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For 25 Years, The Choice for African American News and Information December 21, 2000 B5 Week of December 19 through December 25, 2000 BVQ photo DUNKIN': Slam dunk coverage of black col lege basketball and more in latest Black Voices Quarteriy. .DEN TIGERS FINISH 12-0, TAKE riTLE; SWEAT AT THE OLYMPICS ll&M photo To sit I SWAG llolating lies. !R THE BANNER I ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS NDED: The Southwestern Athletic ounced Friday that Prairie View A&M head coach Elwood Plummer has been suspended for four conference games due to violation of conference rules. According to SWAC Commissioner Rudy Washington, the terms of Plummer's suspension are that he cannot participate in the four games in any manner, including being at the game site, travelling with the team or communicating with the team in any manner. The Panthers' next four conference |;d a Saturday (Dec. 16) loss at Alcorn State loss Monday (Dec. 18) at Southern. The [( games of the suspension are Jan. 13 against nd a Jan. 15 date vs. Jackson State. ACK VOICE: The fall issue of Quarterly magazine is out with a ton of inter- : for fans of black college sports and black col- he 112-page edition is a conference-by-confer- n of teams competing for honors in black col- this season. Also check out features by Herb ack college basketball's uphill climb to alongside their football brethren and Bonitta how black college women products are not hot in the WNBA. Also included are pieces on |ack Greek step shows and a profile of Essence editor, a graduate of Howard. For subscrip- in, call BlackVoices.com at 312-222-4326. F DISTINCTION : Alabama hitter Kyetta Walker has been named the ick Sportswoman of the Year. The Eddie '■rds, sponsored by Street & Smith's and pre- ly Speedstiek by Mennen, honor the nation's [thlete from a historically black institution, cognized with a presentation at the SWAC football game by Phyllis Woolley, director of [keting for Colgate-Palmolive. The Awards, third ye^, are voted on by coaches, athletie members of the media who cover women's ath- will accept her award at a gala dinner to be in Atlanta. There she will be joined by this ick Player of the Year, Florida A&M receiver ally and Speedstiek Coach of the Year, itate's Doug Williams. Walker has played a e in the Alabama A&M women's volleyball the Lady Bulldogs win their first SWAC [) title and securing the conference's automatic AA tournament. Walker was sixth in the ing percentage (.299) and second on the team : 60 (15 solo). She is also a Dean's List student p.a. while majoring in environmental science, an honor and I am proud to join the list of other that have received this distinction," said ■F BOWS OUT: Former Florida 1 star guard Tyrone McGriff, a college foot- amer and a three-time All-America honoree, [Saturday in Melbourne, Florida at the age of iof Gifford, Florida, McGriff suffered a heart mber 25 and lapsed into a coma. He remained intil passing away last weekend. McGriff was ;ht guard of "The Mounties," the fabled offen ce Rudy Hubbard-coached teams of the late ron two black college national titles (1977, le first ever NCAA Division 1-AA national ' in 1978. He earned black college All-America '77 and Kodak Division I-AA All-America 78 and 1979. He was also a three-time All- tercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) 6-77-78). After his collegiate career ended, drafted in the 12th round by the Pittsburgh 996, he was a member of the first group of (below Division 1-A) players ever enshrined ge Football Hall of Fame. PIONEER BOWL IV (Box score, scoring summary and statistics) SCORE BY QUARTERS Tuskegee SCORE 12 Winston-Salem State 0 6 3 0 9 SCORING SUMMARY TU WSSU 1st 14:53 TU LEE, Jason 28-yard field goal 10 plays, 30 yards,0:00 3 0 2nd 6:56 WSSU WOODBURY, Tory 3-yard run (kick failed) 8 plays, 89 yards, 3:31 3 6 3rd 11:50 WSSU OAKLEY, Ashton 26-yard field goal 5 plays, 57 yards, 2:08 3 9 6:40 TU LEE, Jason 42-yard field goal 10 plays, 47 yards, 5:10 6 9 4th 10:06 TU LEE, Jason 21-yard field goal 10 plays, 41 yards, 4:55 9 9 2:16 TU LEE, Jason 38-yard field goal 9 plays, 35 yards, 3:56 12 9 PASSING TU - JAMES, Aaron 9-18-1, 115; DUPREE, Cedric 8-16-0 117 WSSU - WOODBURY 9-23-0 134 RUSHING TU - ZACHERYSeveroN 25-99; HAZEL,Matthew 8-54; DUPREE,Cedric 3-23; WILLIAMS,Chad 3-7; JAMES,Aaron 2-12 WSSU - WOODBURYTory 6-78; NEWKIRK,Terrie 18-32; WILKINS,Vincent 2-7; EDGE,Brian 1-2 RECEIVING TU - KIMBLE,Kylin 4-44, BROWN,Samuel 4-41; WILLIAMS,Chad 2-25; JOHNSON,Lester 2-17; THOMAS,MarQuez 1-48; ZACHERYSeveron 1-30; HAZEL,Matthew 1-15; CURRYGary 1*8 WSSU - RIGGSBEE,Sherm 4-77, NEWKIRK,Terrie 3-30; HINES,Anthony 1-15; SHEPHERD,Ollie 1-12; Takes Pioneer Bowl 12-9, final BCSP No. 1 Tuskegee finishes off perfect season TU WSSU 1 St Downs 20 10 Rushes-Yds 41-171 27-119 Pass Yds 232 134 Passing 17-34-1 9-23-0 Plays 75-403 50-253 Avg/play 5.4 5.1 Kick ret 3-40 4-63 Punt ret 6-32 1-4 Int ret 0-0 1-0 Fumb ret . 0-0 0-0 Fumb-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties 9-52 5-27 Punts 4-41.8 8-35.1 Possession 33:37 26:23 3rd-Dn Eff 5/17 2/12 4th-Dn Eff 2/2 0/1 LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor ATLANTA - SIAC champion Tuskegee put the finishing touches on the first perfect season in black college football since 1993 as they downed CIAA champion Winston-Salem State, 12-9 before a record crowd of 10,773 Saturday in Pioneer Bowl IV to claim the 2000 black col lege football national championship. Four field goals by senior placekicker Jason Lee, the final one with 2; 16 left, were the difference as the Golden Tigers became the first team in the 87-year history of the SIAC to go 12-0 and the first team from the conference to win the mythical black college national championship since Florida A&M in 1978. "The undefeated season and national champi onship was our primary focus in this game," said victo rious head coach Rick Comegy, whose team lost last year's Pioneer Bowl to WSSU, 23-7. "Revenge was traly not a factor. We wanted to show them we were Richard Bowden photo CELEBRATIN': Tuskegee players and coaches cele brate after completing perfect 12-0 season. better than we showed a year ago. But the main thing was to get the perfect season and show that we were the best." Comegy adds the 2000 national champion ship to the NAIA national title he won while head coach at Central State in 1995. Saturday's game was won by the Golden Tigers after they made a switch at quarterback to open the second half trail ing 6-3 and after falling Richard Bowden photo COMEGY: Adds 2000 national title to '95 NAIA title. behind 9-3 after a 26-yard field goal by WSSU place kicker Oakley Ashton early in the third quarter. Cedric Dupree (8-16, 117 yards) replaced starter Aaron James (9-18,115 yards) and engineered three dri ves resulting in field goals by Lee, one midwaythrough the third quarter and two in the final stanza. Lee was cho sen as the Tigers most valuable player for the game. "I've dreamed about this day since I was very small," said Lee, a senior from Fort Wayne, Ind. "I owed everybody on this football team. This was the best game I've every played." BCSP TOP 10 1. TUSKEGEE (12-0) - SIAC champ takes Pioneer Bowl, 12-9, to com plete first black college undefeated season since 1993 and finish as final BCSP No. 1. 2. GRAMBLING (10-2) - SWAC champion. 3. FLORIDA A&M (9-3) - MEAC champion. 4. NC A&T (9-2) - MEAC runner-up. 5. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (9-2) - MEAC runner-up. 6. HAMPTON (7-4) - Fourth place MEAC team. 7. WINSTON-SALEM ST. (9-3) - CIAA champs fall in Pioneer Bowl to Tuskegee, 12-9. 8. ALABAMA A&M (7-4) - SWAC E. Div. champ, cham pionship runner-up. 9. ALABAMA STATE (6-5) - SWAC E. Div. runner-up. 10. JACKSON STATE (7-4) - Third place in SWAC East. 10. VIRGINIA UNION (8-3) - CIAA runner-up. OTHERS: Texas Southern (8-3), Morehouse (8-3), Delaware State (7-4) WSSU QB Tory Woodbury (9-23, 134 yards), who scored the game's only touchdown on a three-yard keeper midway through the second quarter, was named his team's MVP. BCSP Notes T SIAC Commissioner Robert C. ” Vowels' thoughts on Pioneer Bowl IV: "I thought the crowd (a record 10,773), considering the horrible (rainy) weather, was very good. I'm happy, but not satisfied. It says a lot for the fan base of Winston-Salem State and Tfiiskegee that they came out the way they did. It doesn't take a marketing genius to know that when you have a team that's 11-0, with a chance to go 12-0 and win a national championship, and another ❖ Tuskegee placekicker Jason Lee receives his most valuable player trophy after kicking the Golden Tigers to a 12-9 win in Pioneer Bowl IV. Lee connected on kicks of 28, 42, 21 and 38 yards, the last with 2:16 to play. team that's 9-2, that you have the ingre dients for a successful ballgame. Winning helps. The key to getting the attendance up is corporate support. We'll have to identify the companies and then sell them blocks of tickets so we can get more kids in the game. I’ll be getting together with CIAA Commissioner Kerry later this week critiquing the game. We will be talking about things like the venue. If we didn't play in the (Georgia) Dome this weekend we would have been in real trouble. But we will be talking about the best place for the game. Among the things I'd like to see are adding a parade, a pre-game event or concert, a recruitment fair where we can bring in all the SIAC and CIAA schools, a battle of the bands and an after-party where the alumni from both schools can get together." Other Pioneer Bowl notes: Tuskegee is losing only five seniors from this year's squad, quarterback Aaron James, running back Severon Zachery, defensive lineman TiresiaS McCall, placekicker Jason Lee ant) offensive lineman Wadell Bennitte,. Expect the Golden Tigers to be serious contenders next season for honors both in the SIAC and nationally. Sweat joins unique company at 2000 Olympics BONITTA BEST Special to the BCSP While track and field sensation Marion Jones was trying to make history seeking five gold medals this summer at the Sydney Olympic games, Norfolk State women's track coach LaVerne Sweat was making some history of her own. As one of the assistant U. S. women's track coaches at the Games, Sweat joined an elite group of men and women overseeing the effort of the nation's best athletes on the biggest of international stages. In doing so, she etched her name right up there with a cel ebrated group of coaches from historical ly black colleges that have served in that capacity. Although she was an Olympic rook ie among so many well-known and expe rienced athletes. Sweat wasn't, shall we say, in a sweat. "I was excited but I wasn't nervous," said Sweat who has been coaching since 1959 and began coaching women's track in 1978. She spent ten years as head women's track coach at Hampton before coming to NSU in 1988. In Sydney, she was responsible for sprints and relays. "I knew the majority of the athletes so it wasn't like I was going into a situa tion that I knew nothing about," she said. "The only thing that was a little nerve- wracking was putting the relays together, especially the 4x100 which we hoped to win but didn't. It's always tough when you try to put people together who have never worked together before and you've got a short period of time to get that done." Norfolk State photo SWEAT: Norfolk State head track and field coach was responsible for women's sprints and relays at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Olympic coaches are nominated by their peers which made Sweat's selection all the more special. Sweat, who had never been to the Olympics as a coach or spectator, did have international experi ence. She was a coach at the 1999 World University Games and the Junior Pan Am Games. Chief among her black college pre decessors is Benedict graduate and for mer North Carolina Central chancellor and head track coach. Dr. Leroy Walker, who was head track coach of the 1960 U. S. Olympic men's track and field team. Walker went on to serve as president of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) including holding that position during the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Legendary Tennessee State track coach Ed Temple (1952-88) - whose TSU troops, led by his famed Tigerbelles, produced 29 Olympic medals (16 golds, eight silvers, five bronzes) - served as women's head track coach in 1960 and '64. In recent history, former Prairie View women's track coach and athletic director Barbara Jacket served as the head women's track coach at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Current St. Augustine's head track coach George Williams served as an assistant men's coach at the Atlanta games. Williams says no one is more deserv ing of the honor than Sweat with whom he battled often when the two were rivals in the CIAA. "She is very deserving because she has worked hard," said Williams whose Falcons teams have won 19 national championships. "She's put a lot of young people through school and most of them have graduated. I got a chance to see her (in Sydney) a couple of times and I thought she did a very good job." Unlike many skeptics. Sweat believed Jones could pull off her five- gold medal feat. Although the former North Carolina basketball and track star fell short - she came away with five medals (three golds, one silver and one bronze) - Sweat admits the tension got thick at times. "The only coaching we did for Marion was with the relays," Sweat said. "In individual events, the majority of ath letes have their own coaches. There's not a lot of coaching unless they want you to time them or hold their blocks or let them T know if they are doing this or that right." As evidence of Sweat's deep impact on today's women of track, two of the mnners on the gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team from the Bahamas were for mer students, Norfolk State's Chandra Stirrup and Hampton's Eldece Clark‘ Lewis. Between Hampton and Norfolk State, she has won nearly 30 titles in indoor/outdoor track, and cross country. She led the Lady Spartans to 1999 women's indoor title in the MEAC. Before Norfolk moved to Division I- AA in 1995, Sweat and Williams pro duced some of the most intense yet friendly rivalries in the CIAA. Sweat's team was the last to defeat the Lady Falcons in track and field. "In the conference, we both saw each other going someplace because our teams were always battling against each other and they were always friendly battles," said Williams who was the 1999 U.S> men's track and field coach at the World Championships in Seville, Spain. "I hated to see Norfolk go to Division I because the pickings out there are real thin for HBCUs." Hopefully, with Sweat's appearance on such a grand scale, Norfolk State will find it easier to find future Olympic hope fuls. ' "It will definitely help with recralF ing," Sweat said. "I was happy to have that Olympic experience as something that I've always wanted and that I will always cherish. I got to interact with some super athletes." * ations, Inc, VOL. VII, NO. 19
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