Page B2-The Chronicle, Thursday Rams lose he: ?MmmminiimiiiinniiiininniimNttmHHmmiiimn ie?n9jBi6l 1^ f m | ^H ^^BL This One's Good! 9 . * Tyrone Smith of Winston-Salem I folk State .in the CIAA champion that wou|a f>ave given the Rams The Spartans, who were only 5-5 a year ago, seemed equally stunned that they had won. "On their field goal attempt in the final seconds, I turned my back and, when the crowd roared, 1 turned around and saw the ball come down and hit the upright," said Norfolk quarterVI/ i 1 Ua * * I -? uavn M illH, NJIIIU3. 11 W(U <X great feeling." For Bailey, the fateful bounce was the fitting culmination of a fairy-tale season. "This is the-most fulfilling championship I've ever had," said" Bailey, who coached Virginia Union to the past three conference titles before joining his alma mater this year. guys had to start from scratch and just gave-a heroic effqrilHt ^ season. "This is a day we have worked hardsfor since the beginning of practice in August," Bailey said. ~ "They didn't have any doubts about what they wanted. They never took their eyes off of the prize." Neither, apparently, did Winston-Salem State. From the outset, it was obvious that the icams were eveniy-matcnea. l ne Rams and Spartans are both talented teams that share the same offensive scheme as well as coaching philosophy. The opening quarter was a chess game with Bailey and Ram mentor Hayes feeling each other out. Hayes got the upper hand early when the Rams won the toss and elected to kick. The ploy worked as, two plays after kickoff, Norfolk's Tony Johnson fumbled on the Ram 25-yard line and WSSU linebacker Mark Wallace pounced on the ball. After the Rams failed to get w ft m^Ms William Wright of Norfolk State end Mike Warren wards off two ! , November 22. 1984 irtbreaker mmiimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm K g f jL, ? State boots a 33-yard field goal t ship game. Smith later missed the CIAA title (photo by James their initial first down of the game, Tyrone,, Smith kicked a 40-yard field goal that gave mm fom t m A I l W33u a j-u ieaa. W55U had a chance to pWk up a first down on the kick as Smith was roughed, but Hayes, playing the percentages, refused to take the points off the board, leaving the score 3-0. The Spartans came back to take a 7-3 lead, the big play for Norfolk a 57-yard run_ by Johnson, who raced to the Ram 12. Though the WSSU defense stiffened, a defensive holding penalty gave the Spartans first and goal at the 4 and Norfolk eventually scored. After the qijflr^fr^nrfrri i7-3, the Rams came, back v<ith a seven-plajgttiilfWwtfiltfceir , own that culminated in another Smith field goal, closing the gap to 7-6. The Rams used timely passing by Winbush to tight end Harry Giles for most of their yardage, but failed to convert a third and four at the Spartan 16. On the next Norfolk scoring drive, the supposedly strong-run, no-pass Spartans surprised the Rams by successfully taking to the air: Gillus, subbing for the injured Raynard Revels, made good on several short tosses and got an interference call on the Ram secondary that moved the ball from the Norfolk 48 to the Ram 30. "We knew that Winston-Salem had a good run defense, so we were prepared to throw against them," said Gillus, who was named the game's most valuable player. "We used play-action passes to get their defensive backs to come up and then we were able to get our receivers behind them." .V ' > . - ' 4 looks for running room against Spartan defenders to help stop1 A From Page B1 ^ 'J o narrow the margin against Nora field goal in the final seconds > Parker). * A The Spartans didn't come away with a touchdown, but kicker Dale Browder did connect on a record 43-yard field go to extend Norfolk's lead to 10-6. The Spartans took a commanding 17-6 lead with only 1:23 left in the first half when Gillus connected with wide receiver Leonard Hopkins on a sevenyard play-action pass. The Rams looked flat and Norfolk was on a ?roll. ? However, behind the leader ship of Winbush, WSSU refused to give in. Employing a twominute offense, Winbush drove the Rams to the Spartan 5. The Rams came away empty-handed, howev?r, a&~ihe ended before the WSSU field goal team But they did gain confidence. 4'We really began to gain momentum right before the half," said Warren. "It was important for us to move the ball and we did. That helped us in the second half." Following intermission, the Rams took control of the game, moving the ball well on their first possession and pinning the Spartans on their own 3-yard line on Vincent Jones' 35-yard, coffincorner punt. When Norfolk was forced to punt from its own 21, Warren -k. managed to sneak" through and partially block Browder's kick, giving the Rams the ball on the Norfolk 38. Five plays later, Winbush hit Robert Simmons on an eightyard touchdown strike. Smith's P.A.T. made the score 17-13. The fired-up Ram defense then held Norfolk on four downs and gave the offense the ball on the Please see page B6 II \ Winston-Salem. Ram defensive Wright (photo by James Parker). _ PEPSI PREP I?] ^OF THE W m 1HE Pepsi Cola Bottllnj Salem salutes Dedrlc Barb School...He's the Pepsi Pre Barber, a senior quarterbar 14-2 win over Reynolds In tt game. Barber tossed a 31-y< and scored another himself IN honor of Dedric Barbe Company will make a casl Forsyth High School Athlel tlons, Dedric Barber... the I Week! <a If you would tike to nominate a Prep Athlete of the Week, conu , write him at P.O. Box 3154, Wi . 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