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8 THE COMPASS - SPRING 2008 SPORTS A GIANT SUPERBOWL Bf: Keggie Lane With all the accolades that Celeste Trahan has received not just this season but in her career, one would think that she would have scored her 2000th career point at leaist five minutes into the game. But that was not the case; Bowie State University held the high flying Viking center scoreless for the entire first half of their match-up on January 29, 2008 in Elizabeth City State University’s Robert L. Vaughn Center. With 13:36 left in the second half, Tra- hcin got the three points she needed to set the record and that broke the ice. The Lady Vikings went on to defeat the No. 1 ranked team in the Eastern Division of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association 63-52, “1 was nervous because we were playing the No. 1 team and 1 really wanted to win,” Tra- hein said, “I wasn’t even thinking about the three points 1 needed, I was thinking about the victory,” said Trahan. It seemed as if the defensive strategy of Bowie was to not allow Treihan to score at all as they ran a box and one scheme practi cally all night long, wdth defenders barricad ing Trahan, who seemed frustrated, at times being hounded. Trahan has written her name in ECSlI's history books. Trahan still has one more mile stone that most say is reachable. Trahan only needs 32 rebounds to reach the ISOO mark in her career, making her the first women in NCAA Division II basketball history to score 2000 points Jind haid in ISOO rebounds. Trahan ended the night with a game high 16 points and 11 rebounds. The New York Giants ended the perfec tion of the New England Patriots and had possibly the biggest upset in National Foot ball League history. New England came into the game looking to be 19-0 and make history by becoming the second team in NFL history to end a sea son perfectly, but the G-Men wanted history on their side and not against them. Trailing 10-14 with 35 seconds left, quar terback Eli Manning foimd vidde receiver Plaxico Burress for the winning touchdown, leaving the ’72 Miami Dolphins jis still the only team to remain perfect for a season. “This is the greatest feeling in profes sional sports, to come out here and win the world championship. Nobody gave us a shot. We just hung in there offensively, never got down on ourselves zmd kept executing,” Gi- Why do more black kids decide to go to' a division one program than an HBCU to play basketbcJl? In the last 20 plus yezirs, there have been more black kids to go to a division one program than zin HBCU to play basketball. OJ Mayo one of last year’s top basketball prospects had over 2S col lege basketball offers. Instead of going to a HBCU to play basketball, he decided to go to LISC (Southern California). They said psirt of this is that a lot of these HBCLI schools are not even trying to recruit top notch athletes and they also don’t have the ants receiver Burress said. The play of the game came when Eli Man ning escaped a near sack on third and five and found David Tyree, who had not caught a ball in the play-offs, for a 32 yard gain. With Eli’s brother Peyton in attendance, he did not disappoint. Eli finished the game 19-for- 34 for 255 yjirds and two touchdowns and one interception to be named MVP of Super Bowl XLII. “ We knew they were coming with an all- out blitz. I knew exacdy wher? 1 was going (wdth the ball)... I threw it up as high as I could. Either he ’s going to catch it or no one is. It was a great play by Pltixico making that catch and getting in the end zone for the win,” Eli said. facilities that appeal to the athlete. According to Floyd Kerr who was As sistant Director of LISC from 2000-2004, as soon as integration hit, the other col leges stcirted to pull talent from the black schools eind the HBCU schools never countered back. Black colleges weren’t prepared fro the futirre, they were just worried about the present in the 1950’s- 1970’s. Will HBCLI schools ever go back to recruiting top notch athletes to their schools? ECSU’s Trahan Continues Path To Greatness Trahan First Female in ECSU History to score 2,000 Career Points Bf: Reggie Lane and James C. House, Jr. - SportsWriters ECSU c^cials present Celeste Trahan, a center for the ECSU LadjVikings, with a plaque in recognition fTrahan’s 2,000 career points. Standing l^t to right, ECSU Athletic Director MrThurlis Little; Celeste Trahan, Lad/Vikings’ Coach, Antionette Carr, (photo courtesj ofKeshaWilliams, University Kelations.) Fewer of Top Black Athletes Going to HBCU Schools Bf: Reggie Lane THE COMPASS STAFF The Compass is published by the Elizabeth City State University students under the direction of the department of Language, Literature and Communication, John Luton, Chairperson and Kip Branch, Faculty Advisor. Editor Shomonic M. Williams Associate Editor Jordan McAllister Assistant Editor Lenora Coley Assistant Editor Tasha Pippin Political Editor Jessica McDonald Sports Writer Reggie “Cali" Lane Entertainment Writer Cecil Hester Contributing Writers; Arquirah Sharpless, Ashley Williams, Archie “AJ” Joshua, Alan Holmes, Darell Caldwell, Niya Jones, Whitney McKoy, Kimberly Powell, Tia Friendly, Brandon Yancey and James House The Compass welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be sent to ECSu Box 815, Elizabeth City, NC 27909. All letters must be signed and include the writer’s address and telephone number They may be edited for length, clarity, and taste, as well as ac curacy and grammar Because of limited space, not all letters can be published.
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