SportsWeek
January 27, 2011
Ricky I' roe hi
Gene Overby
N.C. Sports Hall
of Fame to induct
Proehl and Overby
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Former Wake Forest University star wide receiver Ricky
Proehl and former WFU announcer Gene Overby are among
the seven people who will he inducted into the 2011 North
Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. The others are race car driver
Dale Jarrett of Conover; high school coaching legend Larry
Lindsey of Wake Forest; tennis coach Tom Parham of
Emerald Isle: former football and track star Jerry Tolley of
Lion: and athletic trainer Al Proctor (a Wake Forest alum
nus) of Raleigh.
They will be enshrined at the 48th annual induction ban
quet on the evening of May 12 in the main ballroom of the
North Raleigh Hilton Hotel, following an afternoon news
conference at the North Carolina Museum of History, home
of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
The Bronx-born Proehl. who now lives in Greensboro,
had to overcome the label of "too short, too slow" and
became an inspiration along the way. He still holds several
Wake Forest receiving records and was the team's MVP in
his senior season.
The Ari/ona Cardinals did not deem him too short and
too slow, choosing Proehl in the third round of the 1990
draft and launching a professional career that would last 17
years. He set the Cardinals' rookie record for reception.
Along the way, Proehl would play in four Super Bowls with
three different teams, twice winning NFL titles. He had a
100-yard receiving game and caught the game-winning
touchdown for the St. Louis Rams in the NFC
Championship game against Tampa Bay, then went on to
play a key role in the Rams' Super Bowl XXXIV victory
over Tennessee. He also led the Carolina Panthers into the
Super Bowl, catching the pass that tied the game with just
over a minute left.
For 17 years until his death in 1989, Overby was the
radio Voice of the Wake Forest Deacons for both basketball
and football. Twice chosen North Carolina Sportscaster of
the Year, he was sports director for Winston-Salem radio sta
tions WSJS and WTQR. He also anchored the sports desk at
WSJS-TV. now WXI1, in Winston-Salem. He made his
radio debut at ihe age of 10 by doing a commercial spot.
An all-state second baseman at Reidsville High School,
he was offered a minor league contract by the Philadelphia
Phillies (he turned it down because his mother refused to
sign her consent). Overby is a member of the Wake Forest
and Winston-Salem/Forsyth Halls of Fame. A communica
tions scholarship at Wake Forest is named in his memory.
Banquet ticket information is available from
w ww.ncshof.org or by dialing (9/9) 845-3455.
Flying Without Wings
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Winston-Salem Slate University Junior Guard Lamar Monger soars on Jan. 21 as
he helps his team do battle against Saint Paul's. The Rams, playing at home, fell
short, losing to the aggressive tigers 93-83.
MEAC to use instant replay for televised games
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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
(MtAC) nas
announced that it will
institute instant replay
during its 2011 MEAC
televised football
games broadcasted on
the ESPN family of
networks.
"It is important that
we continue to
improve our football
officiating program
and remai inline with
the advances in technology that are current
ly available," said MEAC Commissioner
Thomas
Dennis Thomas. "We are proud to imple
ment instant replay during our televised
games and feel that this is the first step to
adding the system to our regular season con
ference games."
The use of instant replay is the second
ME AC announcement expected to have -an
effect on the conference's football officiat
ing program in the 2011 season. On
December 6, 2010. longtime Atlantic Coast
Conference (ACC) official Rosario Amato
was named the conference's Coordinator of
Football Officials.
An evaluation of the instant replay sys
tem will be performed following the com
pletion of the 20 1 1 season to assess its effec
tiveness and future implementation.
Gene Thompson
vsu
're-assigns'
b-ball coach
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Virginia State University
has re-assigned Men's
Basketball Coach George
White and has named Gene
Thompson as interim coach
for the remainder of the 201 1
season.
In announcing the
changes, VSU Athletic
Director Peggy Davis said.
It is in
the best
i nterests
of the
V S U
men's
basketball
program,
the stu
dent-ath
letes on
the team
While
and the University to take the
program in a new direction."
The men's team is cur
rently 1-13, having lost 13
consecutive games after an
opening season victory.
Thompson is currently
men's tennis coach at VSU.
A native of Newport News,
Va., Thompson graduated
from Carver High School and
attended Compton College
and graduated from Elizabeth
City State University with a
BS degree. He received his
master's degree from
Virginia State University.
He had a long career
coaching boy's basketball at
Wilmington (Del.) High
School, where he won nearly
500 games. He also assisted
at the Five Star Basketball
Camps for over 30 years,
where he coached many col
lege and NBA players,
including Christian Laettner.
Vince Carter and Grant Hill.
He is a member of the
Delaware High School
Basketball Hall of Fame.
NCCU picks new football coach
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With 1 2 years of collegiate head coaching experience and a reputation for rebuilding football
programs. Henry Fra/ier III was announced as North Carolina Central University's 21st football
head coach in school history last month during a press conference in the William Jones Building
on the campus of NCCU.
Frazier comes to NCCU after seven seasons as the head mentor at Prairie View A&M
University in Texas. Prior to his arrival in Texas, the Panthers experienced the nation's longest
losing streak from 1989-98. dropping
NCCtJ/MEAC Photo
Henry Frazier III with Chancellor Charlie Nelms.
80 contests in a row, and struggled
through back-to-back 1-10 seasons in
2002 and 2003. Frazier closed his
tenure with four straight winning sea
sons and delivered consecutive 9-1
records in 2008 and 2009, including a
Southwestern Athletic Conference
(SWAC) title in 2009. the program's
first conference championship since
1964.
In recognition of his accomplish
ments, Frazier was presented with a
host of coaching honors in 2009,
including SWAC Coach of the Year
and a repeat selection as AFCA Region
III FCS Coach of the Year. He also
became the first coach from a histori
cally black college or university to
receive the Eddie Robinson Award, given annually by The Sports Network to the top coach in
the Football Championship Subdivision.
Frazier enjoyed similar success as the head football coach at his alma mater. Bowie State
University, from 1999-2003. In 2001 . Frazier led Bowie State to its best season since 1989 with
a 7-3 record. Fra/ier moved the BSU program t# another level during the 2002 season, with the
Bulldogs' first CIAA Eastern Division title and CIAA championship game appearance.
Continuing the winning tradition in 2003, he guided the Bulldogs to their third consecutive win
ning season with a second place finish in the CIAA Eastern Division. Frazier's 26-24 career
record at Bowie State currently stands as the most victories by any football coach at BSU.
Frazier is married to the former LaNicr Turner of Washington, D.C. They have three chil
dren. Brijan, 20, Brinia. 10. and Henry IV, 9.
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The Carver High Boys will he in action on Saturday.
Carver to host trio of games Saturday
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Carver High School Varsity Boys' and
Girls' Basketball teams will be in action on
Saturday. Jan. 29.
Lady Yellowjackets will have a rematch
of last year's Conference Championship as
they face the ladies of Trinity High School.
With a 2-0 record, the Carver Girls' Team
is currently undefeated. The girls will play
at 4:30 p.m. at Carver.
Their game will be followed by a
match-up between the Carver Boys, led by
senior forward Marion Hall and junior
guard Thiry Dennis, and the boys of Trinity
at 6 p.m.
The action won't stop after that game.
The nightcap will feature Quality
Education Academy, the #16 prep team in
the nation, versus Raleigh's Word of God
Academy at 8 p.m.
QEA features a number of Division I
players, including forward Dom Pointer
(St. Johns), Anthony Fields (Wake Forest),
Charles Fredricks (Depaul) and Josiah
Turner (Arizona), who is currently ranked
as the #3 point guard in the nation.
Word of God's players include John
Wall, CJ Leslie. Bishop Daniels, 6'9 for
ward Joseph Uchebo and 6'7 forward TJ.
Warren.
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