8 THE COMPASS - SPRING 2008
SPORTS
Elizabeth City State University
Tracl & Field Roster
ATHLETES NAME
CLASSIFICATION
Women
1. Ruby Freeman
Junior
2. Ken Needra Durham
Sophomore
3. La ‘Shea Morris
Sophomore
4. Renata Hayes
Sophomore
5. Andrene Wilette
Sophomore
6. KeeShonna Williams
Freshman
7. Shante’ Melvin
Sophomore
8. Veronica Askew
Sophomore
9. Anquisha Bell
Sophomore
Men
10. Kendrell Harley
Senior
11. EricAstrop
Junior
12. Raymond Thrower
Freshman
13. Leon Thomas
Sophomore
14. Marketveon Battle
Sophomore
15. Tyronne Alexander
Sophomore
16. Kevin Simmons
Junior
17. Renaldo Paxton
Senior
18. Rasheen Mallory
Junior
19. Christopher Allen
Junior
20. Julian Lee
Senior
21. Christian Lewis
Junior
22. Jason Turner
Sophomore
23. LaRonta Bryant
Senior
24. Christopher Randolph
Senior
2008 TRACK SCHEDULE
Day
Date
Place
Leave Time
Meet Time
Saturday
March 8
UNCP
6:00 am
11:00 am
Saturday
March 22
VSU
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Wednesday
April 2
VSU
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Tuesday
April 15
VSU
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Friday
April 19
CNU
7:00 am
10:00 am
Saturday
May 10
CNU
7:00 am
10:00 am
* UNCP - University of North Craolina at Pembroke
*VSU— Virginia State University
* CNU - Christopher Newport University
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BLACIMAGIC
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Black Magic
By: Reggie Lane
When you Pirst hear the words “Black
Magic,” what comes to your mind? If you
said a magician, you’re wrong. Black Magic
is a two installment four-hour documentary
by Dan Klores that documents the African
American basketball experience during be
fore the era of civil rights and during.
The documentary starts off in 1944 where
the North Carolina College of Negroes
played a close game with no fans against an in
tramural Duke team. Nobody had ever heard
about this game, and the athletes who played
in the game kept it a secret for years because
it was illegal and dangerous. This game was
the start of the career of a legend in Afri
can American coach John McLendon, who
fast breaking team from the North Carolina
College for Negroes beat Duke University’s
medical school 88-44. McLendon was and is
the only coach to win three straight National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletic cham
pionships.
The documentary features coaches and
players such as Coach Ben Jobe and Coach
John Chaney (former Temple Coach, who
also was an vmbelievable player who never
played in the pros) and players like Earl Lloyd
(the first African American in the National
Basketball Association) Willis Reed and many
others. Some of these coaches and athletes
had triumphs and some were just trying to
find acceptance. Former ECSU plaver Whit
ney Johnson said, “I thought the documen
tary was very educational when it comes to
learning about how HBCU’s started and the
struggle African Americans basketball player
went through as well as the programs they
played for. I feel that people should watch
this documentary, especially young black
men and women who have dreams to one
day play basketball in collegiate level. The
youth should know about the pioneers of the
game of basketball, the ones who help give
HBCU’s a name.
Winston-Salem State College (later uni-
\ersity’s) best player was Earl Monroe the
future NBA great, who had earned the name
Black Jesus because his game was so grace
ful on the court. Another player from Win
ston-Salem who see skills and assets were
just as great if not better was Cleo Hill who
was spurned by a racist team, the St. Louis
Hawks and later blacklisted by the league by
Hawks owner Ben Kerner. Donovan Perry a
point guard for Greensboro College said, “I
didn’t even know Earl Monroe went to Win
ston Salem State or that a black coach started
the leak also so known as the fast break. It
is a very educational documentary. Not just
black kids should watch this but w hite kids
as well.”
There are some African American athletes
that even the stars in the NBA have never
heard about. Players like Bob “Butterbean”
Love, John Chaney (Legendary Coach for
Temple) Woody Sauklsberry, Perry Wallace,
Da\e Robbins, Harold Hunter, Clarence
“BigHouse” Gaines and many more. “It’s
great that they had done this documentary. I
knew some of the players such'as Perrv Wal
lace and Bob “Butterbean” Love. It show s that
we ha\ e came a long way from the civil rights
movement and young kids should be thankful
for what those players did for the game of
basketball,"said Reginald Karl Lane Sr.
Had it not been for the determination and
drive of Coach McLendon, the state of the
game of basketball and its positive affects on
African Americans would not be where it is
today.
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