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Lady Rams team up with Parkland for i mentoring program BY ANTHONY HILL THE CHRONICLE The Lady Rams of Winston Salem Stale always seem to be working hard, on and off their plat form of play. The Lady Rams and the university are committed to giv ing back to Winston-Salem. The uni versity has implemented several community interaction programs in which WSSU student-athletes men Jor local youths. | Under the guidance of Tonia ?Walker, associate director of athlet ics and senior women administrator, the WSSU athletics department is ?initiating the "Ram Buddies/Ladies an the House" program for the sec ond consecutive year. This year the program is in conjunction with Park jand High School and Parkland's assistant principal intern. Karen JMorning-Cain, who serves as co ?dViser of the program with Walker. * "Last year, Karen Morning-Cain Jvas a teacher at Wiley Middle School." said Walker. "We initiated <he program there, as we tried to do fcome community service with our Jstudent-athletes. Once Karen moved over to Parkland we thought we ishould move the program with her, )and it's proven to be beneficial." A reception was held at Parkland iHigh School to kick off this year's program Oct. 15. More than 20 Lady Ram student-athletes who had been identified as possessing strong leadership characteristics, keen judgment, and good mentoring skills by their respective coaches were on hand to kick off the 2003-04 pro gram. "Last year we had male athletes as well as female." Walker said. "We had a harder time controlling the event because of the large number of student-athletes on hand. This year we chose to go with female athletes because they're more at risk. We're continuing our efforts to make this program grow." Among the student athletes were volleyball, women's basketball. bowling, softball. and tennis play ers, as well as an athletic trainer, who have been selected to serve as ambassadors to Parkland High School in an attempt to reach at-risk ninth- and l()th-grade female stu dents. The Ram Buddies will have the goal of redirecting these stu dents' mode of thinking through positive experiences, open discus sion. role play, mentorship and char acter-building exercises to help pro vide a strong foundation upon which to make a difference in these young people's lives. Each Ram will commit to spend at least one hour a week with her "buddy" and promise to take an interest in the overall success of that student. Some of the Rams involved with the program are: Benita Wick er. Ebony Douglas. Jamila Dalton, Dara Bess, Xandria Henderson (vol leyball); Shannon Davis. Heather Davis, LaToya Vaughn. LaKelsha Carney, LeAjtdrea Suggs (softball); Nikki Eason. Janine Martin. LaShonda Horton. Tiffany Tonkins (women's basketball); Janelle Lewis. Macaenzie Nowell. LaToya Deschamps (bowling); Trinette Lewis, Chandra Allen. Shannon Johnson (women's tennis): April Allison (athletic trainer). Walker Aggies outlast Florida A&M HKOMCLE STAFF REPORT The Aggies are in a lie for first place with Hampton after a 22-16 victory over the Florida A&M Rat tlers last Saturday. The battle between the Rattlers and Aggies was just as intense as all of the past meet ings. The Aggies got on the board first after Carl Scriven punched in a 5 yard touchdown run with 8:58 to go in the first quarter. Yonnick Matthews connected with the PAT to give the Aggies the early 7-0 lead. It didn't take long for Matthews and the Aggies to light up the scoreboard again as he connected with a 25-yard field goal with 12:47 to go in the first half. Florida A&M finally got on the board when Juan Vasquez connected with a 35-yard field goal with 2:06 to go in the opening half. The two teams went into the halftime with the score 10-7. The Aggies began the second half on fire on defense. The exciting Cur tis Deloatch intercepted a Ben Daugherty pass and raced 36 yards for a touchdown. Matthews missed the PAT to leave the score at 16-3 in the third quarter. Florida A&M then turned up its intensity by scoring two unanswered touchdow ns to tie the game at 16. The Aggies got the go-ahead touchdown when Orrick Watkins hit a streaking Jamal Ones for a 33-yard connection to give N.C. A&T the six-point victo The Aggies finished fhe game with 329 toial offensive yards, while the Rattlers finished with 313 yards. Saturday is homecoming for the Aggies as they take 011 Howard. The game is set to start at 1:30 p.nvi at Aggie Stadium MEAC Standings Overall Team W L Pet. W L Pet. Hampton 4 0 1.0 5 I .833 N.C. A&T 2 0 1.000 6 I .857 S.C. State 2 1 .667 4 3 .571 Bethune-Cookman 3 1 .750 6 1 .857 Morgan State 2 3 .400 3 4 .429 Howard 0 2 .000 2 4 .333 Delaware State 0 2 .000 0 6 .000 Norfolk State 0 4 .000 I 6 .143 Florida A&M 0 0 .000 4 4 > .500 Note: Florida A&M is not eligible for the MEAC title due to its applieation to move up to Division I-A 2003 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Football Recaps from Oct. 18 N.C. A&T 22. Florida A&M 16 Bethune-Cookman 31. South Carolina State 28 Hampton 52, Norfolk State 0 Morgan State 33, Howard 12 Bowlers, Hussey celebrate this week ( HRONICI E s i \H REPOR1 The Lady Rams bowling team continued its stellar performance over the weekend as it bowled over the entire CIAA. The Lady Rams, after posting a 4 2 record last Friday and Saturday, rode the wave of momentum follow ing a LaToya DesChamps career-high and WSSU-record 241 game. She and her Lady Ram teammates improved their team's weekend record to 8-4 on the final day and secured a position at the top of the CIAA. The Lady Rams started the week end with two quick match victories over St. Paul's College. The Rams defeated the Tigers 740-652 and 754 615. The Lady Rams then ran into their stiffest competition of the season thus far in the third and fourth matches of the afternoon when the Rams fell in two straight matches to the Lady Vikings of Elizabeth City State, 921 869 and 807-728. ? However, the H Lady Rams came back to saddle the Bowie State Lady Bulldogs, a perennial CIAA bowling power, with back-to-back wins, 769 727 and 722-707. thus finishing the day at 4-2. The Lady Rams, currently sport ing a 44-10 record overall, will return to action on Nov. 1. looking to cele brate homecoming weekend in style as they bowl in their home venue. Countryside Lanes in Kernersville. Footnote: Winston-Salem State's sure-hand ed wideout, Brandon Hussey, is the man. Well, at least in the eyes of the voters of the C1AA Player of the Week awards this week. Hussey earned the honor of Wide Receiver of the Week from the CIAA for the week ending Oct. 19. Last Saturday, Hussey, a sopho more wide receiver and kick returner for the Rams, recorded 193 total yards, which included two receptions for 105 yards and a touchdown, as well as tallying 88 kick-return yards as he helped to lead the Rams to a 42 ^3 victory over Livingstone. Hussey is no stranger to weekly athletic honors. He was named the CIAA's Special Teams Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 15 and was named Crown Trophy WSSU Male Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending Sept. 29. Brandon Hussey Photo by Anthony Hill Carver's Willie Coker prepares for a free throw during the Yellowjackets' loss to Atkins. Big 4 ; from page BI coach and North Forsyth High athletics director, added: "This 1 was just a lot of fun to come out here and play. It wasn't about who won or anything. This was just good fellowship. A lot of people came out tonight to sup port us." The "throwback." players from Atkins and Carver also did their thing on the courts, espe cially the Atkins bailers. A lot of them looked like they did back in the '60s on their way to a 42-30 win over the Yellow jackets tn front of a rowdy crowd. A number of players on both squads had good games, including Atkins' Willie "Super Sub" Griffin. Teddy East. Billy McClain, Otha Rucker and Jody Payne Sr. Carver was paced by the talented Waldo Hauser. Vinard Bradley, Bill Carter. Willie Coker and Hobart Jones. ; "It feels good today," Jones said after the game. "I feel like 1 can go another 20 minutes. I Started to get some flashbacks after somebody bumped me. That kind of got my nerves up." Jones and the Yellowjackets couldn't help but be impressed with the crisp skills displayed by the Camels last Friday. |Atkins was absolutely on fire. "They looked good." Jones said. "They've obviously been playing somewhere. I don't think they had many cobwebs to brush off. They made a lot of jgood shots." ; The games were such a suc cess that coordinators and fans are already looking forward to text year's games. The basket rail games might even be noved to a larger gym. "Next year we'll have to go o a larger venue." Day said. "There were so many people here, showing support tonight. This was just a great event. I can't wait to do it again next year." Apply tor 3 Cat Loan %omfhe mPhonef K?der|| ' Value-Added Programs from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. More than just health insurance. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has special programs that give you options and help you take charge of your care. We offer a variety of programs, but they all have one thing in common: there are no extra charges to participate. That's what we call value-added. All the discounts, options and information you have access to, just because you're a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Member. Visit bcbsnc.com for more information. 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