Chowan Hosts
All-Star Game
Here Tomorrow
Smoke Signals, Friday, December 5, 1980 — Page 7
The 1980 Coastal Conference All-Star
Football Game will be played here
tomorrow at 1:30 P.M.
This game has been played in the
Mini-Dome at East Tennessee State
University in Johnson City Tenn.. the
past two years. The previous game was
held in Norfolk.
The All-Star game pits the top
sophomores in the North Division
(Hudson Valley Nassau, Wesley,
Westchester) against the Southern
Division (Chowan, Lees McRae,
Ferrum, Potomac State). This year’s
game is sponsored by the Murfreesboro
Exchange Club.
Approximately 77 All-Star football
players will participate in the game.
The South squad’s coaching staff will
consist of Clyde “Soupy” Campbell
(Lees McRae) head coach; offensive
coordinator, Jim Garrison (Chowan),
defensive coordinator, Hank Norton
(Ferrum), and offensive line coach,
Angelo Luvaro (Potomac State).
For the North, Tom Det^lma
(Hudson Valley and conference coach
of the year) will be head coach, Jim
Weinman (Nassau), offensive coor
dinator; offensive line coach, Ed
Hendrick (Westchester), and defensive
coordinator. Bob Anders of Wesley.
Many college coaches will be in at
tendance at the workouts and the game
in hopes of landing recruits.
Selected to participate from Chowan
are David Dean, Jeff Speight, William
Dalton, Jody Schulz, Jeff Gordon, Mike
Grant, Amos Twitty, Arthur
Washington, Kenny Phillips, and Mike
Gardner.
This will be the 8th annual All-Star
Game and the 10th anniversary of the
existence of the Coastal Football
Conference.
“This is the first time the All-Star
game has been held at Chowan,” ob
served Jim Garrison, “and we hope
that we can make it an annual affair
and host it at Chowan in the future.”
The admission price for the game is
$3 for adults and $2 for students.
Hudson Valley's Surge
At End Edges Chowan
By FRANK GEE
HUDSON VALLEY - Chowan lost a
heart breaker to Hudson Valley 15-12,
the second time in a row they have lost
a game in the last quarter, ^owan led
the Vikings from Hudson Valley, New
York, 12-0 going into the last quarter
when Viking quarterback Bob Raber
put on an aerial display.
There was no scoring in the first
quarter. Hudson Valley moved the ball
a little but like Chowan they both
punted the ball away during the
quarter. The Vikings did outgain
Chowan, 68 yards to 29 yards.
Beginning the second quarter in the
midst of a Viking drive, Arthur
Washington, Chowan free safety, pick
ed off his first of two interceptions,
(^owan had the ball on their 40 yard
line and on first down, Perry Agee
banded off to James Cole, who went all
(he way to score at 14:35.
: Keith Myers missed the extra point.
Five minutes later, Myers missed a
field goal from close range and the
score stood at 6-0 until three minutes
were left in the half. At 2:42 Chowan
quarterback. Perry Agee connected
with Greg Harrell on a 25 yard pass
play to up the lead to 12-0. The conver
sion attempt failed. The touchdown
pass was Harrell’s third of the season
on as many catches. His touchdown
passes have covered 25, 32, and 67
yards. The second quarter proved a lot
better for Chowan as they gained 107
yards to Hudson Valley’s 22, and
Chowan intercepted the Valley 4 times.
: The third quarter was a carbon copy
()f the first; all punting and no scoring.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, Vik
ing quarterback. Bob Raber started to
find his receivers and put on a beautiful
passing display. The four interceptions
in the first half seemed not to bother
him as he completed 8 of 10 passes in
the last quarter. He completed the last
six passes he threw. Bob Raber ac
counted for 14 of his teams 15 points
with touchdown passes of 32 yards to
Frank Crocker (8:56) and 11 yards to
Kevin Job (5:39) to go with his conver
sion run. His passes covered 114 yards
and 8 first downs.
Despite losing, it was a hard fought
contest. James Cole was the leading
rusher with 68 yards on 12 carries and
60 of those yards was on his touchdown
run. Jody Schulz and Arthur
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The 1980-81 Braves, vi/ho compiled on 8-2 record ond were nationally
ranked throughout the season, pose for their team picture. Coach Jim
Garrison called the team a good one and forecasts a good year next
year. The Braves highlighted the yeor by beating their arch-rival Fercum
at home during Homecoming.
Braves Bury Nassau, Clinch No. 2 Spot
Washington were the defensive stars
with 14 and 12 tackles respectively.
Jody had 4 sacks along with a blocked
punt. Also starring on defense was Jeff
Gordon’s 10 tackles and Mike Gard
ner’s 9 tackles. Jeff also had a sack as
well as Gardner’s fumble recovery.
Braves End
Loss Streak
At Wesley
By SCOTT GODWIN
DOVER—Chowan got back on its
feet, after losing two straight games
and shut out Wesley, 18-0, in a game
that was deluged with heavy rains.
The game was played by two fine
defenses, which was proven in the fact
that Chowan would manage only 126
total yards offense, while Wesley col
lected 158 yards.
In the first quarter, where all the
•scoring was done, Keith Myers attemp
ted a 32 yard field goal early in the
game which was no good.
At 10:37 of the first quarter, William
Dalton’s burst into the end zone on a six
yard run, made it 7-0 Chowan, after a
Myers PAT was good. Dalton would go
on to be the leading ground carrier in
the game with 76 yards on 20 carries.
In the first half, Wesley completed 8
out of 11 passes, but were never able to
penetrate very far into Chowan’s ter
ritory, because of the excellent Chowan
defense which came up with key in
terceptions to squelch drives.
A Keith Myers 25 yard field goal with
5:15 left in the first quarter, staked
Chowan to an early 10-0 lead.
Less than three minutes later, James
Cole scored on a tliree yard run that put
Chowan up 16-0. On the extra point con
version, Keith Myers faked the kick and
threw to Gaffney Jackson, a 6’1”, 210
lbs., sophomore tight end for a two
point conversion, which proved to be
the last score of the day.
With less than two minutes left in the
1st quarter, Wesley attempted a 36 yard
field goal, but it was no good, and
Chowan went on to win the game 18-0,
and improve their record to 6-2.
Arthur Washington and Jody Schulz
turned in two fine performances, as
Washington has 10 tackles, and Schulz
had 8.
By FRANK GEE •
Chowan concluded their season at 8-2
with a 43-3 win over Nassau Community
College from Long Island, New York.
Both teams entered this game with 7-2
records and a chance for sole posses
sion of second place.
Nobody on either campus expected a
romp by their respective teams, but for
the second game in a row Chowan’s of
fense exploded for 400 or more yards in
total offense.
Both teams punted away the ball on
their first possession. On Nassau’s se
cond possession free safety Arthur
Washington intercepted the first of four
Chowan thefts and returned it 30 yards
to Nassau’s 11 yard line. Two runs by
fullback William Dalton, the latter be
ing seven yards for the toiichdown
came at 9:26 of the first quater. Kicker
Keith Myers who was perfect on the
day, five of five extra points and two of
twoheld goals, kicked the pat.
A couple of minutes later, Myers
kicked a 23 yard field goal after a
Nassau fumble. That was all the scor
ing in the first quarter and it ended 10-0
Chowan.
Chowan’s four interceptions came as
the result of the defense stopping
Nassau's running game and forcing
three different Nassau quarterbacks to
throw 54 times. Washington’s intercep
tion was his seventh of the year to top
Chowan in that catagory.
Nassau answewered Chowan’s field
goal with one of their own by Sam
Flores. Nassau’s drive covered 77
yards and was culminated by Flores 20
yard fielkd goal four seconds into the
second quarter to close the score to
within a touchdown.
Flores tried another field goal of 52
yards in the third quarter but that was
way short. Chowan then counter
answered Nassau’s drive with a 77 yard
drive of their own. Chowan quarterback
Perry Agee passed 5 yards to Greg Har
rell for the score; Greg caught only five
passes the whole year but scored on
four of them.
Slot man Burgest Coles two 16 yard
runs and tailback Jerry Hedrick’s 32
yard run were the big gainers in the
drive. Raymond Byrd’s ciutch catch of
8 yards on third and seven kept the
drive aUve at Nassau’s five yard line.
After kicking off, Nassau was again
intercepted, this time by Kenny Phillips
who returned it 17 yards to the Nassau
17 yard line. Three plays gained only
one yard and Keith Myers was called on
to kick his last field goal which traveled
33 yards.
David Wood’s safety and Jody
Schulz’s 55 yard return of his own block
ed punt (his second of the season and
team’s fourth) all but sealed Nassau’s
fate. At the end of the half the score was
...Chowan 29- Nassau 3. You could have
gone home at this point.
In the middle of the third quarter
Chowan drove 66 yards to score their
fourth touchdown of the contest. Jerry
Hedrick ran for 22 yards, Burgest Coles
glided for 21 yards and another clutch
reception by the bird-man (Raymond
Byrd) of_l? yards were the main ingre
dients lea^ng to Agee's 1 yard
touchdown sneak.
Fred “lightning” Banks 63 yard
scamper in the fourth quarter closed
out the scoring. Banks was the leading
rusher in the game with 85 yards (8 car
ries and a 10.6 yard average) and he
played three different positions: runn-
ingback, flanker, and quarterback...all
in the second half.
Spectacular blocking by Chowan’s of
fensive line opened up gargantuan
holes in Nassau’s defense. Overall,
Chowan gained 366 yards on the ground.
Such super blocking enabled Hedrick to
p up 79 yards (8.7 avg.), Burgest Coles
69 yards (8.6), William Dalton’s 49
yards and touchdown, Cleveland
Quick’s 33 yards on only four carries,
and Benson Gray’s 27 yards (6.7).
Four of Frank Groome’s punts forced
Nassau to start deep in their own ter-
roritory and Keith Myers kicked off into
the endzone six of eight times.
Along with Arthur Washington’s 9
tackles and interception, he returned
three punts for 77 yards (25.6 average),
two of which set up touchdowns. Perry
Agee went 3 for 6 passing and a
touchdown, to go with his touchdown on
the ground. Linebackers Mike Grant
and Ray Zeigler along with defensive
tackle Mike Arrington also made 9
tackles. Grant and Kevin Banks got
through to throw Nassau quarterbacks
for losses. William Barrett had an in
terception and a fumble recovery. The
last interception of the game was turn
ed in by Allen Chamblee who returned
it 17 yards in “Earl Campbell style”.
Athletes Principal Victims
Of Scandals, Reformers Say
CAPTAINS David Dean, Jody Schultz, Mike Grant, and Jeff Speight were named permanent
team captains by Coach Jim Garrison. All four ployers, in addition to being named captains were selected for
the All Region Team and All Conference team.
By MICHAELARKUSH
(CPS) — With their cars and their
special dorms, athletes are One group
usually left off the standard list of
deprived campus minorities.
But as the personaUty of the fledging
college sports reform movement —
founded in the aftermath of the worst
intercollegiate athletics scandal in re
cent history — begins to develop, pro
tecting athletes' rights has become the
movement’s prime goal.
The revelations — of coaches fixing
athletes’ transcripts to insure their
eligibility to play, qf schools neglecting
athletes’ edufations, and of students
receiving credit for non-existent
courses — have now spread to more
than 20 campuses. Reformers generally
blame the worst excesses on the adults
who run the sports instead of the
students who play them.
Athletes “are told to obey the rules,
while everyone else gets a free ride,”
asserts Allen Sack.
Sack, a sports sociologist at the
University of New Haven, is also one of
the guiding spirits of one of the most
ambitious reform groups, the Center
Band Fete
Big Success,
Brown Says
By KATHY TRAMMELL
Altogether the Festival of Marching
Bands on November 8 was a tremen
dous success, said Professor Robert W.
Brown, director of the Music Depart
ment. The event gathered 1,200 high
school students which included sixteen
competing bands from North Carolina
and Virginia.
As a result of this festival, Brown said
that he has seen improvement of the
participants in these bands. It gives
each band the opportuinty to watch
each other’s performance and to meet
bands from different areas.
The winning band, “Band of the Day”
was in the A division. Courtland HS
from Spotsylvania, Va. The runner up,
in Class AA, was Southern Nash Senior
HS, Bailey, N.C.
Class A bands competing were:
Currituck High Schoof; Barco,
Charles Taylqr, band director; Oscar
Smith High School, Chesapeake, Va.,
Linda Dye, band director; Bertie High
School, Windsor, Marsha Smithwick
and Eddie Henderson, band directors^
Northern Nash High School, Rocky
Mount, Michael Lopez, band director,
and Williamston High School, Michael
C. Stephens, band director.
Also, Perquimans County High
School, Hertford, David Lee Ziemba,
j band director; Northampton High
' School, Conway, Sam Morgan, band
director; Richlands High School, Flet
cher G. Stubbs, band dir«;tor; Pamlico
County High School, Bayboro, Grover
Harris, band director, and Courtland
High School, Spotsylvania, Va,j Ken A.
Lipscomb, band director.
Class AA bands competing were:"
Ahoskie High School, Philip A. Green,
band director; Tarboro High School,
David Arnold, band director; Roanoke
Rapids High School, David Hawks,
band director; Plymouth High School,
Larry M. Respess, band director; Fike
High School, Wilson, Cleveland Flowe,
band director, and Southern Nash
Senior High School, Bailey, Roland R.
Shaw, band director.
for Athletes’ Rights. Formed as a legal
and psychological counseling center for
prospective college ^thletes, it aiqis to
“give college athletes the same rights
as everyone else,” Sack explains.
■‘Colleges snould require 2.3 grade
point averages in high school, not just
2.0 for entrance,” says Chick Sherer,
head of the Chicago-based Athletes for
Better Education. “This way we
wouldn't wind up with a lot of dumb
jocks who graduate and aren't good
enough to go to the pros, or smart
enough to pursue another profession.”
Sherer’s group has organized sum
mer camps for a few hundred high
school athletes soon before they enter
college. By simulating a realistic col
lege envioronment, Sherer claims,
athletes learn to adjust to the world of
classes and exams, not only practices
and games. He believes the camp’s
schedule of classes and sports activities
conditions the athletes to “better deal
with the hard-nosed coaches who only
want to get athletic results from them.”
But Sherer an| others diagnose the
disease as more than just a lack of
academic training. They believe
athletes must learn more about
priorities in society, so that they can
both adjust to the rigors of college life,
and also resist any temptations to ac
cept material objects in return for their
services. |
But the Center fof Athletes Rights
argues that “these kids” should be
allowed to accept whatever material
gifts that are offered in return for their
enrollment at a certain school. Since
the world of intercollegiate athletics is
big business, the players should be en
titled to the rewards of corporate suc
cess, the group claims.
“The only way to make the system
fairer is to let the athletes receive
money from the colleges,” Sack says.
“It should be like a free and open
market where they can have schools
bid for their services. ”
Moreover, Sack detests the guilt he
says athletes feel when they are accep
ting gifts.
“They (the athletes) are told it’s
wrong when they accept gifts. How
hypocritical that is when at the same
time they see coaches and athletic ^
directors, and even university
presidents, reaping all the benefits,”
S^cksaid.
“The whole system dehumanizes the
athletes, makes them feel like animals.
How can you bl^e the kids when if’s
the people at the top who cause the pro
blem” he asks.
To carry its message that college
athletes should be “professionals” and
not amateurs, the center is setting up
offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston,
and New York. It has applied for a
$250,000 grant from tha Can^ie Foun
dation, but has yet to receive a final
response. One of its main chores will be
to publish a national guide to college
sports, which will give prospective
athletes an outlook on schools’
academic program, general environ
ment, and their coaches’ attidude
toward athletes.
Still being organized, the center plans
to make an extensive dii^lay of its ac
tivities at an upcoming national con
vention on the study of sports sociology,
in Denver. The convention will analyze
the role of sports in society, spending a
lot of time on the negative conse
quences of the recent flood of recruiting
violations.
As expected, NCAA officials and
others who currently run the system
don’t like Sack’s ideas.
Wayne Duke, the chairman of the Big
Ten Conference, calls the proposals of
the Center for Athletes Rights “totally
out of the realm of possibilities” and
“an upsidedown look at what needs to
be done.”
Dave Gavitt, athletic director at Pro
vidence College, said such an overhaul
of the system would be a “total
degradation of the integrity and per
formance of it.” He adds the result
would be a lack of spirit and hustle in
college athletes, similar to whal he
days has occurred in the pros.
Duke and Gavitt, as well as other
athletic directors, suggest more studies
be done before determining solutions.
The thrust of their philosophy calls for
schools to regard athletes as students
first, and players second.
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