Ragsdale takes
over atN.C.A&T
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
North Carolina A&T athletics direc
tor Wheeler Brown announced the dis
missal of head football coach Lee Fobbs
earlier this week. Brown appointed
George Ragsdale as the interim head
football coach for the remainder of the
2008 season.
"We feel like this is the best decision
for the program at this time," said
Brown. "1 certainly want to thank Lee for
all his efforts over the last 2 Vi vears arwt
I want to wish
him well in all his
future endeavors.
The program just
needs a new
direction."
Fobbs was 2
28 as the Aggies
head coach.
Ragsdale, SS, has
served as the
Aggies running
backs coach
under Fobbs the
Ragsdale
last three seasons. He has been assistant
coach on the collegiate level for 23 sea
sons. He started his coaching career as an
assistant at N.C. A&T in 1983. It was the
first of three coaching stints with the
Aggies.
Ragsdale returned to N.C. A&T as a
part-time assistant during the 2003
ME AC Championship season. Three
years later he came back to coach running
backs. He has also coached as an assis
tant at Morris Brown, Norfolk State and
Arkansas Pine-Bluff.
"My job is to keep these young men
focused on what is ahead of us and not
what has already happened," said
Ragsdale. "We have four games remain
ing starting with Howard on Saturday,
and that's where our focus as a football
team belongs. We have to make the best
of what is left in this season."
Ragsdale is a 1976 graduate of N.C.
A&T. He is considered one of the best
running backs to ever wear an Aggies
uniform. Ranked ninth on the Aggies all
time rushing list with 1,989 yards,
Ragsdale led the Aggies to a share of the
MEAC Championship in 1975.
He is a member of the N.C. A&T and
VIEAC Halls of Fame. He spent six sea
>ons in the NFL - five with the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers and one with the
Washington Redskins. He also played
wo seasons with the USFL's Oklahoma
Outlaws.
Pop Warner Round Up
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
t
The Pop Warner regular season
concluded with some area teams
playing some exciting games over
the weekend. Several squads looked
to be in playoff form, while others
wanted to end the season with a
bang.
Mitey Mite: Colts white took
down the Falcons, 9-7. Colts red
shut out the Falcons blue, 30-0.
Vikings defeated the Colts black, 33
0. The Lewisville Titans gold shut
out the Forsyth Broncos s 7-0.
Indians burgundy slipped t>y . the
Greyhounds blue, 12-6. Gray hounds
red slipped by the Indians gold, 14
12. The Packers black ran past the
Broncos, 24-7. Broncos white
defeated Packers silver, 27-6.
Winston-Salem Rams defeated the
Union Cross Bobcats, 32-6. Panthers
defeated the Lions blue, 12-0. Lions
shut out the Panthers blue, 28-0.
Titans green shut out the Raiders,
27-0. Titans white shut out the
Raiders gold, 24-0. Wolfpack shut
out the King Dolphins, 28-0.
Jr. Pee Wee: The Forsyth
Broncos blue slipped by the Indians
gold, 14-13. Colts red shut out the
Falcons, 27-0. Titans shut out the
Oak Ridge Colts, 38-0. Indians bur
Photo by Tun Wilson
A South Fork Panther runs for yards during a recent Pee Wee game.
gundy defeated the Gray hounds, 29
13. Packers shut out the Broncos
orange, 17-0. Rams shut out the
Bobcats, 32-0. Panthers defeated the
Lions, 19-18. Raiders shut out the
Titans white, 34-0. Walkertown
Wolfpack shut out the King
Dolphins, 35-0.
Pee Wee: The Falcons defeated
the Colts, 21-6. The Indians shut out
the Gray hounds, 20-0. The Packers
slipped by the Broncos, 12-6. The
Bobcats shut out the Rams, 19-0.
The Panthers shut out the Lions, 40
0. The Raiders slipped by the Titans,
13-7. The Walkertown Wolfpack
defeated the King Dolphins. 34-6.
Jr. Midget: The Falcons defeat
ed the Colts, 31-6. The Indians,
coached by Jukie Minor, shut out the
Grayhounds, 29-0. The Broncos
defeated the Vikings, 43-14. Raiders
defeated the Bobcats. 19-6. The
High Point Lions slipped by the
South Fork Panthers, 20-14. The
Lewisville Titans slipped by the
Wakertown Wolfpack, 20-19.
Midget: The talented Oak Ridge
Colts took it to the Winston-Salem
Falcons. 24-6. The Indians ran past
the Grayhounds, 32-0. The Broncos
defeated the Packers, 26-6. The
Winston-Salem Rams defeated the
Union Cross Bobcats. 31-6. The
High Point Lions defeated the South
Fork Panthers, 13-0. The Raiders
defeated the Vikings. The Titans
defeated the Wolfpack, 28-6.
Note: All submission for The
Chronicle's All-Pop Warner squad
(Jr. Pee Wee through Midget) are to
be made by Oct. 24 at 5 p.m.
Coaches can submit the names of as
many players as they want. Players
that are not submitted by coach will
not be considered. The team will be
released Nov. 13 in The Chronicle.
Information should be sent to
Anthony Hill at ahill@wschroni
cle.com.
Rams to face Bethune-Cookman for Homecoming
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
For some fans WSSU
Homecoming will be all about the
food, tailgating, parties and other
extra curricular activities that will go
on this weekend.
For others homecoming will be a
chant# to see a hungry Ram team try
to feast on Bethune-Cookman after a
16-day layoff from action. The Rams
will return to action on Saturday to
host Bethune-Cookman for
Homecoming 2008. The Rams (1-5)
and Wildcats (4-2, 2-2 ME AC) are
both coming off of an open week fol
lowing a loss.
WSSU returns to action follow
ing more than two weeks off as the
Rams' last action came on Oct. 9 at
Florida A&M. WSSU heads into the
contest with a 1-5 overall record as
they are coming off an open week
following a 23-0 loss at Florida
A&M. The Wildcats enter the con
Photo by Charlie Pfaff
WSSU hopes to catch fire this
weekend.
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test with a 4-2 record overall as they
are coming off a 26-20 loss to
defending MEAC champion
Delaware State that came in Daytona
Beach, Fla. on Oct. 1 1 .
The game will feature a pair of
teams that have met only two other
times in history and will mark the
rubber match in the series between
the two programs which is knotted at
1-1. With an anticipated sell-out
crowd of over 18,000 fans, the con
test will match up a pair of MEAC
teams in what has become a heated
rivalry.
WSSU lost the inaugural meet
ing between the two teams on Oct.
14, 2006 as they fell just short in a
comeback attempt as the Rams
dropped a 10-6 decision in Daytona
Beach, Fla. The Rams exacted
revenge last season as they defeated
the Wildcats 14-9 on Oct. 20, 2007 at
Municipal Stadium in Daytona
Beach, Fla. The series, which is tied
1-1, will see the Wildcats travel to
Winston-Salem, N.C. for the first
time in three meetings between the
two schools. The previous two
meetings between the two storied
programs have come in Daytona
Beach. Fla.
Through two meetings between
the two storied historically black col
leges, the series is evep in nearly
every way. Not only is the series tied
at 1-1, the two teams are dead even
in touchdowns scored in the series
with two each. The Wildcats have
the slight edge in the series as they
have played host to the Rams twice
already and will be making their first
road trip to North Carolina for
Saturday's contest. The Rams have
the edge in points scored in the series
(20-19) and have the largest margin
of victory in the sitries (five points).
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Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at
Bowman Gray Stadium .
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