Sports
Guilford Football Ends 2-8 Season
by John Lilly
Guilford College head
football coach Charles
Forbes "couldn't fault the
effort" of his team as the
Quakers completed a
disappointing 2-8 season
with a 56-13 loss to the Elon
Fightin' Christians.
The November 14th
game at Armfield Athletic
Center saw the end of the
college careers of eight
seniors, among them
quarterback Jeff
Schreiber, quarter
back/punter Donnie Red
mon, kicker Rick Herring,
running back Wayne
Shepherd, offensive
linemen Marc Scott and
Kamus McNair,
linebacker Charles Arr
ington, and defensive back
Todd Kreuter.
Despite Guilford's losing
record, which broke a str
ing of seven consecutive
non-losing seasons,
several Quakers had good
seasons and the team's
youth would seem to in
dicate that the future is
bright.
On offense, Schreiber
completed nearly 47% of
his passes for 1,154 yards.
Junior Cedric Ellison pac
ed the ground attack with
595 yards and five
touchdowns. Shepherd
was injured for much of
the season, but finished his
career by running for 206
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yards and scoring two
touchdowns in the final
two games of the season.
Guilford will return all
of its receivers in 1988.
This group was led in 1987
by right end Rick Nichols,
who caught 23 passes.
Justin Skwara had 19
receptions, and Greg
Despres and Frank
Granack caught 13 and 12
passes, respectively. The
offensive line will miss
Scott and McNair who
paved the way for many of
Guilford's 2,842 net yards
in 1987.
On defense, the good
news is that Guilford will
have ten of its eleven
starters back in 1988. The
bad news is that the one
1987 starter who will not
be Jt>ack is Charles Arr
ington. He led the team in
total tackles, making 43
solos and assisting on 47
more, and he was also first
in sacks (6) and fumble
recoveries (3). Another
linebacker, Daniel Cole,
had 48 solo tackles, 29
assists and 3 sacks.
On the defensive line,
Scott Biesecker, David
Harlowe a id Brad Gwinn
were all nt v to their posi
tions, but ei ch showed im
provement as the season
progressed
The defensive backfield
was led bv cornerbacks
Mike Thomas and Mike
Green. Thomas in
tercepted one pass and
broke up seven others,
while Green broke up five
passes and recovered two
fumbles. Free safety
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David Hopkins led the
team in interceptions with
two. Strong safety Steve
Mason had 32 solo tackles
and 31 assists, placing him
third on the team in total
tackles.
The Quakers must find
replacements for punter
Redmon and kicker Herr
ing. Redmon averaged
35.6 yards per punt. Herr
ing scored 43 points and
made seven total tackles
on the kick-off team.
Many of these stand-out
performances did not go
unnoticed, as indicated by
the fact that Guilford plac
ed six players on the 1987
NAIA All-District 26 Foot
ball Team. Offensive
guard Ramus McNair
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made First-Team; Marc
Scott, Rick Herring and
Daniel Cole were on the
Second-Team; and Cedric
Ellison and Charles Arr
ington made Honorable
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The Quakers now face
the task of putting 1987
behind them and beginn
ing a new streak of non
losing seasons in 1988.