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October 9, 2014
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Marquez Jones in action last season.
Rams picked
to finish well
this season
CHRON1CLE STAFF REPC >RT
The Winston-Salem State University Rams have been
selected to finish second in the CIAA's Southern Division,
and WyKevin Bazemore and Marquez Jones were selected
to the preseason team. The Lady Rams have been predict
ed to finish third.
The men will be under the direction of new Coach
James Wilhelmi this season. WSSU finished 18-11 last
season and fell in
the championship
game to
Livingstone
College, the squad
selected to finish
first in the division
this year.
Fayetteville State
has been picked to
finish third.
Johnson C. Smith,
Shaw and St.
Augustine's
University round
out the ClAA's
Southern Division.
In the Northern
Division, Bowie
State was picked to
finish first, fol
lowed by Lincoln
University, Virginia
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City State and Chowan University.
? Jones was second in the CIAA in scoring at 20.2 points
per game, while also averaging 3.0 rebounds. 2.0 assists
and 1.8 steals per game. Bazemore was chosen for All
CIAA for the third consecutive season in 2013-14.
Bazemore lead the CIAA in rebounding at 9.7 per game
and was third on the team in scoring at 14.3 points per
game
The Lady Rams earned the preseason ranking after
posting a 15-12 overall record and a 9-8 record in CIAA
play to place third in the southern division last season. The
ranking marked the fourth consecutive season that the
Lady Rams have ranked third in the preseason.
The Lady Rams were ranked behind the two teams that
played for the 2014 CIAA champion: the four-time
defending champion Shaw Lady Bears and the runners
up, the Fayetteville State Lady Broncos.
Senior forward Dionna Scott was also named to the
2014 CIAA Pre-Season All-Conference team. She earned
a spot in the 2014 CIAA All-Conference team as well.
Last season. Scott was the team's second leading scorer
and rebounder with 11.0 points pier game and 6.1 rebounds
per game.
Dionna Scott
Photo by Charles Leftwich Jr.
Glenn wide receiver Braxton Rorie (24) in action during last week's victory over Carver.
Comeback 'Cats
Glenn rallies to beat Carver
BY CRAIG T. GREENLEE
FOR THE CHRONICLE
Glenn appeared to be on the verge of self-destructing
against Carver in junior varsity football last week. The
Bobcats, however, managed to side-step potential disaster
to post a 34-24 win.
"We hadn't played in 17 days, so our timing wasn't
what it needed to be," said Coach Aldine Payne of Glenn.
"At first, our offensive line was slow in getting off the ball.
Once we knocked off the rust, we were able to get into a
rhythm."
Lack of focus and untimely penalties conspired to put
Glenn at a disadvantage throughout most of the first half.
The Bobcats got on the board quickly when Tahliek
Games blocked a punt and returned it 20 yards for a touch
down to give his team a 6-0 lead in the first quarter.
Carver responded with two scores midway through the
second quarter. Rakeem Jenkins broke three tackles on a
seven-yard touchdown run and T.J. Boyce ran for the con
version to put the Yellowjackets in front at 8-6. Minutes
later. Boyce scored from nine yards out, then ran for the
conversion At that juncture, it seemed that Carver, up 16
6, would take full control.
Glenn (4-1) answered with a scoring drive to trim the
deficit in the waning moments before halftime. Stephon
Brown scored on a quarterback sneak and Jarred Jones
kicked the PAT to close the gap to 16-13 with 7.5 seconds
remaining. That score was set up by a 53-yard pass from
Brown to Braxton Rorie.
"The no-huddle is working well for us," said Payne.
"We're getting a nice balance between running and pass
ing. Our defense flies around and we're good at all three
levels."
The second half belonged to the Bobcats. Carver had
no answer for the Brown-to-Rorie hook-up. Rorie had
touchdown catches of 17 and 54 yards. Brown closed out
the scoring on a 10-yard keeper to push Glenn's lead to 34
16 with 7:47 left to play in the game.
The Yellowjackets still had a chance to make things
interesting. Jenkins scored his second touchdown of the
night on a 23-yard ran and it became a 10-point game after
Devin Campbell's PAT run. Carver put together another
scoring drive, but the Bobcats defense stiffened. The drive
ended when Ashton Green batted down a fourth-down
pass at the goal line.
"We had far too many mental mistakes and we gave up
too many big plays," said Coach Alonzo Winfield of
Carver. "On the other hand, this was our best game of the
year on offense. At the end of the day, though, we just
needed to make more stops."
Carver (1 -4) appears to have found a starting quarter
back in Jaquan Dodd. who joined the team three weeks
ago. The Yellowjackets had been short-handed in that
department due to a season-ending wrist injury to Tyrese
Murphy, who's been sidelined for the past month.
"Jaquan is very decisive in his decision-making." said
Winfield. "And he's already proved that he has a great
command of the offense. It was his first game and it's clear
that we're more productive with him in there."
The Bobcats and Yellowjackets are back in action
today (Oct. 9). Glenn is at home against Southwest
Guilford and Carver plays host to Surry Central. Kickoff
is 7 p.m. for both games.
Aggies win HBCU Challenge
SPECTAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The North Carolina A&T men's crosscountry team
won the Robert Shumake HBCU Challenge in
Cary for the second straight year. The men's
team was able to score 45 points to beat sec
ond-place Morehouse College (51).
"Very proud of our men's team!" said
Duane Ross, director of track and field pro
grams. "This was a very competitive and close
competition, and our young team showed
their maturity as defending champs by being
patient when they needed to be and aggressive
when it counted. We achieved what we want
ed in this competition. Our fourth through
seventh runners are all freshmen and we need
ed them to step up big and compete today, and
they did just that."
Sophomore Darren White led the Aggies
with a second-place finish at a personal best of 26:01 in
the 8k Senior Saeed Jones placed fourth in personal
record time (26:21), while junior Perry Cabean finished
third for the Aggies with his personal best of 27:05, plac
ing 11th. Freshmen Steven Stowe (27:09) and David
Conner (27:32) also were able to run their fastest times.
Freshman Miranda Green led the Aeeie
women to a sixth-place finish. Green placed
seventh with a time of 19:29. Sophomore
Daniqua Dye had the second highest finish for
the Aggies with a personal best time of 20:23.
Freshman Imani Coleman also recorded her
best (20:34).
"Very happy with how our women com
peted today. Miranda continues to show why
she'll contend for a MEAC title in a few
weeks," said Ross. "She continues to impress
me week by week. The women are beginning
to come around as a team. We still have some
work to do before conference, but they are a
verv committed erouD of voune women and I
expect them to rise to the occasion at MEAC's
like they did today."
The Aggies next competition will be Friday. Oct. 17 at
the Delaware State Invitational.
Ross
100th win for Salem College's Coach Callahan
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE '
Salem College Soccer Coach Jay Callahan reached
his 100th career win on Sunday, Sept. 28 when the Spirits
defeated the Oglethorpe University Petrels in Georgia.
Callahan, who also serves as the school's Sports
Information Director, began his coaching career at Salem
College in 2006 and is currently in his ninth season with
the soccer team. During his time as coach, the soccer
team has been awarded many distinctions, particularly
through the Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC) -
of which Salem College has been a member for five
years.
Callahan is a two-time GSAC Coach of the Year
(2012. 2013) and in 2008 was named the Association of
NCAA Division III Independents Coach of the Year. His
current career record is 100-47-8.
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For six of Callahan's eight seasons, the soccer team
has won at least 10 games. Salem College is the only
North Carolina Division III school to win 10 games each
of the last five seasons.
Under Callahan's leadership, the Spirits competed in
the GSAC Conference Semi-finals every year that Salem
has been in the conference. They also took home back-to
back GSAC Regular Season Titles in 2012 and 2013. Last
season, the team won the GSAC Tournament before
advancing to the NCAA Division HI Tournament. Salem
soccer players have won the last five Salem College Anne
Woodward Athlete of the Year Awards, and the team is
home to three NSCAA All-South Region Award winners
and three All-South Academic All-Region Winners.
Callahan has coached a GSAC Player of the Year, a
GSAC Tournament MVP and a GSAC Freshman of the
Year.
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