Four CIAA
perform in 1
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actus Bowl
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.SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Valero Cactus Bowl,
an all-star game featuring
NCAA Division 11 senior foot
ball players, took place over
the last Friday. The rosters
include seven players from
HBCUs. Four players repre
sented the CIAA at' Javelina
Stadium on the campus
Texas A&M-Kingsville,
Elizabeth City State's All
C1AA performer Rod Jones
and teammate Sammy Milton
suited up for the East Team
Saint Paul's Greg Toler and
Jerome Mann dressed for the
West Team .
. - The 2(XW edition of the
Cactus Bowl featured l4) All
Americans and was headlined
by six of the 24 Harlon Hill
Trophy candidates. Ted
Schlafke (Minnesota-Duluth),
Brian McNeill (Nebraska
Omaha). Charly Martin (West
Texas A&M). Corey Russell
(Tusculum). Kevin McCabe
(Califonua-PA) and Mike
Washington (West Chester).
In front of over 6,(X)0 fans.
" ECSU photo
ECSV cornerback Rod Jones was one of four CI AA players
to perform in the Cactus Howl all-star game last Friday.
the Ea>t and West all-star
teams put on quite a show in
the 2(KW Valero Cactus Bowl.
The hack-and-forth affair fea
tured five tead changes and
came down to the final
moments when the East
"'missed a potential game- win
ning 34-yard field goal with
three seconds to play and the
West won 28*27 to sriap a
three-game losing streak. Toler
(St. Paul's College) had one
interception that he returned
for a Cactus Bowl record 44
yards.
The Cactus-Bow l w as orig
inally known as the Snow
Bow I and was played in Fargo.
North Dakota from 1994
through 2000. Starting in
2001. the Snow Bowl was
renamed the Cactus Bowl and
has been played in Kingsvilte.
Texas. Jhere have been over
100 players drafted into the
NFL w ho played in the Cactus
Bowl. AH net profits from the
Cactus Bowl are donated to
Sbriners Hospitals "for
Children,
Atkins High School Hall of Fame nominations are requested
The original Atkins High.
Hill
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isn't the biggest bailer around.
Some of you remember me
writing a feature on her when
she was only a freshman,
who'd just moved here from'
France. She gave it to all of the
standout guards in the area
back then. She played well
against both Rene Rector (for
merly of Mt. Tabor) and
LaShanda Pratt (formerly of
Carver) as a ninth grader. And.
she's only gotten better.
Hopefully things will progress
for her
My number four bailer is
Mt. Tabor's Mellesa Culicot 1
love Calicot's game. Don't get
me wrong. 1 think Shay Jones
is special for the Spartans. But
Calicot is the key component
to the Spartan's success on the
court. And. Calicot would be
good with any school. She's
definitely not a system player.
My number five bailer i>
Bishop McGuinness sopho
more Whitney Knight. Knight
is one of rtiy favorite players
But I don't see her play
enough to put her higher on
my list. Come playoff time,
she'll probably be the main
bailer I'm thinking about,
though. When it comes to
potential. Knight blows the
doors off the chart No female
bailer has more potential than
the young and talented point
guard. I mean, sfcwas getting
ACC letters in middle school.
That's potential
My number six bailer is
Glenn's Madison Dulaney
Dulaney seems like she's got
tremendous heart , I mean, the
Bobcat-, aren't as talented as
the> ?e been in the past. But
they still made" it -to the Mary
Garber title game That was
mostly because of the plav of
Dulaney I'd take her any day.
Parkland 's Javnin
Cromartte and J Mia Pollock
both come in at my number six
spot. Cromartie has got some
serious skills. And. I really like
how hard she wotks fot the
Lady Mustangs. Pollock alto
works hard for Parkland She
could easily be the most athlet
ic post player in the city.
Pollock is very athletic Both
of those players make
Parkland a serious threat this
season.
Carter's Taqeria Rhyne is
my number seven bailer. She's
been hampered by some kind
of hand injury for most of the
season. But she's still man
aged to do her thing. She's got
one of the best jumpers around
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SPECIAL. TO THE CHRONICLE
The Atkins High School
Hall of Fame Committee is
prep;tring for the 2009 Induction
Banquet. In order to be consid
ered for nomination, you must
complete an application and
return it to The Atkins High
School Hall of Fame committee .
P.O.Box 1079. Winston-Salem.
YC 27101. All applications
must be received into our office
by mail.
The deadline has been
extended to January 30. 2009.
Applications can be obtained at
the following locations: Russell ?
Funeral Home. 822 Carl Russell
Drive: Hooper Funeral Home,
1415 E. 1 4th Street: and
Winston-Salem Preparatory
Academy at Atkins, 1215 N.
Cameron Avenue.
For further information, call
336-995-2789 or write to The
Atkins high School Hall of Fame
committee, P.O. Box I'T1-'.
Winston-Salem, N.C. 2710!.
' Colli photo
Jim Caldwell h as officially named the new hidianapolis
Colts head coach earlier this week.
the city. And. she's fearless on
the court, A lot of what Carver
does this season is going to
depend on how well she con- *
tinues to play.
Winston-Salem Prep's
'Raqirel Cuff'ie is my number
eight bailer. She play s defense
like no other. And. she also
seems to play pretty hard
every game . I like her swag
ger I can tell she's confident in
her game. Cuffie will be doing
her thing at North Texas next
year. .
Ml. Tabor's Shay Jones is
nine on my list. She's the tal
ented bailer that's going to
Charleston Southern next year.
That was also the same school
that former Spartan Natalie
Caldwell attended. Jones
seems like a cool girl . She def
initely keeps it cool on the
court.
Parkland 's Victoria Dan*
is my 10 bailer. 1 actually think
>>he's more versatile than some
of the bailers I've already
mentioned. I have to see how
well she does in a full season
of playing guard and small for
ward. At North, she was pure
ly a post player So far. she's
looking very good
The final five boilers on
my list are Kaella Bellefeutl
(Glenn), Tori Cook (West),
Yasmeen Alston (Reynolds),
Sydney Surratt ( Parkland ) and
Alarui Beroth (Reagan).
In my opinion, those are
some of the best female bailers
around.
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Caldwell takes over Colts
My favorite NFL coach
Jim Caldwell got an early
birthday present earlier this
week. Caldwell.. who turns 54
on Friday, was officially intro
duced Jim Caldwell as the new
Indianapolis Colts head coach
on Tuesday.
His new bio was already
posted and revised on the
Colts website by Wednesday
morning. Coach Caldwell
signed a four-year deal with
the organization.
Caldwell has been my
favorite coach ever since he
joined the Indianapolis Colts
in 2002. Sure, he was an assis
tant coach. But he was an
assistant that I knew. I'm all
for athletes and coaches that I
know better than others
Coach Caldwell is now a head
coach that I know!
In case you didn't know,
coach Caldwell replaced Tony
Dungy, who decided to retire
after 1 3 consecutive seasons as
an NFL head coach The last
seven have been with
Indianapolis.
Caldwell has served as
quarterbacks coach, as well as
assistant head coach That role
gave him more familiarity
with, the team and its star.
Peyton Manning The new
head coach was previously
with Dungy in Tampa Bay as a
quarterbacks coach, and has
held coaching jobs with sever
al schools, including Penn
State and Colorado In his only
head coaching experience, he
went 26-63 in eight seasons
with Wake Forest.
Congrats to coach
Caldwell Also. Congrats to
Mrs Cheryl Caldwell this
wife), as well as Jimmy.
Jermaine. Jared and Natalie
Anthony Hilt is the sports
editor for The Chronicle. He
can be reached at 72 2 '8624
text. Ill) or ahill(a wschroni
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