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Section B Also Religion , Obituaries, Classifieds October 9, 2008
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N.C. A&T head coach Patricia Cage
Bibbs was honored in Philadelphia.
Bibbs
honored
in Philly
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
North Carolina A&T women's bas
ketball coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs has
been giving her trophy case a workout
over the last year. She needed to utilize
the trophy case again last Friday night
when she was honored by the Black
Women In Sports Foundation.
Bibbs was honored as one of the
organizations' Legends along with Dr.,
Diane Shropshire, a former Stanford
basketball standout and current medical
doctof.
"We started noticing coach Bibbs a
while back because she recruited here in
the Philadelphia area when she was at
Hampton, and she has done well in this
area since being at A&T," said Michael
G. Horsey, a member of the BSWF board
of directors. "We noticed the way she
shaped the lives of those young ladies
and the way she continues to shape the
lives of young black women. When you
add to that to the remarkable job she has
done as a head coach, this really was an
easy decision for our board."
BWSF, an organization located in
Philadelphia, Pa., was founded in 1992.
It is dedicated to facilitating the involve
ment of Black women in every aspect of
sport in the United States and around the
world through the "hands-on" develop
ment and management of grass roots
level outreach programs.
Junior Lamona Smalley, a member of
the 2008 MEAC all-tournament team, is
a Philadelphia native entering her third
season as a starter under Bibbs at N.C.
A&T. The Aggies have two other players
from the state of Pennsylvania. But
Bibbs is not going in simply because she
has recruited the Pennsylvania area.
Bibbs is one of only two coaches at a
, historically black college or university
with more than 400 Division I wins. She
enters season No. 24 with 422 wins, 11
conference regular-season champi
onships, nine conference tournament
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Phofo by Charlie Pfaff
Howard junior
wide out
Brandon
Sherman
played high
school ball at
Parkland,
where he led
the team in
receptions his
senior season.
Sherman was
in town to play
WSSU over the
weekend.
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Glenn freshman running back Kevin Wttttatris Wakes off an Atkins defender during the
JV Game of the Week. (V, ,
Anthony's top 10
SKILLED PERFORMERS
I always enjoy finding out which
five area high school football players
end up on the top 5 list of their peers.
A lot of times guys are quick to men
tion their homies or some of the other
names that most
people recognize.
The truth of the
matter is that's a
hard group to come
up with because
there's far more than
five good football
players in this area.
I can name five
players per team
that really make it
happen on Friday
nights. Last week, a
friend of mine asked
me to name the best players in the city
this year. I thought about it. Then, I
ripped off 10 or 11 names that I really
enjoy watching. Of course, I'm a
skilled position guy> I know therms a
group of very talented linemen and
linebackers out there. But I rarely think
of them when I'm giving my own opin
ion. I thought I'd share my Top 10 list
of Forsyth County football players.
This isn't an All-Chronicle team or
anything like that. This is simply a list
of 10 skilled guys that I
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the rest.
Let me start with my
number 10 skilled position
bailer. That's East Forsyth 's
lan Thompson. He's easily
the most underrated wide
out in the area. I'm here to
tell you that he's just as
good as any receiver
around. Thompson is a
Steve Largeant type of
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player witn a lot more nair.
He doesn't have killer
speed. But he's got reliable hand. And,
he runs remarkable routes.
Number nine comes from North
Forsyth. I'm going with their multital
ented Travis Livingstone. I'm a big fan
of guys that can help you in multiple
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BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE '
The Glenn JV football team set the tone early
against Atkins last Thursday. The speedy
Bobcats ran up a 22-0 lead by halftime, and
maintained its momentum en route to a 36-8 vic
tory during the JV Game of the Week.
"We definitely wanted to set the tone early,"
said Glenn head JV coach Antwon Stevenson.
"The guys really wanted to come out here and
play well. They did that. I'm realty happy with
the way we executed
tonight." i in
Glenn got most of its
production from the
backfield. Four backs,
who Stevenson called'
his four horsemen, led
the Bobcats offense to
more than 300 yards of
total offense. Josh
Hawkins, Kevin
Williams, B.J. Lowery
and quarterback Marcuz
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ground attack. Freshman
quarterback Parris Harris also provided a spark
with his speed.
"I've got some horses back there," Stevenson
said. "I've got four or five of them. I try to give
everybody the ball. We play a lot of teams that
play guys beth ways. I try to keep some fresh
backS in there for us. We have a lot of speed on
this team."
Glenn got on the board on its opening drive
after Williams ran past the Camels defense for a
5-yard touchdown with 7:38 to go in the first.
Cam Campbell ran in the 2-point conversion.
Glenn increased its lead to 16-0 after Campbell
hit Tyler Lee for an 11 -yard touchdown pass.
Harris scored the 2-point conversion. A touch
down by Josh Hawkins was actually brought
back due to a penalty flag one play before the
Campbell and Lee touchdown connection.
Atkins appeared to cut the Glenn lead in half
after Carlos Gregory ran a 4-yard touchdown on
1a nicely executed quarterback bootleg play with
6: 18 to go in the first half. Gregory scored on an
apparent fourth down play. But a penalty flag
negated the Camel score. And, Atkins was
unable to come up with any points on that drive.
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Photo hy Tom HoughtaJing
Ml. Tabor's Hunter Furr, who sports number 10, is one of
my favorite area skilled position players.
Sherman catches attention in loss
BY ANTHONY HILL
THE CHRONICLE
Howard University junior receiver Brandon
Sherman, who's the older brother of
University of South Carolina sprinter
Bryce Sherman, seemingly had all eyes
on him during last weekend's football
game between Winston-Salem State
University and Howard.
After all, Sherman is from Winston
Salem. He graduated from Parkland.
And, he had a number of family mem
bers and friends in the crowd during the
game. Sherman wanted to impress his
audience and keep the attention on him.
"I can't explain the feeling I had to
play in front of my hometown crowd,"
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earlier this week. "I was really excited.
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Winston-Salem. I had a whole bunch of family and
friends there. I wanted to make a good impression
during my last time playing there. I was really
hyped."
Sherman finished the day with eight catches for
75 yards and a touchdown, which was second to
Willie Carter (10 catches for 69 yards). But
Winston-Salem State picked up the 34-10 victory
over Sherman and his teammates at Bowman Gray
Stadium.
"That's what hurts tne most,
Sherman said. "I had a good game. But
that doesn't matter. We needed the win. I
would've been cool with two catches. 15
yards and a win. That would've been
much better than the eight catches, 75
yards and the loss."
Sherman's touchdown was the only
one the Bisons scored during the loss.
Sherman capped a 13-play, 60-yard
drive with a nice 4-yard touchdown
reception to supply the points. But the
real excitement took place after
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(Johnson) book by racing to the Ram symbol in the
middle of Bowman Gray Stadium to celebrate his
touchdown.
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