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By DAVID BULLA
Chronicle Sports Editor
Strong safety Derrick Beasley
had to make two adjustments
when he came to Winston-Salem
State three years ago.
First, the Detroit native had to
adapt to a small city. Second, the
former prep all-America had to
get used a small college.
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accustomed to," said Beasley.
"At home nobody walking down
the street will speak to anybody
else. You just can't trust
anybody. Here everybody's
friendly and that's good. People
let you fit in and feel right at
home. It's a small place, but
fun."
Beasley has fit into the Ram
football team in a big way, too.
The 6-foot-2, 205-pound defensive
back is the second-leading
tackier on the squad with 31, including
seven unassisted hits
against Hampton University last
Saturday.
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i iic junior goi nis second
career touchdown in last Satur- '
day's 47-13 win over Hampton.
He picked off a pass in the first
quarter and returned it 38 yards
for a touchdown.
"Derrick is a hitter," Ram
Coach Bill Hayes said. "In fact,
his one weakness as a safety is he
likes to hit too much. He reacts to
the run quickly and commits
himself .too quickly sometimes.
There are times when he's not in
position on the pass.
"Having said that, you still
have to like his size and speed for
a defensive back."
Beasley is a relative newcomer to
football. He only began playing
the sport as a junior at
Detroit's Cody High School. His
favorite sport had been basketball
and his style of play on the
court earned him the respect of
Cody's football coach.
"Qvjir football coach came to
all the basketball games,"
Beasley said. "He liked my aggressiveness
and he also saw 1 had
a short temper. So he asked me
out to play football. I was hesitant
at first because it's a cold
sport and I didn't like it outdoors.
At home it's cold most of
the time.
"But he put me at middle
linebacker and changed the whole
defense to suit me. He told methings
would work out better for
me in football."
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The Game: \orth C arolina Centra/
at Winston~Sa/em State
When: Saturday at 7 p.m.
Where: -4/ Bowman Grav Stadium
(18,000).
Records: \ orth Carolina Central
2-2 overall and 2-/ in the conference:
H inston-Salem State 2-1 and l-l
l.ast Week: \CCL beat Fayettevtl/e
State 19-6; W SSL defeated Hampton
47-13.
The ( otiche*: \CCU's Hank Lattimore.
eighth season, 50-37-3 (sixth at
\CCL. where he is 40-27-2); USSL 's
Hill Hayes, IOth season (all at WSSU},
66-32-2.
Alignments: SCCU's offense, pro
set; defense, 6-2. WSSC's offense,
wing-T; defense, 60.
Personnel: SCCU, WR Robert
Clark, W R Robert Green, TE Terrence
McNeill, CB Melvin W allace,
QB Earl Harx-ey; W SSL. QB Dana
Walker, HB Leonardo Horn, HB
Calvin Handsome, EB Ed Byers, WR
\tasha Paul, LB Angelo Spruill, LB
Mark Wallace. SS Derrick Beasley,
PK Tyrone Smith.
Injuries: \CCU, none. WSSU, C
4 i ' ? ' ' -
LJunnv rnvure turiKie sprain,
probable), HB James "Jet" Johnson
(ankle sprain, probable).
Last meeting: Winston-Salem State
won 40-6 last year at O 'Kelly Stadium
in Durham. The Rams shut down
heralded Central quarterback Gerald
T-he change of sports worked
so well that Beasley found
himself being recruited by every
Big Ten school, "even though I
was the smallest linebacker in the
state."
Beasley wasn't sure a big
school was right for him. So he
listened closely when fellow
Detroit native Karlton Watson,
then a quarterback for the Rams,
told him about the little school in
the South that had good football
and intimate classroom settings.
"All my best friends went to
big schools," said Beasley, a '
physical education major. "But I
didn't want to go to a big school
and just be a number. I wanted to
put an emphasis on my education.
Karlton told me WinstonSalem
State had a good football
program and there would be no
distractions to keep me from my
books."
Beaslev mav nrove enod
J 7 r c enough
to make a career of football.
But he's not counting on being
a professional.
"I want to get my degree
first," he said. "If I become a
pro later, that's great.
"But having talked to Jack
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secondary
utchup
Fray/on in his last game against his
rivals. Fraylon threw three interceptions
and was sacked five times while
completing only I0-of-30 passes.
Strong safety Derrick BeasJey led the
Rum defensive effort, scoring on a
26-yard interception return. Leonardo
Horn led a Ram offense that totaled
302 yards. Horn gained 113 yards.
The Forecast: Once again, the
HSSC-Central game will be critical to
the CIA A Southern Division title. The
two are the only schools to win
Southern titles since the CIA A went to
divisions in 1981. Central won the '81
and '82 division championships and
WSSV has taken the last two. Both
teams carry I-I CIA A records into the
game and trail first-place Livingstone
by a game. WSSL/ is hot, having
scored 78 points in the last six
quarters. Central, in a rebuilding year,
has done as well as expected against a
formidable schedule that has included
top-ranked (Sheridan PolI) Grumbling
Slate. The Eagles, whose other loss
came to Livingstone, are led by
Harvey. The freshman has passed for
1,197 yards to rank fourth in the
\A I A. Clark is Central *5 career leader
in receptions (114 for 2,248 yards).
Clark, Green and McNeill ranked
first, second and fourth in the ClAA
in receptions. *
Predicted Final Score: WinstonSalem
State 35, Central 22.
Cameron (former WSSU defensive
back who played one year in
- the NFL), I know pro football
can be a very short career. It can
be a bitter dead end if you don't
get your degree. So you have to
be prepared for what comes
after. That's what I'm doing
now."
Beasley has an equally humble
attitude when it comes to the
needs of the team versus the
desires of the individual.
"Sure, I'd like to be an allAmerican
in college too," he
said. "But first of all I want
Winston-Salem State to win a
ClAA championship. We've won
the division the last two years,
but it seems we can never quite
get over the hump. If we win the
CIAA, it would be like a dream
come true."
The Rams' encounter with
North Carolina Central Saturday
night at Bowman Gray Stadium
will be critical to their pursuit of
a third straight Southern Division
title. Beasley admits it will be a
challenge for him and his fellow
defenders to stop Eagle freshman
quarterback Earl Harvey, curPlease
see page B9
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