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For the Week of May 23 through May 29, 2000 ANOTHER PITCH All Pro Photography ST. AUG'S: Seeks 2nd women's, ninth men's track title on home turf in Raleigh. T MORRIS BROWN OFFICIALS MAKING RENEWED ATTMEPT TO JOIN SWAC UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS HORNETS' RAID: Delaware State continued their raid on black college athletic coaching and administra tive personnel this week as they swiped two very successful hoops coaches from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). After pluck ing new athletic director Hallie Gregory from Maryland-Eastern Shore two weeks ago, the Hornets of the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tuesday named North Carolina Central men’s basketball coach Greg NC Central Sports Photo JACKSON: Leaves NCCU to take over men's hoops at Del State. Jackson as their new men's coach and Bowie State's Ed Davis to take over women's basketball. Twenty-four-year S. C. State assistant Benjamin Blacknall, who spent last year as the assistant head coach at Morehouse, was named the school's football coach in December. Jackson, 40, did not win a CIAA championship in his nine years as head coach at NCCU, but he did win five divi sion titles, make three Div. II regional appearances, and get to the D-II Elite Eight once, while compiling a sparkling 163-77 (.679) record. Jackson, who won CIAA coach of the year three times, also served six years as an NCCU assistant. He is a graduate of St. Paul's College where he was a three time all-CIAA selection and tallied 2,249 points during his career (1978-81). He led all Div. II scorers in 1980 with a 30.5 scoring average and garnered CIAA co-Player of the Year hon ors. Jackson replaces first-year coach Tony Shields, who was suspended late in the season after a confrontation with a player and later resigned. The Hornets finished 6-21 this season. Davis had molded the Lady Bulldogs into the most dom inant women's team of the CIAA since taking over eight years ago. His teams posted a 165-62 overall record, includ ing marks of 29-2, 28-2, 25-4 and 21-5 (103-13) over the last four years. They took three consecutive ('97, '98, '99) CIAA titles before falling in this year's finals. Under Davis, the Lady Bulldogs made three trips to the Div. II South Atlantic Region finals, just one step away from the women's Elite Eight. Davis, 49, is a 1970 graduate of West Virginia State College where he played four years of var- Bowie State Sports Photo DAVIS: Bowie State Lady Bulldogs had become CIAA power. sity basketball for the Yellow Jackets. In 1973, he received a masters degree in physical education and educational tech nology administration from Howard. He replaces Jackie DeVane, who resigned last month after a 11-17 season. DeVane, who had led the Lady Hornets for five years, became the women's coach at Monmouth. THE STAT CORNER VHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS SWAC AND CIAA COACHES OF THE YEAR CIAA FOOTBALL Kermit Blount, W-Salem State VOLLEYBALL Ingrid Wicker. N.C. Central MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY George Williams, St. Augustine's WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Mike Lawson, N.C. Central MEN'S INDOOR TRACK Andre Moore, Virginia State WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK George Williams, St. Augustine's MEN'S BASKETBALL Dave Robbins, Virginia Union WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Vanessa Taylor, Eliz. City St. GOLF Lawrence Coleman, St. Aug's TENNIS James Cuthbertson, J.C. Smith WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK George Williams, St. Aug's MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK George Williams, St. Augustine's SOFTBALL Michael Winbush, W-Salem St. BASEBALL Herb Wheat, Virginia State SWAC FOOTBALL Pete Richardson, Southern VOLLEYBALL Alecia Pete, Prairie View MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Edmond Donald, Jackson Slate WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Bertram Lovell, Grambling State MEN'S INDOOR TRACK Hoover Wright, Prairie View WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK Johnny Thomas, Southern MEN'S BASKETBALL Dave Whitney, Alcorn State WOMEN'S BASKETBALL David Ponton, Grambling State GOLF (Men & Women) Eddie Payton, Jackson State TENNIS (Men & Women) Tony Dodgen, Alcorn State WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK Alecia Sheila-Gadson, Alcorn St. MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK Wright, PV - Belt Lovell -Gr'bling SOFTBALL Yolanda Sinegal, Texas Southern BASEBALL Robert Braddy, Jackson State BOWLING Boebert Powell, Texas Southern ©AZEEZ Communications. Inc. VOL. VI, NO. 41 2000 SWAC ALL SPORTS FINISHES MEN: UNIVERSITY BASEBALL BASKETBALL CROSS COUNTRY FOOTBALL GOLF INDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK TENNIS POINTS ALABAMA A&M 4th = 8 T 2nd = 9.5 8th = 4 T 3rd = 8.5 3rd = 9 8th = 4 8th = 4 T 7th = 3.5 50.5 ALABAMA STATE DNF T 4th = 7 3rd = 9 T 6th = 4.5 4th = 8 7th = 5 9th = 3 T 3rd = 8.5 45.0 ALCORN STATE DNF 1st= 12 9th = 3 T 6th = 4.5 8th = 4 4th = 8 5th = 7 1st= 12 50.5 ARK.-PINE BLUFF 5th = 7 T 8th = 3 6th = 6 T 6th = 4.5 9th = 3 9th = 3 7th = 5 T 7th = 3.5 35.0 GRAMBLING 2nd= 10 T 8th = 3 2nd = 10 5th = 7 7th = 5 2nd = 10 T 1st = 11 T 5th = 6.5 62.5 JACKSON STATE 1st = 12 T 4th = 7 1st= 12 2nd = 10 1st= 12 3rd = 9 4th = 8 T 3rd = 8.5 88.5 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DNF 7th = 5 7th = 5 T 6th = 4.5 10th = 2 10th = 2 10th = 2 T 3rd = 3.5 24.0 PRAIRIE VIEW 7th = 5 T 8th = 3 5th = 7 10th = 2 6th = 6 1st= 12 Tlst= 11 T 5th = 6.5 52.5 SOUTHERN 6th = 6 T 2nd = 9.5 4th = 8 1st = 12 5th = 7 6th = 6 3rd = 9 T7th = 3.5 61.0 TEXAS SOUTHERN 3rd = 9 T 4th = 7 10th = 2 T 3rd = 8.5 2nd = 10 5th = 7 6th = 6 2nd = 10 59.5 WOMEN; UNIVERSITY ALABAMA A&M ALABAMA STATE ALCORN STATE ARK.-PINE BLUFF GRAMBLING JACKSON STATE BASKETBALL T 8th = 3.5 3rd = 9 2nd = 10 10th = 2 1st = 12 T8th = 3.5 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 7th = 5 PRAIRIE VIEW SOUTHERN TEXAS SOUTHERN T 5th = 6.5 T 5th = 6.5 4th = 8 BOWLING T 3rd = 8.5 T 3rd = 8.5 T 6th = 5.5 8th = 4 T6th = 5.5 5th = 7 T 9th = 2.5 T 9th = 2.5 2nd = 10 1st= 12 CROSS COUNTRY GOLF 9th = 3 4th = 8 2nd = 10 6th = 6 1st = 12 3rd = 9 8th = 4 10th = 2 5th = 7 7th = 5 T 6th = 5.5 10th = 2 8th = 4 T 6th = 5.5 3rd = 9 1st= 12 5th = 7 9th = 3 4th = 8 2nd = 10 INDOOR TRACK 9th = 3 3rd = 9 2nd = 10 8th = 4 4th = 8 6th = 6 10th = 2 7th = 5 1st = 12 5th = 7 OUTDOOR TRACK 9th = 3 2nd = 10 1st = 12 6th = 6 4th = 8 8th = 4 10th = 2 5th = 7 3rd = 9 7th = 5 SOFTBALL 3rd = 9 T 4th = 7 8th = 4 9th = 3 7th = 5 T 4th = 7 10th = 2 2nd = 10th T 4th = 7 1st = 12 TENNIS T 7th = 3.5 2nd = 10 1st= 12 T 7th = 3.5 T 7th = 3.5 T 3rd = 8.5 T 5th = 6.5 T 5th = 6.5 T 3rd = 8.5 T 7th = 3.5 VOLLEYBALL 6th = 6 T 7th = 3.5 T 7th = 3.5 T 7th = 3.5 3rd = 9 T 7th = 3.5 5th = 7 1st = 12 2nd = 10 4th = 8 POINTS 45.0 67.0 71.0 37.5 72.0 60.5 38.0 54.5 78.0 70.5 Williams, St. Aug’s host D-2 track nationals LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor St. Augustine’s athletic director and head track coach George Williams has his hands full preparing for this week's NCAA Div. II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Raleigh. Over 500 track and field athletes from the nation's NCAA Div. II colleges and uni versities will descend on North Carolina State's Paul Derr Stadium Thursday, May 25 thru Saturday, May 27, competing for national honors. Williams will be right in the thick of things off and on the track. St. Aug's Sports Photo WILLIAMS: Hosting NCAA championships for first time. St. Aug’s Tanya Oxley has the fastest 200- and 400-meter dash times entering the meet while teammates Anna Teschmaker (100-meter dash) and Juliet Brown (200) both rank second. The three also are key cogs in the Lady Falcons 4x100 and 4x400 relays. St. Aug's has the best 4x400 relay time and the third best time in the 4x400. Adriane Sims is tied for the best qualifying performance in the high jump while Florencia Hunt has the second best 800 time. Tynisha Teal is among the top five qualifiers in the 100 and 400 meter As coach of the men's and women's Falcons of St. Aug's, Williams will be attempting to shepherd over ten men team members and nearly as many women through three days of competition. He'll also be trying to add to his outstanding record of success in national meets. He also has the task of coordinating the huge event, the first time that weight has fallen on his shoulders. Williams and St. Aug’s Lady Falcons captured their only outdoor national crown in 1997. They've been strong contenders every year since and will need strong showings from a trio of runners to prevail this year. hurdles while Dolette Blake holds a similar position in the long jump. The Lady Falcons finished third in the indoor championship, just four points behind perennial champion Abilene Christian. Williams and the St. Aug men have taken eight of the past 11 national crowns, their last in 1998 behind an outstanding performance by world-class quarter-miler Jerome Young. St. Aug's strength this year is in the jumps, where Dane Magloire (long jump) and Tim Rusan (triple jump) both are second on the current per formance list. The men also have the best 4x400 relay time. The Falcons came from behind to defeat North Carolina Central for the indoor 4x400 title. St. Aug's finished second in the indoor championship to Abilene Christian, by just three points (80-77). Other black colleges will be well represented in the meet. On the men's side, North Carolina Central, coached by former St. Aug's sprinter, Mike Lawson, has the second best 4x100 relay team behind freshman sprinters Jason Smoots and Robert Williams, who are both in the 100 meter field. Albert Newkirk and Christoper Waters are in the 400 meters and helped the Eagles post the second best time in the 4x400 relay. Morehouse sophomore Michael Blevins joins Williams in both the 100 and 200 events. Kareem Morrell of Morehouse has the third best 800 meter time. For the women, Albany State has three ladies in the 100 meter preliminaries, Cleanita Wiggins, Ayana Drakes and Creshandra Lane. The three have combined to give ASU the best 4x100 relay time. Wiggins and Drake also will compete in the 400 meters. Livingstone has Keyja Smith in the 100- meter hurdles and long jump, and Keesha Thorpe in the 400-meter hurdles. BCSP Notes CIAA All-Sports Awards The CIAA honored its coaches of the year and handed out special awards at a luncheon May 19 following its Spring Meeting. Virginia State University and North Carolina Central University received All-Sports Trophies for the 1999-2000 season. The C. H. Williams Trophy, symbolizing excellence in men's athletics was presented to VSU for the second straight year. The Trojans scored 175.5 points to take first place. VSU won their only conference title in baseball but finished no worse than fourth in all other sports except basketball where they were ninth. They had second place finishes in indoor track, outdoor track and tennis. NC Central finished sec ond (162.5) on the strength of a second place, finish in bas ketball and thirds in cross country, indoor track, out door track and tennis. NCCU won the Loretta Taylor All-Sports Trophy as the top women's program in the conference. The Lady Eagles edged St. Augustine's, 110.5 to 108.5, to take the trophy. The Lady Eagles fin ished first in volleyball, and were second in cross country and indoor track. St. Aug’s Lady Falcons won the cross country and outdoor track titles. In addition to honoring coaches of the year in conference sports, Anne Little, of Winston-Salem Slate was named Athletic Director of the Year. For the second straight year, NCCU's Kyle Serba was tabbed Sports Information Director of the Year. St. Augustine's Athletic Director George Williams received the Jeanette Lee Athletic Achievement Award. WSSU Sports Photo LITTLE: Men's hoops and grid titles earn her CIAA AD of the Year. SWAC ADs OK Morris Brown Athletic directors from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), at the conference's Spring Meetings Monday in Birmingham, reaf firmed their support for Morris Brown College to join the conference. SWAC ADs supported MBC's origi nal application for membership in December which the Council of Presidents voted down. MBC officials are expected to make another pitch to the Council on Thursday (May 25). MBC is in the first year of a process that should lead to full NCAA Div. I status. Conference officials are also discussing whether to make soccer the 10th women's sport in the SWAC. On Monday, athletic directors approved making women's soccer a club sport in the fall. Other issues on the ath letics directors agenda included Alabama State's application to join the NCAA Div. I-A ranks in football, the NAACP's Confederate Flag boycott, gender equity, the NCAA play-in in basketball and com pliance issues. JaxState Takes Cup BIRMINGHAM - A tragic year that saw the deaths of legendary football play er Walter Payton and former head foot ball coach James "Big Daddy" Carson has now ended in jubilation for the Jackson State University athletics pro gram. Jackson State, under the guidance of interim athletics director Robert Braddy, has captured the Southwestern Athletic Conference's high est honor — the league's Commissioner's Cup — in addition to one of the two all sports trophies. JSU garnered a league- high 149 total all-sports points en route to winning its first- ever SWAC Commissioner's Cup. That total included 88.5 JSU Sports Photo BRADDY: Baseball coach at the helm as JSU wins first Cup. men’s all-sports points and 60.5 women's all-sports trophy points. The men's total was far more than enough for the program to handily capture the C.D. Henry Award, the men's all-sports trophy. Trailing JSU in the race for the SWAC Commissioner's Cup was perennial winner Southern University, which fin ished second with 139 points. Southern won the first six Commissioner's Cups before losing by a half-point to Grambling State University two years ago. But Southern returned to the throne in 1998-99, winning all three of the all sports awards. In men's competition during the 1999-2000 academic year, the Tigers won SWAC championships in baseball, cross country and golf. The Tigers finished sec ond in football, third in indoor track and field, tied for third in tennis, fourth in out door track and field and tied for fourth in basketball. Their 88.5 men's all-sports points were a huge 26 points better than Grambling State's 62.5. Finishing third in the battle for the C.D. Henry Award was Southern with 51 points. Texas Southern came in fourth with 59.5 points, fol lowed by Prairie View A&M, 52.5, Alabama A&M and Alcorn State with 50.5 each. JSU didn't fare as well in the race for the women's all-sports trophy, named the Barbara Jacket/Sadie Magee Award. The Lady Tigers finished a distant sixth place. Southern managed to retain the women's all-sports trophy, despite captur ing only one championship during the school year. SU compiled 78 women's all-sports points, six better than Grambling Stale (72 points). The Lady Jaguars won indoor track and field and finished second in both bowling and volleyball. They added a third in outdoor track and field, tied for third in tennis, fourth in golf, tied for fourth in softball, fifth in cross country and tied for fifth in basketball. Other finishers were Alcorn State, 71 points, Texas Southern, 70.5, Alabama State, 67, Jackson State, 60.5, Prairie View A&M, 54.5, Alabama A&M, 45, Mississippi Valley State, 38, and Arkansas-Pine BlulT, 37.5. 2000 CIAA ALL SPORTS FINISHES VOLLEYBALL CROSS COUNTRY BASKETBALL INDOOR TRACK SOFTBALL OUTDOOR TRACK w O M E N M E N BOWIE STATE T5th =16.5 5th = 18 2nd = :21 T8th = 11.5 2nd = 20 T9th = 11.5 98.5 ELIZABETH CITY T9th =12.5 7th = 16 T5th = 16.5 - 3rd = 19 - 64 FAYETTEVILLE STATE T3rd = 19.5 10th = 13 T5th = 16.5 4th = 16 4th = 18 5th = 16 99 J. C. SMITH T5th =16.5 11th = 12 T5th = 16.5 7th = 13 T7th = 14.5 8th = 13 85.5 LIVINGSTONE T9th =12.5 4th = 19 1st = 22 1st =19 2nd = 19 91.5 N. C. CENTRAL 1st = 22 2nd = 21 T3rd = 19.5 2nd = 18 T9th = 12 3rd = 18 110.5 ST. AUGUSTINE’S T3rd = 19.5 1st = 22 T9th = 12.5 9th = 10 T7th=14.5 1st = 20 108.5 ST. PAUL'S T9th =12.5 9th = 14 T9th = 12.5 T8th = 11.5 T9th = 12 T9th = 11.5 74 SHAW 2nd = 21 3rd = 20 T9th = 12.5 5th = 15 T9th = 12 6th = 15 95.5 VIRGINIA UNION T5th =16.5 6th = 17 T9th = 12.5 3rd = 17 T5th = 16.5 4th = 17 96.5 VIRGINIA STATE T5th = 16.5 8th = 15 T5th = 16.5 6th = 14 T5th = 16.5 7th = 14 92.5 WINSTON-SALEM STATE T9th =12.5 12th = 11 T3rd = 19.5 - 1st = 21 64 School FOOTBALL . CROSS COUNTRY BASKETBALL INDOOR TRACK BASEBALL OUTDOOR TRACK GOLF TENNIS TOTAL BOWIE STATE 4th = 56 12th = 11 T5th = 16.5 T10th = 11.5 4th = 13 T10th = 11.5 - - 119.5 ELIZABETH CITY 9th = 51 6th = 17 T5th = 16.5 5th = 12 - - 96.5 FAYETTEVILLE STATE 8th = 52 8th = 15 T5th = 16.5 9th = 13 9th = 13 2nd = 16 - 125.5 J. C. SMITH 7th = 53 11th = 12 T3rd = 19.5 8th = 14 8th = 14 3rd 15 1st= 18 145.5 LIVINGSTONE 6th = 54 7th = 16 T9th= 12.5 T6th=17 6th = 16 - - 115.5 N. C. CENTRAL 5th = 55 3rd = 20 2nd = 21 3rd = 19 3rd = 19 6th = 12 T3rd = 16.5 162.5 ST. AUGUSTINE'S - 1st = 22 T5th = 16.5 1st = 21 3rd = 14 1st = 21 1st = 17 T5th = 12.5 124 ST. PAUL'S - 5th = 18 T9th = 12.5 T10th = 11.5 6th =11 T10th = 11.5 7th = 11 T5th = 12.5 88 SHAW . - 2nd = 21 T5th = 12.5 T6th = 17 2nd =15 5th = 17 - T3rd = 16.5 99 VIRGINIA UNION 2nd = 58 9th = 14 T3rd = 19.5 T4th = 18 - ' 4th = 18 5th = 13 T5th = 12.5 153 VIRGINIA STATE 3rd = 57 4th = 19 T9th = 12.5 2nd = 20 1st = 16 2nd = 20 4th = 14 2nd = 17 175.5 WINSTON-SALEM STATE 1st = 59 10th = 13 1st = 22 T4th = 18 7th = 15 - T5th = 12.5 136.5
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