CIAA Week in Review
Several conference teams fall in weekend upsets
CHRONICLE STAFF RKPOki
A cursor look at the statis
tics of last weekend's cross
town show down between the
Shaw University Bears and the
Saint Augustine's Falcons
reveals that the Bears had 403
yards of total offense to 186
yards for the Falcons; that
Shaw picked up 22 first downs
while limiting Saint
Augustine's to 12 and that
Shay dominated time of pos
session 35:37 to 24:23. As a
matter of fact, the Bears domi
nated almost every statistical
category of the game but the
one that mattered the most, the
final score, as Saint
Augustine's used some timely
special teams play and a "bend
but don't break" defense to
stymie Shaw in a 27-16 upset
in Raleigh.
The Falcons, who had lost
four straight coming into the
game, fell behind early when
an errant snap sailed over their
punter's head and out of the
end zone for a safety and a 2-0
Shaw lead with 8: 13 left in the
first quarter. But the Falcons
would take control of the game
in the second quarter when
Walter Sanders capped a 4
play, 63-yard drive with a 3
yard run for a 7-2 Falcon lead
On Shaw's .next posses
sion. the Bears drove down to
the Falcons' 20-yard line and
lined up'to attempt a field goal .
But in the biggest play of the
day, the field goal attempt was
blocked and picked up by line
backer Lester Graham and
returned 70 yards for a touch
down and a 13-2 Saint
Augustine's lead. Shaw would
answer back with a score on
their next possession as quar
terback Marcus Brooks con
nected with Jayson Royal on a
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F ayetteville State quarterback Bryan Hardy finished with 213 yards and three touchdowns .
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Scoreboard
Bowie State 28,
Lincoln 2
ECSU 35,
Y irginia State 7
Fay. St. 60,
Chowan 21
Livingstone 32,
JCSU 26
St. Paul's 17,
VUU 10
St. Aug.'s 27,
Shaw 16
32-yard touchdown pass as the
Bears trailed the Falcons 13-8
at the half.
In the third quarter. Saint
Augustine's put the finishing
touch on the upset, getting
touchdowns from Jermaine
Smith and another from
Sanders as they pushed their
lead to 27-8. Shaw would cut
the lead to 27-16 late in the
fourth quarter on a 1-yard run
by Raymon Williams but
could get no closer.
With the win, the Falcons
improved to 3-3 overall and 2
1 in the CIAA, while the Bears
dropped to 3-3 and 2-1 head
ing into a pivotal matchup
with division leading
Fayetteville State this week.
Fayetteville State 60,
Chowan 21: The Broncos of
Fayettevtlle State University
made it look easy last Saturday
evening with a 60-21 win over
Chowan University to
improve to 5-1 overall and 3-0
in the CIAA.
This was the first match-up
in school history on the grid
iron for both institutions.
Chowan entered the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic
Association this season to
compete in football. The
Hawks (now 1-5 overall: 0-3
in the CIAA) came into the
contest looking to mount their
first win in the conference.
Bryan Hardy completed 1 2-of
20 passes for 213 yards and
three touchdowns; he also
rushed for 70 yards and one
TD on,, the ground. Darryl
Bamett had 84 yards off four
catches and two receiving
touchdowns. Richard Medlin
stole the show with 235 all
purpose yards; including 174
kickoff return yards and two
returns for touchdowns. '
Photo by Charlie Pfaff
Atkins receiver Lewis Williams stiff arms Chris Simmons
during Glenn's win over Atkins last week.
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"That killed us," said
Atkins head JV coacf? Chris
Thompson. "That holding
call from the goal line really
hurt us. That backed us up
on a fourth down. If we
would've gotten those points
we would've been in goQd
shape. We would've only
been down by a touchdown
at halftime."
Glenn went on to score
again after Parris Harris got
into the end zone with a 1
yard touchdown run with
3:50 to go in the half. The
Harris run made it 22-0.
Glenn put two more
scores on the board late in
the third quarter when
Marcuz Harris took a punt
and kick return to the house.
Harris ran a punt for a score
with 2:46 to go in the third
quarter.
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return with 4.3 seconds
remaining in the third. That
touchdown occurred right
after Atkins scored its first
touchdown of the game.
Gregory scored that touch
down for Atkins with 16.5 to
go in the third. Shawn Allen
scored the 2-point conver
sion.
"Our offense was able to
do better tonight." said
Thompson. "We've relied a
lot on our defense this year.
They've played lights out
for us so far. Tonight we had
a little trouble stopping
Glenn. But our offense
stepped up. Like 1 said earli
er, it might've been a differ
ent game if we don't get that
penalty in the first half. That
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score would've been big. A
lot was taken out of the kids
after that happen. We're still
a young program. We still
have guys that get excited
and make little errors. If we
can get the little things
together then we'll be fine."
"We're getting ready to
play conference teams now."
Thompson continued. "We
should be fine. We'll see
teams that are more on our
level. We should be able to
exploit and show what we
really have. Right now
we're just playing some
good ball teams. But we're
playing hard. I thought we
played lights out, despite the
loss."
? Atkins was led by
Gregory, Allen, Aaron
Stone. Dashaune Duffy,
Lewis Williams and Donald
Snow. Some of the other key
players for Glenn were Jaie
Manes, Hawkins. Campbell,
Thomas Burton. Lowery,
Williams and Chris
Simmons.
"Now, we need to look
forward for conference,"
concluded Stevenson.
"That's a new season. We
won our conference last
year. We're trying to
repeat."
The Glenn JV team (3-2)
will host High Point
Andrews tonight, while
Atkins will travel to play
Eastern Guilford.
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Sherman tries to break away from former high school
teammate Duron Middleton, who plays for WSSU
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"My dad wasn't really
happy about that," said Brvce
Sherman. "He's all about
doing things first class, and
not taunting. I guess Brandon
was just excited. He said he
was gonna do something."
Brandon added: "That was
something that I just did. I
don't know why I did it. I real
ly don't have an explanation
why 1 did it. 1 planned on
doing a touchdown celebra
tion. I did plan on that. I didn't
know what I was gonna do. I
guess that I did the first thing
-that popped in my hiead."
So far, this has been
Sherman's best season on the
football field.
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season
"Well, it's my best colle
giate. year," Sherman said. "I
had the best year of my life
my senior year at Parkland. I
had to prove what 1 can do in,
one year. 1 had to prove that I
could play on the Division I
level, and 1 did that."
Sherman is presently third
on the team in receptions. In
five games, Sherman "Has
hauled in 26 receptions. His
longest reception was 47
yards. Sherman has gained
361 total yards and two touch
downs. Willie Carter and
Arlandus Hood rank ahead of
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receptions, respectively.
Sherman admits to playing
with a chip on his shoulders.
Every time he steps on the
field he's trying to prove him
self to doubters. But that's a
role he's used to. He began his
high school career at Carver, }
where he didn't feel needed.
He said * he people doubted
how much he would help the
team. Then, he transferred to
Parkland and had a senior sea
son to remember. He's taken
that same motivation to trig
ger his play at Howard.
"Every time I step on the
field 1 feel like I have some
thing to prove," Sherman said.
"One person may not know
my ability-ol'm always trying
to show that I'm better than
they think. I'm always trying
to prove that 1 am as good as I
think I am."
He hopes to continue his
career for as long as he can.
He's already thinking about
the next level ? despite the
fact that he's got another year
left at Howard.
"I'd love to continue to
play whether that's in the
NFL, Canadian or Arena
league," Sherman concluded.
"If that doesn't work out then
I'd like to be an AD (athletic
director) or coach. I'd like to
always be around sports.
Right now, I'm trying to catch
as many balls as 1 can to help
the team win. Hopefully, the
rest will take care of itself."
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