OCTOBER 20, 1968
THE COMPASS
PAGE 3
Vikings Bounce Back After
Losing
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The Roving
Sports Eye
Vikings Rammed Rams, 24-2
was chosen most valuable player in Plaza
Norfolk Spartans Upset
Vikings
The Elizabeth City
State Vikings, a bit slug
gish from a two week lay
off, got started on the
wrong foot as the highly
inspired Spartans of Nor
folk State upset them Sat
urday 34-14.
A sparce crowd watch
ed Norfolk score in ev
ery quarter except the
third to take the Plaza
Bowl gridiron battle on
Foreman Field and hand
the Vikings their first
loss of the season.
fc^arly in the first quar
ter, the Spartans got a big
break to open the scor
ing. Lionel Miles, ESCS
punter, got a high pass
from center and Norfolk
recovered the bail on the
three yard line. Half
back Leon Miller smack
ed the middle to score
standing up giving Norfolk
a 7-0 lead early in the
game.
Taking a short Norfolk
punt which took an Eliz
abeth City bounce, the
Vikings came back open
ing the second period to
score. Johnny Walton
passed to right end Shel
ton Barnes for the touch
down and Grover Arm
stead bulled over for two
extra points to put the
Vikings ahead 8-7.
Norfolk then put great
pressure on Walton and
defensive back Bernard
Johnson came up with his
first interception of the
day to halt an Elizabeth
City drive on the Spar
tans 20. The Spartans then
took the ball and marched
80 yards in 12 plays to
take the lead 14-8.
In the third quarter it
looked as if coach Cald
well’s gridders were go
ing to bounce back as the
Vikings threatened driv
ing to the Norfolk 23 and
GRIEVA^CES
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why did it not effect the written
incoming class and not the
outgoing class. It seems
unfair to jeopardize the
possible graduate of many
upperclassmen for the
purpose of an experiment
or a new policy. Why can
not our administration re
strict the policies, re
quirements, and curricu
lum?. to those which a
specified class entered?
Will this keep a better
relationship amang our
college family?
Freshmen (especially
females) are complaining
because they did not re
ceive any previous infor
mation before entering
college about a parental
statement in
order for a student to
attend off-campus activi
ties. Now they are told it
is too late to acquire one.
As a result, they are un
happy, which is another
step toward bad-campus-
morals. Let’s hope pro
cedures of this matter
will not be omitted in the
future.
If you have any infor
mation which could pro
vide for the benefit of
our college, please do not
hesitate to make it pub
licly known.
UNTIL NEXT TIME
Mack B. Thompson, III,
Editor
SGA News Media
The Rams of Winston-
Salem State College found
the grass of Bowman Gray
Stadium too short for
grazing as they came up
on the short end of the
scoring to bow to Eliza
beth City State College,
24-2, Saturday night. A
sparce crowd was chilled
inside and out when the
favored Rams blew a 2-0
lead and finally succumb
ed to the hard running of
Edenton’ Grady Sessorns,
who grounded out 125 yard
earned yards and two
touchdowns.
Coach Tom Caldwell’s
gridders took the opening
kick-off and drove down
to the Rams’ 25 yard line.
The drive,no more than
a serious threat, was a
warning to Coach Tom
Conrad squad which was
on constant alert for the
passing of All-CIAA quar
terback Johnnie B. Wal
ton, Instead, the field gen
eral threw on thirteen
times, letting his work
horses Sessoms, Grover
Armstead, and John
Brown do the damage.
Each team exchanged
punts before Jerry Willus
took a Viking king and
rumbled 55 yards down
the sidelines to Elizabeth
City’ 14 yard line. The
Vikings defense dug in
and halted the running
of Robert Shaw and Mel
vin McNair, before line
backer Washington John
son intercepted a McNair
pass on the seven. With
the Vikings’ backs to the
wall, the Rams opened the
scoring as Armstead,who
shook off one tackler,was
hit in the end zone while
swinging deep trying to
reverse the field.
Trailing 0-2 going into
the second quarter the
Vikings threatened twice
as a result of a blocked
punt by Jackie Kennedy
and a dramatic 76 yard
punt return by Wade Ro
binson. The Rams’ de
fense thwarted each
threat which fizzled out
on the 16 and 3 yard lines.
With 3:30 showing on
the clock, Elizabeth City
forced Winston-Salem to
punt from deep in its own
territory. Taking the ball
on their own 45 yard line,
the frantic Vikings drove
goalward on the running
of Sessoms and Arm
stead, and a 27 yard pass
completion from Walton
to flanker Maurice Har-
rod. Sessoms dove off
tackle from the one to
post a slim, 6-2, lead
going into intermission.
The Vikings added two
quick tallies in the open
ing minutes of the third
quarter when Co-Captain
Willie Stewart recovered
a Ram fumble on the vVin-
ston-Salem 18 yard line.
and Darnell Moore inter
cepted a McNair aerial.
Armstead scored back-
to-back touchdowns from
the three and the nine yard
lines to push the score to
18-2 at the end of the
third frame.
The Rams sought to
bounce back, driving
to the Elizabeth City sev
en yard line, only to find
scoring impossible. The
Walton directed eleven
took over from that point
and marched back up field
on the ground in eleven
plays before Sessoms put
the icing on the cake by
diving off-guard from the
two yard line. The extra
points attempt failed for
the fourth consecutive
time, but the Vikings had
convincingly humbled the
home-standing Ram 3, 24-
2.
Defensive credit is giv
en the front four, Ronald
Leigh, John Boone, Char
les Belle, and Alvin Lew
is for holding the Rams at
bay with only 55 yards
rushing and 50 yards
passing.
Elizabeth City State,
now 2-1-0 overall, 1-1-
0 in the C.I.A.S., will
play host to the ever trou
blesome Panthers of Vir
ginia Union University,
Saturday, in the Parents’
Day attraction on Memor
ial Field.
ECSC’s Fearsome
and Ronald Leigh.
Foursome - Alvin Lewis, Robert Williams, John Boone,
15 yard lines only to be
stopped by a fine defen
sive effort.
Edmonds got the Spar
tans back on the score
board with a 36 yard field
goal early in the final
quarter.
The Vikings, fighting to
stay alive, sent Walton tr
the air only to have John
son intercept on the Eliz
abeth City 27. Under the
leadership of Dorsey the
Norfolk eleven moved in
to score with Farrar tak
ing a pitch-out in from
the two. Edmonds made
his kick and Norfolk took
a commanding 24-8 lead.
The Vikings carhe mar
ching back to score on a
42-yard pass play from
Walton to Torian Will
iams which narrov/ed the
score to 24-14.
With five minutes left
in the contest Norfolk
marched 80 yards in 11
plays to make the score
31-14. And as a final in
sult, with six seconds re
maining Edmonds split
Rah! Rah! Rah!
The 1968-69 Cheer
leaders of EXSC made
their first appearance a-
gainst Norfolk State Col
lege. Unfortunately, our
girls weren’t able to
cheer our Vikings on to
Victory. Nevertheless,
the athletic teams will
be well represented this
year.
Mrs. Molly Beasley and
Captain Gwendolyn Wor
rell welcomed eight new
ladies to the squad. There
are five freshmen and
three sophomores making
up the eight “Peppers”.
They come from as far
as Dorchester, Massa
chusetts to Portsmouth,
Virginia. These talent
ed young ladies are fresh
men, Linda Saddler, Ta-
wana Willis, Pamela
Williams, Eleanor Park-
the upright with a 37-
yard field goal ending the
daylight nightmare34-14,
er and Shelia Deans. The
remaining three cheer
leaders are Saundra Sell
ers, Vanness Lester, and
Sharyn Stinson.
The nucleus of the
squad is made up by Cap
tain Gwendolyn Worrell,
Doris Latimer, Juanita
Lovelace, and Anita My
ers. These four young
ladies have worked over
tims preparing the new
cheerleaders for the
coming season. With only
one senior on the squad,
Gwendolyn, the cheering
department will be well
represented.
The first fooball game
was played before the new
girls had a chance to
catch on to the cheers.
So the guys wouldn’t be
too lonely, Gwendolyn,
Michele Vaughn, Zoe
Vaughn, and Gail Smith
filled in at the game.
Their cheering must have
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