 40-yard pass from Watson to Vernon Knight set up the score, with a 21-yard run by Leonardo Horn on the next play. Bethune’s boot made the score 14-0 at the 10:58 mark of the quarter. The Bulls came back to pull within seven after the kickoff, driving 72 yards in eight plays. Jeff Easterling scored the touchdown from seven yards out at the 7:56 mark. Dan Hayes fumbled for the Rams on the first play of “I don’t know what it is about this team. At times, we looked awesome. Then, at other times, we became complacent. It seems like we play just welt enough to win. ” - WSSU Coach Bill Haves their next series, and the Bulls took advantage of the tur nover to pull within three points. Taking over at the Ram 32, Smith gained only two yards in three plays. But on the fourth down, Anthony Wicker kicked a school record 47-yard field goal with 6:33 still left in the first quarter. The half ended with the Rams still holding on to a 14-10 lead, despite marching from their own seven to the Bulls’ 13. From there, Watson threw to Thomas Turner for an apparent touchdown, but an ineligible receiver down field nullified the score and Bethune missed on a 34-yard field goal attempt. WSSU turned on the offensive fireworks again on the first possession of the second half. Starting from the Rams’ 21, Horn ran for 14 yards on first down. James Johnson then gained 33 on the next play, and Watson hit Horn with a 36-yard TD pass, upping the Rams’ lead to 21-10 with 9:31 left. The Bulls pulled within 17-10 after recovering a James Johnson fumble at the Ram 41. Seven plays later, Darrell Wesley scored from the eight with 21 seconds left in the third quarter. After an interception stopped the next drive, the Rams marched 73 yards in 11 plays to take a 27-17 lead with 4:32 left in the game. The six-minute drive was done all on the ground with Turner, who had 104 yards rushing for the day, scoring from the 2-yard line. The Bulls still would not give up and drove from their 25 to the Ram nine in 12 plays, only to have quarterback Herbert Jewsome pressured into three straight incomple tions. The Rams then took over at their 10 with 2:26 left. Six plays and 90 yards later, WSSU put the final points on the board as Watson passed 10 yards to James Watson for the 33-17 final score. Please see page B2 Prep Spotlight North Forsyth Scores 10-0 Shutout Over Reynolds By SAM DA VIS Staff Writer An inspired North Forsyth’s defense scored its fourth consecutive shutout in conference play to spark the Vik ings to a 10-0 victory over inter-city rival Reynolds Friday night at North. Senior tackle D.J. Miller, who led the band of swarm ing, fired-up North defenders, came up with two key quarterback sacks and a fumble recovery to deny Reynolds scores after the Demons had driven deep into Viking territory. The 5-5 180-pound Miller recovered a “Twink” Moss fumble on the North 2-yard line to preserve the shutout with 2:16 left in the game. Miller said after the win that the Vikings take pride in playing aggressive defense. “Before the game, we decided to give it all we had,” said Miller. “Our motto defensive ly is ‘All men on the ball.’ In our defense, we know that pursuit is the key.” Before the game, said North Coach Bob Sapp, his ma jor concern was stopping Reynolds’ rushing attack, which had sparked the Demons to an upset win over then No. l-ranked Greensboro Page. “We knew we had to stop the run first and we knew if we did that our defense could stop the pass,” said Sapp. “We had a lot of linemen to get hurt and we had a lot of guys going both ways. But we didn’t get down because of that and the guys played fired-up football.” Still, the Vikings offense had trouble holding on to the ball in the early going and neither team could manage a score in the opening period. North quarterback Russell Rice had three fumbles, including two in the first quarter. On its first possession. North had moved the football 32 yards on eight plays before Rice bobbled the snap from center. “We had just switched centers before the game,” said Rice. “Our normal starting center got hurt during prac tice this week and I wasn’t getting the ball good on the snaps. But 1 was able to adjust more and more as the game went along.” Behind the running of Rice, Kevin Evans and Martinez Sowells, the Vikings took the early lead at 3-0 in the opening minutes of the second quarter. North moved to the Reynolds 5-yard line before its drive stalled, and Ben Hill drilled a 23-yard field goal to put the Vikings on top. The Viking defense kept the Reynolds offense in check throughout the first half, giving up only one first down in the first two stanzas. The Demons’ deepest penetration of the half was to the North 25, following an Evans fumble. But North held, sacking Reynolds quarterback Jeff Schrieber on fourth and four from the Viking 25. North scored an insurance touchdown on its second possession of the second half. On first down from his own. Rice hit tight end Herbert Miller with a 30-yard strike to the Demon 22-yard line. Sowells, the Vikings’ fullback, bulled up the middle for seven yards to put the ball on the Reynolds 15. On the next play, Sowells got the call again, bursting through a gaping hole in the Reyn.ilds front line and sprinting untouched to the end zone. Ben Hill’s kick gave the Vikings their final point of the game. Sowells said the touchdown solidified the win for North. “’The play was just a quick trap up the middle,” said Sowells. “1 told the line before the play that all 1 needed was a little crack and 1 would take it in. We knew Please see page B3
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