Pioneer Bowl
suspended
for this year
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIA A) have
suspended the Pioneer Bowl for 2008. The game was scheduled
to take place in Columbia, SC on Dec 6. at Charlie W Johnson
Stadium. The Pioneer Bowl will resume in 2009 at a date and
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time to be determined.
The S1AC Council of Presidents
and Athletic Directors' Committee in
conjunction with CIAA Board of
Directors, have decided to focus their
efforts toward the future,
t? "Obviously, the CIAA is disap
pointed that there will be no Pioneer
Bowl this year." said Leon Kerry,
CIAA Commissioner. "However, we
look forward to working closely with
the S1AC over the next year to plan the
finest Pioneer Bowl in 2009."
The S1AC and CIAA intend to con
tinue the rich historv of the Pioneer
Bowl as the only NCAA sanctioned bowl game for HBCU's in
Division 11.
"We want to make the Pioneer Bowl a destination for HBCU
football fans. We want our participating student-athletes to have
a once in a lifetime type of experience and will be working on
making that happen," said George Mategakis. SIAC Interim
Commissioner.
The Bowl Game features the Champion of the SIAC and the
CIAA and began in 1997. The SIAC leads the series between the
two conference# 8-2 with Tuskegee University participating in
eight of the games. The CIAA was established in 1912 and the
SIAC in 1912 and are the two oldest Historically Black Colleges
and Universities athletic conferences.
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Cory Baker and Dejonne Smith converge to tackle
Parkland's D' Andre Starnes.
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increase the Yellowjacket lead
with 6:48 to go before the half.
Marlow Rousseau caught the
2-point conversion from
Wright to make the score 16-6.
Carver scored again after
Morrison fumbled a bad snap
on the ensuing possession.
Deonte Potter scooped the
loose ball up and skated 31
yards for the Carver score.
Jamil Thomas ran in the 2
point conversion to make the
score 24-6.
But Parkland refused to
simply quit. The Mustangs
connected on a big pass play
from Morrison to Antwon
Davis with 2:31 to go before
the half. Morrison hit Davis
on a 58-yard touchdown con
nection to make the score 24
12.
Carver put up one more
touchdown before the half
when Wright hit Marlow
Rousseau for a 37-yard touch
down pass to give the
Yellowjackets at 32-12 half
time lead. Parkland seemingly
couldn't find an answer to stop
the passing of Wright or the
potent running attack to start
the game.
"Albert (Wright) has been
the man for us for the last four
games," Davis said. "The kids
really look up to him. Jamel
Baker has played awesome for
us as well. He's worked really
hard. And, coach Pearson had
our defense ready tonight "
The Yellowjacket defense
came up huge to start the sec
ond half when they were able
to pick Morrison off during
Parkland's opening posses
sion. One play later, Wright
connected with Rousseau for
yet another Carver score to
make it 40-12.
Parkland continued to be
plagued by bad snaps through
out the third quarter. Morrison
mishandled a low snap on the
first play of the ensuing pos
session. The ball was recov
ered by Wright, who skated 17
yards for the Carver touch
down to make it 46-12.
Parkland then inserted
wide out D' Andre "Tyger"
Starnes at quarterback in the
fourth. Starnes was able to
connect with Khalid Prince for
a 14-yard touchdown pass
with 10:44 to go m the fourth
quarter Starnes took the 2
point conversion in for the
score to make it 46-20 But
that's as close Parkland would
get
Channon Crawford put the
final touches on the CHS vic
tory after he took a sweep to
the house from 17 yards out to
make the score 52-20.
Despite the loss. Parkland
received good play from
Aaron Westbrook, Luther
Burden, Thirc York, Starnes,
Morrison and Davis. Carver
received solid play from Cory
Baker, Smith. Hackett,
Thompson, Jamil Thomas,
Wright, Jarvis Jones and line
men Jay Council, Brandon
Holmes. TVik Haynes,
Anthony Sanders and Zach
Troy ? to name a few.
"I'm very pleased," Davis
said. "Our goal is to win the
conference championship.
This was a stop along the way.
Parkland gave a good fight.
They didn't back down. We
have one more game to
accomplish our goal.
Hopefully we can take care of
business against Reagan."
CIAA Week in Review
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Shaw to plax Elizabeth City State for title this weekend
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Aaron Ellison rushed for
175 yards and two touch
downs as the Shaw Bears (7-3,
6-1 CIAA) clinched their sec
ond consecutive CIAA
Western Division title with a
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Conference
Bowie State 21,
V irginia State 16
ECStl 36,
Virginia I'nion 13
Fayetteville State 55,
Livingstone 20
Shaw 62,
J.C. Smith 35
St. Aug's 33,
Chowan 31
St. Paul's 23,
Lincoln 20
62-35 road win over the
Johnson C. Smith Golden
Bulls over the weekend in
Charlotte.
Ellison, who averaged
14.6 yards on 12 carries,
scored on touchdown runs of
33 and 25 yards as the Bears
opened up a 21-0 first quarter
lead and never looked back.
The Bears extended their lead
to 31-7 before JCSU (3-7, 2-5
CIAA) picked up some
momentum when quarterback
Carlton Richardson threw
touchdowns of 60 and 28
yards late in the second quar
ter to cut Shaw's lead to ten at
31-21. On the ensuing posses
sion the Bears would answer
Shaw photo
Standout defensive lineman Louis Ellis and the Shaw Bears will battle Elizabeth City State
University for the CIAA championship over the weekend.
right back as Lincoln
Shepherd nailed a 56-yard
field goal as time expired in
the second quarter to push
Shaw's lead to 34-21 at the
half.
In the second half, the
Bears used a 97-yard kickoff
return touchdown from Robert
Brown and two touchdown
runs from Frederick Holliday,
who was subbing for the
injured Ellison, to hold off the
Golden Bulls and secure their
third CIAA title game appear
ance since 2004.
The Bears, who rolled up
289 rushing, also had a pro
ductive day throwing the ball
behind Travis Robinson's 183
yards passing and two touch
downs, both to wideout Julius
Gregory.
Up next for the Bears, a
title game showdown with
Elizabeth City State this
Saturday at Durham County
Stadium.
In other conference
action.. .Curtis Rich threw for
282 yards and three touch
downs as the Elizabeth City
State Vikings tuned up for the
CIAA Championship game
with a 36-13 win over division
rival Virginia Union. Bryan
Fields was on the receiving
end of two of Rich's touch
downs as the Vikings (7-3, 7
0) won their sixth game in a
row.
Next up.:.. The Shaw
Bears will take on Elizabeth
City State University for the
2008 CIAA Championship^
title on Saturday at 1 p.m. at
Durham County Memorial
Stadium in Durham. Tickets
are $ 1 5 in advance and $20 at
the gate. Student tickets are
$12 with valid student ID; no
exceptions. No discount or
complimentary tickets will be
available.
There will be Pre-game
activities that include the
introduction of the All-CIAA
cheerleaders beginning at
12:36 p.m. This will be fol
lowed by the presentation of
colors by the Durham County
Sheriff's Department; a Pre
game prayer by Dr. C. Lamont
Spells of Harvestland
Ministries; the National
Anthem by Saint Augustine's
College Choir and the starting
line-up of both institutions.
Salem Coach wins singles and
doubles world championships
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Salem College head ten
nis coach Mariana Hollman
won both the singles and
doubles championships in
the 45 's age bracket recently
during the 28th International
Tennis Federation (ITF)
Seniors World Individual
Championships.
Hollman was one of only
four women in the United
States chosen to play in the
international championships.
This is the third time she has
received this honor.
Hollman is currently in
her second year as the tennis
coach at Salem. She teamed
with Myke Loomis to beat
another American team in
doubles. In singles, Hollman
defeated Christine French of
Great Britain.
Mariana Hollman
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