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12B SPORTS/The Charlotte Post Thursday, September 5, 1996 Grab that Aggie PHOTO/WADE NASH N.C. Central linebacker Ken Hill draws a bead on N.C. A&T running back Milton Shaw (20) during the Aggies' 38-31 win over the Eagles in Raleigh. A&T, picked to finish in the middle of the MEAC pack, needed overtime to subdue Centrai of the CIAA. Littlejohn vins S.C. tournament Mh • (Uiariotto’s woti Uh-* ch- tho Sickle Otht'r ( Tom S.C. l;ittloji)hti I beating lim Hu.sU 1 LittUj liip illgh !;.t; j .-hI)!.: on the if)(l playoh’ hole. Both finished regulation play with a two- round total of 141. • Results from the Sickle (lell Anemia iml Other Charities CJolf Tournament in :-^paitanlmrg, S.C.: Championship flight: Donald l.ittlej'ihn 141, Tim Ho.sley 141; Larry H4; Oerald Young 145; Buddy )lsfm 1 19. first flight: Butch Little 149; Randolph Hartgrove 153; Sam Barnette 154; Melvin Jackson 155; Otis Green 158. Second flight: Wyatt Blackmon 161; John Neely 161; Willie Hawes 164; John Dendy 164; Ed Lewis 173. ITiird flight: Pete Brown 173; Aquil Shamsid-Deen 174; James Tanner 174; James Davis 181 Fourth flight: Wanta Hunter-Green 189; Sam Barnes 206; A. McKenzie 208; Don Oueener 216. Lions at c impressive, as usual Continued from page ID ’flu' dulL!' -o 1« • \- Krini' - : i i .iL linig his Ik'jkI. 'I’he I.ions arc iispi r i-iu . (I ii' tl'c secondary, but th‘ key to ii sound West ('h; :|(dto secondary begins and (aids with iht* play of junior free safe ty (Jerald Slevtai; “If arc g('ing to ht ;!,iv g.jc-d ( oTald's going to have* to Ih* pretty I'ood l;:.n:k there,” Knotts said. “Ile is g-.Moe to he callinj* .i lot of tite plays, and we do ydev a lot of man to mac,..! think it's a lot ca.sier playitig man to man, with a blitzing frottt, they don't have to cover them too long.” Stevens, who was the most valuable player in the state championship win last year, does give coach Knotts some reason to be at ease. “I certainly feel comfortable with Stevens being back there,” he said. “We are solid at line backer, solid on the line, but the secondary is our biggest question.” Biakabutuka gets on-the-job training By Herboi l L. .White TfIK ('ll. Itl.D II K Tshimanga Biakabuiukas first steps in his pro fiKdliall cancr weren't as quick he’d liki^ But there's room for growth. 'Hu' (’arolina Panthers run ning hack gained'69 yards in the Panthers’ 29-6 win over Atlanta, but came away h'eling he’d passed hts fii;'. li-.st. E\eiything moved quickly, causing*; the rook ie to marvel at tlie game’s pace. ‘it was much fa.ster than I thought it would be, but my con fidence built up. he -^aid. “I've played one game, 1 know what to expect, so I can work liard at get ting Ixitter every wc'ek.” Biakabutuka started stnmg, hut Atlanta’s quick defense started to make the gains short er. By the fourth quarter, yards were more difficult to come by, although (’an)lina had built a comfortable advantage. ■■'I he defense adjusted to what the offense was doing against it,” fie said. .\flor sitting out 27 days of training camp, Biakabutuka went on a crash course to catch up with his offen sive team mates. No one - including Biakabutuka - had an idea of how much work he’d get or his contri bution to the offense “I didn’t have any expecta tions. I just went in there and played hard. I wound up with a lot of work, but I had fiin and we won the game. That’s the most important thing.” To compensate for the Falcons’ quickness, the Panthers took a smash-mouth approach on Biakabutka offense. Biakabutuka spent most of the game running between tackles for modest gains, unable to unleash the long runs that made him an all- America at Michigan and enticed the Panthers to draft him eighth overall in April. “I took a different approach,” he said. “I went with a physical approach because they were quick and I was adapting to the speed of the game. It was my first game playing in the NFL and mostly I was trying to fit in.” Now that the first game is behind him, Biakabutuka is ready for more. He’ll get his chance Sunday against another NFC West rival, New Orleans. Sooner or later, he feels he’ll set tle into his role as Carolina’s top runner. “I’m a running back. I like to carry the ball,” he said. “As long as we’re winning, I don’t mind carrying the baU. That’s my job, so I’m going to do it.” Dr. J part of McGirt Classic weekend By Ht'i'bert L. White IHE ('HAKLOrrK POST The Doctor will make a house call on Johnson (\ Smith Sept. 20. Basketball hall of faintT Julius Li ving will he the koynott; .speak'r at the 100 Club's athletic hall of fame hanijuet at the Ih^disson Plaza Hotel. Eight fonnor (loldeii Hull athletes will he honored during the 6:30 p.m. ceremonies, which is part of the Eddie McCirtFirst Ihiion ('lassie weekend. Smith will play Klizalxith (’ity State Sept. 21 at Memorial Stadium to cap the weekend's festivities in a game named after the school’s all-time leader in football coaching wins. He also coached basket ball, leading the Colden Bulls to the 1961 Ch\A vis itation championship, as well a.s teaching and seiz ing as an adniini-liatiu ■■\VV think it's fitting to natra* tlie classic after someone who has given so much to Johnson C. Smith University.” athletic director Steve Joyner said. “Eddie McGirt is a legendary figure as far as Johnson C. Smith University is concerned. It goes beyond the pla>ing field. Many of his players come back year after year to meet and greet him, and we thought it was a good idea for them to come back and for him to come onto the campus.” Joyner, who is also Smith’s men's basketball coach and a former student of McGirt’s, and football coach Darryl McNeill, approached Smith President Dorothy Cowser Yancy with the idea of a classic last year. Corporate sponsors First Union and Coca- Cola agreed to undei*write the game and banquet, with proceeds going to scholarships. In addition, drawings for a $5,000 savings bond and tickets to the Sept. 22 Carolina-San Francisco football game at Ericsson Stadium will be held during the Smith- Elizabeth City contest. The net effect, organizers hope, will be increased interest in Smith athletics. “We’re fortunate through the efforts of Coke and First Union to tie together the classic with the hall of fame banquet,” Joyner said. ‘AVe wanted to cre ate some excitement around the athletic programs, in this case football. We want to see a desire for alumni and friends to come back to campus as well as Eddie McGirt. It was a win-win situation.” Tickets are $35 per person for the 100 Club ban quet and can be purchased at JCSU’s business office. For more information, call Linwood Simmons at 378-3505. Tickets for the Eddie McGirt/First Union Classic are $10 and can be pur chased at Ticket Master outlets as well as JCSU and Memorial Stadium on game day. • There’s more going on at Smith than the classic, 'fhe school is chartering buses to three football games: N.C. Central, Nov. 2; Virginia Union, Nov. 9 and Lane, Nov. 16. The trips to Virginia Union and Lane are overnight visits, while the Central excur sion will return to Charlotte that evening. Seating is open to students and adults. For more information, call Doug Spears at 525-3025. The 100 Club is also sponsoring tailgating parties at all remaining home games, starting Saturday at 2:30 p.m. except homecoming Oct. 26 against Winston-Salem State. That party starts at 11 a.m. For more information, call Dan Harvin at 391- 3303. The best k\n6 of news {-r ^ J, %> t \ ^ n I > U f . m It p'w* From business to sports to kids, The Charlotte Post delivers news about the African American community in Charlotte and the region. 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