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Shaw will try to tackle Texas Southern in the Capital City Football Classic.
Shaw to play in Capital
City Football Classic
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CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Shaw University, the reigning 2007 CI A A
Champions, will face Texas Southern University
on the gridiron in the Capital City Football
Classic in Sacramento, California on Sept. 13 at
Hughes Stadium.
Uame tjme is set tor 4:iD p.m. ana
will be broadcast live via Comcast
Sports Net. Events will begin on
Sept. 11 with the United College
Action Network, Incorporated 20th
Year Anniversary United Scholarship
Gala.
The Capital City Football Classic
is an authentic down home football
game that features two premier histor
ically black institutions, Shaw
University and Texas Southern
University, and a Battle of the Bands
Showcase during a special halftime show. The
mission of the Capital City Football Classic is to
leverage the appeal of sports and entertainment to
promote literacy, education, cultural diversity and
raise capital resources for programs and non
profit organizations that service under served
communities and at risk youth.
"We are extremely excited about this incredi
ble opportunity to be a part of the Capital City
Football Classic and face Texas Southern; one of
the premier athletic programs in the nation," said
Dr. Clarence G. Newsome, President of Shaw
University.
Darrell Asberry, Head Football Coach added:
"The game will provide national exposure for the
University against Texas Southern, an NCAA
Division 1-AA team. This will give us a great
platform to showcase the level of talent
that resides on our team and allow tne
world at-large to see the big competi
tive hearts and outstanding skills from
the young men on our football team.
Hopefully we will play well enough to
be invited back next year. "
The Football Classic week will fea
ture a variety of special events includ
ing a Spelling Bee; High School Essay
contest; Multicultural Festival;
Celebrity Golf Tournament; United
College Action Network, Incorporated
20th Year Anniversary Scholarship
Gala; Greek Step Show; Gospel Concert with
Shirley Caesar (Shaw University Alum) and
Yolanda Adams (Texas Southern Altim); and
three HBCU College Recruitment Fairs with over
35 college representatives [including Shaw
University.
A comprehensive website provides detailed
information about the Classic and tickets for all
events can be purchased online via the web at:
http://www.capitalcityfootballclassic.com/.
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Jeremy Jones collects more honors
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Although Jeremy Jones' North Carolina A&T
baseball career is over, tne accoiaaes
keeping pouring in for one of the best
players in the history of the Aggies
program. Jones was recently named to
the North Carolina Sports Information
Association University Division All
State team- Jones was also named a
2008 second-team All-Atlantic
Region by the American Baseball
Coaches Association.
Jones, who was also named to the
MEAC All-Tournament team in May,
has also earned MEAC Player of the
Year honors in ms career aiong witn oiacK
College Baseball Player of the Year and being rec
ognized as an Ail-American by four different
organizations, including the National College
Baseball Writers Association, Baseball America,
Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and
Louisville Slugger.
He was deemed a national player of the year
candidate by CSTV.com and the Brooks Wallace
Watch List. Jones was also a tour-time
all-conference performer.
Jones earned recognition this season
by hitting .404, marking the second time
in his career that he hit better than .400.
He led the conference in hitting, runs,
hits (9.1), runs batted in (63), slugging
percentage (.662) and he had a share of
the home run leacf (13) with teammate
C J. Beatty.
"I did my job this season," said
Jones, a 2007 N.C. A&T graduate.
"Hopefully something will work out for
me moving forward.
Founded in 2002, NGCSIA is comprised of
sports information professionals from North
Carolina's NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA and
independent institutions for the purpose qf pro
moting college athletics in the state.
Jones
Tri-City
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ing events, distance run
ning, field events, and the
relays. No individual names
were available by print time
After the first day of the meet,
Tri-City led the second place
team by a slim margin or 310
points to 290 points.
The athletes then erupted for
870 points on the second day
of competition and , defeated
the two-time defending state
champions.
Tri-City will try to contin
ue performing well on the
track when the club travels to
Knoxville. Tenn., on July 11
for the AAU regional champi
onship. At stake will be the
opportunity to compete in the
AAU junior Olympic games
to be held in Detroit, MI start
ing on July 26.
"There will be some tough
competition in our regioiral
meet," Cabean said. "We have
to go through Knoxville and
Memphis. The Memphis
Mustangs have a team full of
all americans. But we're opti
mistic that we will do well if
we do what we're supposed to
do. We'll have a chance to fin
ish in the top three if we do
what we're supposed to do.
We finished third in 2006.
"Right now we have 18
days until regional," Cabean
continued. "That's 10 to 12
practice days. Right now we
want to keep everybody
healthy. Kids still haven't hit
their full peak yet. We're
going to ride that peak out
during the next two meets. My
thing is looking at things day
by-day. We'll be getting
ready. We're going to be
watching. We see their
results."
Note: Fans can view the
'complete meet results at
www.ncaauathletics.org.
Furr
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in a meet a week before
the national event, and real
ized that he needed to correct
some things with his start
before the Nike meet.
"I definitely focused on
getting my start down," said
Furr. "My start wasn't that
good at all in a race I ran last
weekend. My start definitely
wasn't where I wanted it to be
for this meet. Me and my
coach worked hard on that the
entire week. And, I felt good
during my races."
Furr has already commit
ted to play football for the
University of North Carolina
? turning down offers to
Wake Forest and Clemson ?
Samuels
among others. Now, he's just
focused on getting his feet
right for football season, and
enjoying his senior year. He's
^Iso got his mind on running a
little track once he enrolls at
UNC in 2009.
"That's definitely going to
happen," Furr concluded.
"I've already talked to coach
(Butch) Davis and he said that
I could run track in the spring.
I'm looking forward to that.
But right now I'm happy to
have my number one choice
out of the way. I am happy to
be able to simply concentrate
on helping my teammates win
on the football field and
enjoying school. This is my
last year, and I want to enjoy
it."
Note: J-Mee Samuels,
who's a Mt. Tabor graduate,
owns the Nike National Meet
100-meter record with a time
of 10.08, recorded in 2005.
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Wake football ranked
17th in Lindy's Poll
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Lindy's Sports Annuals,
has ranked the Wake Forest
football team No. 17 in its
2008 preseason national poll.
. The magazine, which h[t
newsstands this month, also
projects the Demon Deacons
to finish second overall in the
Atlantic Coast Conference.
Three Wake Forest players
were included in All-America
lists, including cornerback
Alphonso Smith (First Team
Defense), outside linebacker
Aaron Curry (Second Team
Defense) and kicker Sam
Swank (Second Team
Offense).
Below is an excerpt from
Lindy's Preseason Top 25
Poll.
"The bulk of a team that
won 20 games in the past two
years is back. Wake's players
from [Riley] Skinner to
Swank. RB Josh Adams and
LB Aaron Curry, are simply
better than most others in the
ACC."
In its list of the top 25
quarterbacks in the country,
Lindy's ranks Skinner 17th,
citing the junior has complet
ed 69.5 percent of his passes
in his two years under center
for the Deacs.
In its list of the top 25 run
ning backs in the nation,
Lindy's ranks Adams 14th,
citing his breakout freshman
season in which Adams ran
for 953 yards and 11 toifch
downs to be named the ACC's
Rookie of the Year.
Curry was ranked the No.
2 outside linebacker in the
country. Under his ranking
Lindy's writes: "Amazing:
Returned INTs for scores of
57, 77 and 84 yards in 2007."
Although Lindy's does not
include Wake Forest's second
ary as one of its top 10 in the
country, the publication ranks
Smith as the No. 2 cornerback
ind safety Chip Vaughn as the
No. 10 safety in the nation.
Smith is the NCAA returning
leader in career interceptions
with 14 and interceptions
returned for a touchdown with
four. Vaughn is the returning
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Wake's talented senior defensive back Alphonso Smith is rated
as the magazine's No. 2 cornerback in the nation.
leading tackier of the highly
touted Wake Forest defense as
tfce senior racked-up 105 in
2007.
In its list of top kickers,
Lindy's ranks Swank second,
pointing to his 60 career field
goals and his "amazing nine
of 12 from 50-plus yards."
The Demon Deacons back
field is the sixth-best in the
nation and the linebacker
corps is the fifth-best, accord
ing to Lindy's.
In its list of "Top 12
Conference Games Across the
Country," Lindy's points to
the Oct. 9 matchup, Clemson
at Wake Forest, as its 12th
most impactful game of the
season. Lindy's writes: "A
Thursday night matchup
between top ACC con
tenders."
Lindy's also projects six
Demon Deacons will be All
ACC for 2008. They include
Adams (First Team Offense),
Swank (First Team Offense),
Curry (First Team Defense),
Smith (First Team Defense),
Vaughn (First Team Defense)
and Skinner (Second Team
Offense).
The Deacs begin their sea
son in a game at Baylor that
has been rescheduled., The
matchup, originally scheduled
for Saturday, Aug. 30, will
take place on Thursday, Aug.
28 at 8 p.m. eastern time. The
Wake Forest-Baylor game
/will be carried nationally by
Fox Sports Network.
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