Submitted photo
The Spurs of the 11-14 Division.
Badger, Hornets dominating
BY TREVOR LAWSON AND
DEANNA MILLER
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Rakee Badger is dominat
ing the action at the Hanes
Hosiery during summer league
games. His Hornets squad is
also seemingly having their
way with opponents three
weeks into the season. Badger
and the Hornets took down the
Lakers by 20 points in league
action last week.
Hornets 47, Lakers 27
(11-14 Division): Rakee
Badger proved his game con
sisted of more than simply
? scoring last week. He still l?d
his team with 14 points in the
20-point victory. But his distri
bution of the basketball
allowed teammates Emmanuel
Maree and Rae Brown an
opportunity to get off. Maree
finished with 12 points, while
Brown nailed 9 points for the
Hornets. Trae Brown played
well for the Lakers. He fin
ished with 13 points in the
loss.
In another exciting game in
the 11-14 Division, the Spurs
took down the Celtics by nine
points ? 40-31. Daniel
Woodruff followed up his 20
plus performance from two
weeks ago with another solid
performance last week. His 12
points, along with nine key
poiilts from Daquan Lee,
allowed the Spurs to prevail
over the battling Celtics.
Daisean Rucker kept the
Celtics close with 13 points.
Corey Allen and Stephen
White also played well, despite
the loss. Both players finished
with 7 points.
Deacons 21, Wolfpack 13
(6-10 Division): The dynamic
duo of Asanti Dabriel and
Caleb Burgess proved to be too
much for the Wolfpack last
week. Dabriel led the way with
13 points, while Burgess was
n't far behind with 6 points.
Amir Lumpkins put his best
effort against the rolling
Deacons, scoring a team-high
7 points.
The Tarheels slipped by the
Blue Devils, 14-9, in the other
6-10 Division game. Haven
Hairston helped the Tarheels
defeat the Blue Devils with his
7 points. Teammates Sherrard
Wells, Josiah Goodman and
Kendrick Myers also pitched
to help the team to victory.
Evan Ross kept the Blue
Devils close, finishing^with 6
points.
Note: League games are
played every Monday and
Tuesday, from 1:30 until 2:30
p.m. Players in the 6-10
Division play on Monday,
while 11-14 year olds play on
Tuesday.
Brothers
from page BJ
until high school. Even
then, Charles started out
wrestling when he first
enrolled at Parkland. And,
David was on the JV basket
ball squad during his first year
at Winston-Salem Prep.
"I didn't know too much
about track," said David. "I
wanted to play football and
basketball. Then, 1 started
watching my brother. He was
doing track. And, our cousin
(Jerrod Wiley) was good at
track. So, 1 started trying it
out."
Charles added: "I didn't
even start until my ninth
grade year. And, I wrestled
my first year in high school.
That's all I thought I was
going to do. Then, coach
Hughes asked me to come out
to the track."
But Parkland track coach
Antwan Hughes didn't really
get what he wanted out of
Charles Lindsay at first. He
said that he wasn't that talent
ed, and he didn't really want
to listen to advice early on.
"Charles really didn't have
a lot of talent at first," said
Hughes. "He didn't really
have a lot of respect either.
Then, he changed his junior
and senior year. He's gotten a
lot better. He's gone from
having no form to having near
perfect form. He went from
being not ranked at all to
being ranked high in the state.
Now he's ranked nationally. It
makes me feel good to see his
dedication pay off. He was a
guy that came to practice
everyday and worked very
hard."
"His brother is good too,"
Hughes continued.' "Coach
Speas does a good job coach
ing him. David has got a lot of
talent. He could be better than
his brother. Both of them will
be at the Junior Olympics. So,
it should be interested to see
how they do."
Sibling races
Charles Lindsay partici
pates in multiple events,
including the 400 hurdles, 1 10
hurdles, 4x400 meter relay
and 4x100 meter relay. He
also runs in the 200 at Central,
i
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Charles Lindsay takes a baton during a recent track meet.
W-S Prep's David Lindsay
gets ready for a race.
David Lindsay runs the 110
hurdles, 400, 4x400 and
4x100. David also runs in the
100 for Winston-Salem Prep.
Both brothers specialize in
hurdles on the track. But
David seems to be a better
sprinter than his older brother
? according to times posted.
"I'm definitely a better
sprinter than my brother,"
said David. "He holds down
the hurdles, but I'm the better
sprinter. I mess with him
sometimes by telling him that
I'm better at everything. We
have a little rivalry. You can
call it something like that."
Charles added: "I always
pick on David. We do have a
friendly rivalry. We've only
raced one or two times, but we
compare times in races. He's
not quite ready for me, but
I'm still proud of him. It
makes me feel good to see
him doing well on the track.
Things are looking up for
him. I want him to continue to
get stronger. I need to
improve on some things too.
Hopefully, one day we can do
something really special
together."
Charles is hoping to make
an impact at NCCU this year,
while David has his mind set
on putting the Winston-Salem
Prep boys on the map with a
boy's state title to go along
with the championship the
Lady Phoenix won last year.
"...then I want to hopefully
run in the Olympics," con
cluded David Linday. "That's
something that I definitely
want to do someday. I have I
short and long term goals.
And, I'm focused on accom
plishing them."
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Lincoln to meet Bowie State in Classic
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Lincoln University of
Pennsylvania head football
coach O.J. Abanishe briefly
transformed into a comedian
while discussing his 2008 team
during the press conferenceto
introduce the participants in tfte
Fifth Annual Prince George's
Classic last week.
"We are going to be young
this year," said Abanishe stating
the obvious. "Of course, our last
returning starters would proba
bly be about 67 years old being
that our last year of playing was
in 1960. Out of 22 starters,
about 1 8 of them will probably
a be freshmen or sophomores."
The room burst into laughter
following Abanishe's com
ments.
Lincoln is less than seven
weeks away from playing its
first football game in 48 years
on Aug. 30 against George
Mason and 1 1 weeks from play-,
ing against Bowie State on Oct.
4 in the Fifth Annual Prince
George's Classic presented by
State Farm Insurance. The game
will be played at Bowie's
Bulldog Stadium beginning at 1
p.m.
The first football meeting
between Lincoln and Bowie in
history is the centerpiece of a
week's worth of activities sur
rounding the contest.
"This is a special event to
have Lincoln, the oldest HBCU
with a distinguished history, as
a part of the fifth annual Prince
George's Classic," Classic
director Mike Little said.
"Certainly Lincoln has a lot of
illustrious alumni in our region.
We look forward to Lincoln's
participation and being a part of
this event. Thinking long term,
we believe that this relationship
between Lincoln and Bowie
will be great for both universi
ties."
Lincoln will be the eighth
school in five years to partici
pate in the Prince George's
Classic, joining Howard,
Alcorn State, North Carolina
A&T, Morgan State, Bowie
State, North Carolina Central
and Saint Paul's College.
The first two games were
played at FedEx Field, home of
the Washington Redskins, with
Alcorn State defeating Howard,
17-10, in 2004 and North
Carolina A&T edging Morgan
State, 40-33, in a double-over
time thriller in 2005. The last
two games were played at
Bowie State with the Bulldogs
falling to North Carolina
Central 35-1 3 in 2006 and rally
Lincoln photo
Lincoln head coach OJ. Abanishe addresses the media at last
week's conference.
ing to beat Saint Paul's, 41-30,
in 2007.
According to school
records, Lincoln, which began
playing football in 1894, has
compiled a 163-166-27 record.
Lincoln won the CIAA
Conference championship in
1918, 1919 and 1924. Lincoln
was one of the original found
ing members of the CIAA in
1912 along with Howard,
Virginia Union, Hampton and
Shaw.
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