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KN
HILI. JOHNSON
IF YOU ASK ME.
For all intent and purpose Winston-Salem
State’s colorful football team has locked up the
1977 CIAA Football Championship and the right
to face S.C. State in the second annual Gold Bowl
In Richmond, Va. on Saturday, December 3.
However, before running off to celebrate,
purchase a ticket or make plans for a weekend in
the gaiety of the capitol of Virginia, let me warn
you about a little deterence in football called
“upset.”
One would think all Bill Hayes’ Rams would
have to do to become the new conference champ
would be to show up for the remaining two
conference games on their schedule. Winston
Salem hosts J.C. Smith in Winston-Salem Satur
day and finishes out the season with Shaw’s
lowly Bears in Winston-Salem on November 12.
All thev have to do to dethrone defending champ
, Norfolk State is to win these two contests. It’s
k highly unlikely that either the Golden Bulls or
the Bears can muster enough firepower to pull
off one of the season’s biggest upsets.
Therefore, it would appear that all Hayes and
his rough-playing Rams have to do is merely to
wait for the season to end, before celebrating
their first championship in memory.
Virginia State and Virginia Union are the only
conference team with an outside chance of
overtaking the surprising Rams. Unbeaten in the
league, Virginia State scored a 45-22 upset over
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Winston-Salem. In the meantime, once beaten
Virginia Union knocked Norfolk State out of the
championship race with a 21-15 victory.
These two long-time rivals clash in Peters
burg, Va. Saturday and the loser may as well
hang out the “wait until next year” sign. In
addition to VU, VSC will face Norfolk State,
Bowie State and J.C. Smith in the wanning
weeks. VU will have to play Livingstone and
Hampton in the conference and Morgan of the
MEAC in the final three weeks.
From this distance it would appear that the
CIAA, which has a long impressive history for
cliff-hanger finishes, will again go to the final
wire before deciding who will meet S.C. State in
• Richmond.
ABOUT OTHER THINGS.
Don’t believe the rumors that Muhammad Ali
is going to retire. Please tell me who can retire
whenjtromoters continue to wave contracts in
excess of $15 million in his face? Look for the
Great One to fight again next February.
Its good 10 see Lari Monroe scoring well
again. It appears that trading away Walt Frazier
has given the ex-Winston-Salem great more
room to exhibit his multiple talents on the NBA
courts.
Winston-Salem State, the new kid on the block
as a football power, expects a sellout crowd for
its homecoming contest with J.C. Smith in
Winston-Salem Saturday afternoon.
Would you believe that the Los Angeles Lakers
have given Kareem Adbul-Jabbar a lifetime
contract? The Lakers got Kareem away from the
Milwaukee Bucks for a whopping 3 million bucks
(5-year-pact) two years ago.
We were 7-for-10, with two defeats and a tie
last week, upping our accuracy rating to 39 right,
10 wrong and one tie. Our choices in BOLD
PREDICTION this week is Winston-Salem State
over J.C. Smith; Fayetteville over Elizabeth
City; Hampton, which let us down last week, will
bounce back against Howard; Livingstone is too
strong for St. Paul’s; Virginia State will keep
pace with Winston-Salem State with a win over
Virginia Union; Delaware State will outscore
Kentucky State; Fort Valley will wallop Mary
land-ES; A&T will roll over Howard, and S.C.
State will romp over N.C. Central.
THE ARMY RESERVE.
PART OF WHAT YOU EARN IS PRIDE.
You may join the Army Reserve to learn a skill, or to
earn a good second income. But you could come away
with something a lot more important. It’s not
something you can put in the bank. You pay for it with
your sweat, your spirit, your mind, and your time. It’s
called pride.
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For Information About:
THE ARMY RESERVE
Call Chuck Caroway Or Aubrey Bush
333-5919 333-6061
Mon.-Fri.or visit
1412 West over St.,
Charlotte, N.C. 28205
C1AA r ootiHill Roundup
Trojans Down Hampton, Race Tightens
Special To The Post
HAMPTON, VA.. Coach
Tom Morris at the beginning
of the season said that he has
not at Virginia State "to pre
dict, but to win." Win he did as
his Trojans downed Hampton
Institute 45-22 in their bid for
the CIAA Crown. Maurice
Banks, the Trojans junior
quarterback did most of the
damage for the Trojans as he
rushed for two touchdowns
and passed 11 times for 151
yards. He had outstanding
help from George Leonard
who scored 4 touchdowns and
gained 93 yards. Hampton
only gained 56 yards rushing
in 34 times and passed 29
times completing 12 for 143
yards. Virginia State offensive
tackle Julius Simms played
opposite All-CIAA tackle Reg
gie Doss and held Doss in
check throughout the game
allowing the Trojans offense
to move at will. Coach Morris
still has his work cut out for
him as the Trojans will be
invaded by third place confer
ence standing Virginia Union
this Saturday.
Virginia Union, who was
idle last week, had a close call
before winning over Norfolk
State 21-15. Union normally
displays a high powered of
fense, but had their troubles
- - —
with the Spartans who held the
Panthers to just 132 yards
total offense to include only 5
yards passing. Norfolk State
was held to 145 yards rushing
and got most of their offensive
punch from Larue Harrington,
their premier running back
who rushed 27 times for 116
yards.
The Spartans have lost four
in a row.
Winston-Salem remains the
conference leader as they beat
Elizabeth City 23-9. The
Rams, capitalizing on the Vik
ings’ errors, held a halftime
lead of 10-0, and immediately
went to work at the beginning
of the third quarter as the
Vikings fumbled the kick-off
to allow the Rams to set up
another score. Timmy New
some, the CIAA rushing lead
er was held to 65 yards rush
ing. Elizabeth City middle
linebacker Luster Farrington
had 14 unassisted, 7 assisted
tackles and 1 quarterback
sack and shut off Winston
Salem's veer offense inside,
forcing the Rams to go out
side. The Rams had a total
offense of 368 yards, 253 on the
ground. The Rams offense
was spearheaded by Kermit
Blount who showed his talent
as a runner as well as a
Mitw.
Eddit McGirt
...wins first game
Edward Johnson ran 96
yards on the first play from
scrimmage for the score as
Johnson C. Smith won their
first game of the season beat
ing Shaw 25-12. Johnson ended
his days work with 187 yards
in 7 carries. Smith had a total
offense of 418 yards, their best
for the season. Ernest '‘War
horse” Williams carried the
ball 19 times and collected 95
yards and caught a 32 yard
pass from Edward Johnson
for one of the Golden Bulls'
scores. Defensively for the
Bulls Grover Covington, de
fensive end from Charlotte,
collected 14 unassisted and 4
assisted tackles, grabbed one
interception and knocked
down three passes in the Bulls'
ettorts.
John Lucas gained 161 yards
in 29 carries and scored three
touchdowns as Livingstone
downed Fayetteville State 23
12. Lucas had 166 yards in
total offense, 36 more than the
entire Fayetteville team who
was held to just 83 yards
rushing and 47 passing Liv
ingstone freshman quarter
back Marshall Meadows, of
Detroit, Ml also contributed to
the offensive attack. Living
stone held a 16-iu naiftime
lead on two of Lucas' scores
and a 35 yard field goal by
David Daniels. The Fighting
Bears who are number one in
the C1AA in total defense got
plenty of assistance from nose
guard Robert Richardson, a
senior from Dillon, S.C. who
had 14 unassisted. 10 assisted
tackles, 6 quarterback sacks
and shut off Fayetteville's
draw plays. Livingstone held
Fayetteville to a minus 2
yards during the first half and
led the Broncos 16-0.
St. Paul’s, the only CIAA
team to play outside the Con
ference, lost to Liberty Baptist
26-9. Liberty Baptist controll
ed most of the offense using
ball control and displaying a
rugged defense Baptist gain
ed 330 yards on the ground.
TAILBACK CHRIS COOKE
...One of city’s finest
Cooke Is “Player ()f Week”
Chris Cooke, a 5’10", 170
pound sophomore tailback for
North Mecklenburg High
School is the Post High School
"Player of the Week."
Cooke gained 121 yards and
scored 2 touchdowns to lead
North to an upset victory over
Myers Park last Friday night
He scored on runs of one and
70 yards.
After the game Chris said
"we kept up our endurance,
and we busted our butts in
practice. Now we re playing
together."
Coach Herb Paterra of Nor- J
th praised his running back for
a good performance last week.
Faterra said "Chr's has made
in outstanding transition
trom JV to Varsity play With
just four weeks of experience,
he's coming along alright "
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