10B
SPORTS/The Charlotte Post
Thursday, January 18,1996
All-Americans from Carolinas
Continued From 8B
three. Jackson State’s James
Carson was named coach of
the year.
Sheridan Broadcasting Network All-
America team;
Offense
Quarterback - Aaron Sparrow (Norfolk State).
Running backs - Michael Hicks, (S.C. State),
Richard Huntley (Winston-Salem State). Receivers
- James Roe (Norfolk State), Robie Jenkins (Alcorn
State). Tight end - Clarence Benford (Albany
State). Line - Jamain Stephens (N.C. A4T), Elliott
Womack (Grambhng State), Raleigh Roundtree
(S.C. State), Roderick Hill (Southern) and
Demetrius Billie (Flonda A&M). Kicker ~ Carlos
Leach (Southern).
Defense
Line - Hugh Hunter (Hampton), Bryant Mix
(Alcorn State), Kendell Shello (Southern), Reggie
Lee (Florida A&M). Linebackers - Earl Holmes
(Florida A&M), Kenya Rounds (Southern), Kevin
Williams (Hampton). Defensive backs - Telley
Priester (Virginia State), Picasso Nelson (Jackson
State), Marco Maddox (Albany State), Willie
Oglesby (Bethune-Cookman). Punter - Alex
Campbell (Morris Brown).
Offensive player of the year - Richard
Huntley, Winston-Salem State. Defensive player
of the year - Earl Holmes, Florida A&M. Coach of
the year - James Carson, Jackson State.
Smith gets a needed boost from Evans
Continued From 8B
“What I’m real pleased about
right now in terms of emotion
al stability and development,
he’s probably right now (more)
ahead of the game than most
people we have.”
Smith’s lack of a consistent
scorer to team with Abrams
has been due in p2irt to the
team’s inexperience. As Evans
and the 10 underclassmen
(Abrams is the only senior)
develop, the Bulls will be able
to compete. Right now, Evans
is farther along.
“As you get pieces of the puz
zle going, it frees up your No. 1
scorer, your No. 2 scorer,”
Joyner said. “You just can’t
come out and pay attention to
them and those other guys are
sitting around and telling
them to win the basketball
game for them. Ahmed eventu
ally, and even now, is going to
prsent that kind of opposition
for our opponents. I’m sure
everybody is going to look for
him a little bit more.”
That’s what Evans wants.
Even in the midst of rebuild
ing, he sees his role as helping
to smooth the transition for a
team learning how to keep
fighting.
“Hopefully it will. We fell
down, and most teams will fall
down and just lay down,” he
said. “I try my best because
we’ve lost too many games like
that.”
Although Smith isn’t a domi
nant team, Evans and Joyner
are holding out for the kind of
improvement the Bulls
showed against Bowie.
Determination and concentra
tion can be as important as tal
ent in some instances.
“We knew if we got together
as a team and became of one
mind,” Evans said. “As a
result, we took care of busi-
Queens rolling along with Leo and Ansley
Continued From 8B
group that I’ve had to this
point, as far as chemistry, our
players generally like one
another,” Royals coach Dale
Layer said.
“There has been little if any
selfishness, jealousy, they just
want the team to do well and
they’ve been a pleasure to
coach.”
'This is a veteran team with
three seniors and two juniors
among the starters.
Leadership has been spread
among the five, but Leo and
Ansley have jumped to the
front. Both players recently
reached the prestigous 1,000
career point mark. Ansley, last
year’s team MVP, says there’s
no substitute for experience.
Leo’s story is an interesting
one. The 24-year old is a native
of Castries, St. Lucia, an
island in the Carribean. He
came to Queens in 1992 after
playing for his national team
and being named Basketballer
of the year 1990. His decision
to go to Queens has paid off
handsomely.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity
for me, it provides me with the
opportunity to play basketball,
the game I love, plus get a
good education,” Leo said.
“Coming out of the islands.
you’re not known as a basket
ball player, so you have to take
the best offer. Not too maay
schools recruited me, not too
many people knew about me.”
They know about him now.
Leo, whose real name is
Mervin, was the Royals’ MVP
in 1994 and is at it again this
year, averaging nearly 20
points and 8.5 rebounds per
game, both team highs. He’s a
force under the basket but
wouldn’t mind a chance to take
his game a little further out.
‘"rhis year I wanted to go out
alittle, play a little (small for
ward),” Leo said. “I wanted to
shoot a little more but basical
ly my game has always been
inside, though I’m not tall (6-
5), but I tend to think of myself
as a big man. Playing that
kind of role but my game has
improved over the years at
Queens.”
Also improving in his four
years at Queens is Ansley, a
native of Live Oak, Fla. Ansley
sat out the 1994, season for
personal reasons but
reemerged last year as anoth
er inside threat, averaging
14.9 points and 7.5 rebounds,
both team highs. The 6-7, 225-
pound Ansley, says his year off
made him a better player.
“The season I sat out I think
helped me a lot because I
missed the game and I came
back strong wanting to play
more and with a better atti
tude toward the game and this
year I feel I’m more of a team
player,” he said.
Renewed
confidence
has also
improved
A n s 1 e y ’ s
game.
“When I
first got here,
I didn’t want
to shoot the
ball, kind of
thinking
what other
people would think,” he said.
“Now when I get the ball in the
post, you know if it’s one-on-
one, I’m trying to score
because I think I can score on
just about anybody. You have
to go into the game with that
kind of attitude.”
The Royals’ lofty national
ranking hasn’t gone to thier
heads, they know there’s room
for improvement.
“We enjoy it. It’s an honor
and we feel privleged to be
where we are, but at the same
time, it’s only January and the
only rankinq that matters is
the one in March,” Layer said.
Layer
Cowboys feel like champions
Continued From 8B
has been a hard, difficult sea
son for the team.
“The two previous Super
Bowls were great,” Johnston
said. “'The first one was special
because it was a new experi
ence. The second one was
great because we began the
year 0-2. This one feels really
good because it has been such
a roller coaster season for us.
“Everyone got down on us,
and we came out to play and
made it this far. We felt pres
sure getting here, but we knew
success would follow if we set
tled down and just won.”
Owner Jerry Jones said; “We
did this the same way we went
to the other two Super Bowls,
with everyone pitching in.
Everyone gets on Barry
Switzer for his coaching, but
all he has done is get to an
NFC championship game and
a Super Bowl. I’m proud of
what he has done the past two
years.”
Center Derek Kennard said
it feels great to get to the
Super Bowl after all the adver
sity.
“Our offense came together,”
he said. “We had some great
drives. That 99-yard drive we
made was a classic.”
Smith, who had an NFL
record-tjfing sixth 100-yard
rushing game in the playoffs,
said the Cowboys showed a lot
of character in hanging togeth
er.
“It’s easy to jump off the
bandwagon,” he said. “A lot of
people were wrong about the
Cowboys.”
Offensive tackle Nate
Newton said the Cowboys
played “tough, exciting, emo
tional football against the
Packers.”
“Now we have a week off for
conditioning and getting
Charles Haley healthy,” he
said.
Haley, who had back surgery
six weeks ago, has a good
chance of playing in the Super
Bowl against Pittsburgh,
trainer Kevin O’Neill said.
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“We’re pleased with it but we
certainly can’t be satisfied
with it.”
After six seasons as an inde
pendent, the Royals joined the
newly-formed 11-team
Carolinas-Virginia Atletic
Conference this year. The com
petition is tough with power
houses such as Pfeiffer, Coker
and preseason favoirte High
Point. A conference champi
onship would be great but
there’s just one goal that will
satisfy the Royals this year.
“A playoff spot. Oh yeah,
that’s the goal of the season -
to go to the tournament and
win a game, some games, the
whole thing,” Ansley said. “Fve
never been in the tournament,
so this is the season for me, my
last chance.”
“Hopefully we’re going to be
in the tournament this year,
that’s what were striving for,”
Leo said. “If we can do that, it’s
going to be a wonderful career
for me as well as DeWayne, we
want to end our careers on a
good note at Queens.”
Opening 12-1 is not a bad
way to start.
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