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4 % % ** January 29, 1987 Page B1 Prep Spotlight North is crea of jayvee croi By KENNETH RAYMOND Chronicle Sports Writer ' Coach Virgil Simpson's North Forystfe stands atop the Metro Conference and coun dings midway through the jayvee basketball ~ And the Vikings stand tall, too, with ranging between 6-foot and 6-6. There wer an 11-2 start going into Wednesday night with East. "We're the best team in the county, haven't played up to our potential," sop point guard Chad Lynch said. "We beat o in both of our losses." Losing only to Carver and Mount Tabor son is confident that is team can finish the without another blemish. * Reynolds 6-9 out of *&rver 3-9 don't we'll , WW ?? ? _ _ _ Friday's Games "gmp 'North at Olann ?am? -PaoaatCaivar yearSmith at East S i n JjNynolde at Kannapoiis said t: Mount Tabor at Parkland h \ s ,..Wb?t at South Rowan | jayyee at Noi West Coach Michael Huddleston is inn with the Vikings. ?"They're one of the strongest teams wi countered," the first-year West coacl "They're big, physical and give teams a har< Leading the Vikings in scoring is su Bryant Carter, who is averaging 17 points p< Lypch had a 12-point average and shoo tin Todd Speas a 10-point clip going into t oama 0?M1IV North possess the tallest frontcourt in th with 6-6 freshman center Jermaine Carltoi with forwards Gerald Caldwell and Hickman. Carlton is still a bit awkward but proved dramatically since the start of pract Meanwhile, East, under first-year coach Walsh, has made a 180-degree turnaround fi season's 0-18 campaign.. "We've made a great turnaround," Wal "Last year the team didn't win^a game a season the team is determined to do sometl Walsh's team was off to an 8-3 start a developed a new attitude. - "The guys have that 'don't-give-up-nowhat' attitude," Walsh said. "We've been lot during the season, but the guys refuse tc Examples of the new Eagle attitude cam< Reynolds and Mount Tabor games. Sports Outlook n 9 i UU VIS SlUCl) -'By DAVID BULLA Chronicle Sports Editor HOWARD DAVIS, commissioner of * the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic ^ConferenceTa league of Division II anT III black colleges), has some advice for "J black student-athletes who are considerin attending predominantly white colleges. Be sure that you are the type of studen ?"who can get the most from the ?-v experience, says Davis, who has conducted a study showing that black .student-athletes tend to achieve better ' academically at black colleges than at other schools. > "For every black athlete we see startini ^:on national TV for a major, historically white university, there are at least 15 whc ; fell by the wayside, but who might ^ave ; succeeded at a Division II, Division III 01 : historically black institution,*' Davis said "For example, (take) two black ; athletes, similar in physical skills, similar ; in academic potential but with different ; types of personalities. One is an introvert ' the other is an extrovert. Which one ' would probably excel at a maior ; university? Since the biggest problem for ; most blacks at historically white ; institutions is social adjustment, one ' would have to conclude that the extrovert ; is most likely to succeed because he has ; the edge in making the critical social * a* * _ V SPC Wii m team ty stanseason. w^Sfr * j| players ^Mfj&g' M e off to ^1 V I 's game ifil V /^H HK-, Bp iiB ,#^B -.; BB i * JP^S we >' I i homore m < urselves ' ? Simp- Bm ml ; season Ve d out to relax B^ 1 d n ' t said. 'e come it and I fl think be los- V iy more m s this i p s o n L _ Kt,*. nis was best t team !^jj[ ipressed itime." ringman ft suard . he East WSSU's Charlie SpeH drives on A< 10 points, six assists and three s e Metro 1, along "We were down by eight point Marty minutes to play in the Reynolds game, has im- "The guys came back and took the g ice. "Mount Tabor had us by 20. We < Emmett the third quarter, but barely lost it in rom last Leading the Eagles are forwards Kei Dennis Cole and guard Ron Engle. sh said. Glenn, also 8-3, i^jriot going to lay < ind this of the giants of the jayvee level, accorc ling." Swandell Cloud. ind had "All the tough teams can expect i from us," Cloud said. "1 don't expec matter- be blown out by any of them." down a Glenn temporarily lost center John 1 ) quit." an ankle injury, but Cloud expects hin e in the to go when action resumes this week. "The snowstorms have given him shows the way J _ , (<l*m not saying that historically black schools are inferior. What f'n7 snvino ic thnt tUov'ro www w^wwwy ? ' ?5 tw H?v?l I ' I Kw l/CUCf prepared to handle the black student. Historically, they've g taken students that no other lt college would take and made competent, productive citizens out of them. " ? Howard Davis, SI AC Commissioner l 1 adjustment. He has crossed one hurdle > and is concerned with making the team and mastering his subject matter. The r introvert begins with the handicap of having to also make the social adjustment." The results from Davis' study were based on data submitted by 49 colleges ; affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The three NCAA divisions were represented as follows: 17 Division I, 21 Division II and 11 Division III schools. Thirteen of the schools were historically , black. Of the participating sample, 876 (68 percent) of the freshman athletes who enrolled at participating institutions in . * > n HCTSWEEK iston-Salem Chronicle ^ iy \ ^H jMHfe Pf < ? O^^HF ilk' - '^IfeflflHflMfltfMMMMfllMf^ |&l|l MpflBv'l^l RL > lp'i^?aP ^ 11^332?* *&?&&&'33B&' .-* MttH K-Jn|I e I Mr ^^SP9 V ^gM ^h * ore inienor, uavis said. "What w I'm saying is that they're better prepared h to handle the black student. Historically, they've taken students that no other *c colleges would take and made competent, tc productive citizens out of them." Athletes attending Division II institutions, such as Winston-Salem State, ^ , had a higher graduating percentage with ^ much less potential as indicated by high school grade-point averages and h Please see page B5 C( - - si &T's Thomas "Ice" Grlffis in the Rams' 62-61 wir teals (photo by James Parker). s with three needed," Cloud said. "When u " Walsh said. again, he should be fine." ame. Among the Bobcat arsenal are came back in George, Matt Swain and swingmar the end." "We're small but we hustle," th 1 Moffett and said. "We have a group that gives Reynolds Coach Thomas Eaton, down for any are off to a 6-6 start, is satisfied witl ling to Coach rent status. "Our goal was to be at least at tl I good game midspasnnEaton said. "Fmin tv? t my team to finish strong and end up in second < the conference." 3rown due to Reynolds is led by guard Terry n to be ready points per game) and forward ] (13.2). The Demons have generally 1 the rest he Please see page B i "or black athletes . 1 1981 graduated on time; of that 68 percent, nearly one-fifth (19.8 percent) were black; of that 19.8 percent, 159 (92 percent) graduated from historically black ^ colleges. & Of the 412 athletes (32 percent) who a were lost by attrition or failed to graduate Is on time, 152 (32 percent) were black and only 18 (12 percent) were from ^ historically black institutions. d A -f< Easy Choice a c THE RESULTS also revealed that 68 ? percent (876) of the athletes in the sample ^ graduated in 1985. But only two of the 57 black Division I athletes who graduated 0 attended predominantly white schools; the 6 rest went to black colleges. n "I'm not saying that historically black - a' ? l Roun colun Sports C Hoo H edge Hooper's I By DAVlO BUL Chronicle Sports E Steve Hood's Winston-Salem Carolina A&T ' iseum. Hood's banke Rams a 62-61 ec Gaines the 760 Already the na Gaines moved in for career victori and present. WSSU (10-6) > l"** 1 A r.ra^> ...I* Pr tuai iv gaiuvs wit E to only 5-11 agai the win. "They've been years," Gaines si say this is the hig it's always good Asked what i !night's would m old Gaines intimt the program bel kids put out for coach will be arc More importa over the arch-rivj mini-slump that previous three. "This was a ge played lousy at C at Fayetteville. N Thmsdayiand th pay them back. "It's hardto Union is leacnng sidered the best then we have tro 1 guess you're h< v, Spell totaled it took awhile up.*fhe teams weather. A&T n 'e start playing floor, while WS! Ram noint guan W guard^ Michael three minutes an 1 Cory Rucker. The two team le veteran coach minutes. Spell's 100 percent." Then the five-tin who's Demons Conference chan h his team's cur- 8ies? ,ed by forw of their points f ie .500 mark by sophomore guarc 5Te we expect to A&T, utilizinj 3r third place in maintained a siir half. George Cal< Hairston (13.8 halftime le Brian Crowder Led by Hood, tad the reboun- Rams changed tl 3 . PI College Basketbc Central's Sifl urnriTT . W55U With DURHAM - Freshman guard mtonie Sifford, a former prep tandout at North Rowan, scored ? career-high 24 points to lead lorth Carolina Central to a 0-61 win over arch-rival Winston-Salem State last Saturay night. The Rams, 2-2 in the division, ;11 1 Vi games behind Central nd Johnson C. Smith in the !IAA Southern Division race, oth NCCU and Smith are 4-1 in le division. Sifford started hot, scoring 13 f the Eagles' first 15 points. The -foot-3 Sifford had been a scorlg machine in high school, veraging 21 points per game hile earning all-Northwest onors. But WSSU Coach C.E. Bighouse" Gaines said Sifford >oked even better against his jam. "Tonight, we made him look ke an all-America," Gaines lid. "His movement without the all was good and they got the .It u:? ? -i ? ciu iu mm wncn nc was open." The Eagles built a 31-24 lead at alftime and held on in the seDnd half. The strong NCCU lowing in the opening half was dups, nns and profiles. teat d's banker s Aggies 29 paces Rams' win la ~ : ditor bank shot from 10 *feet lifted State to a rare win over North ^ w -? i Lvr JL % I^AAllW r big night due in no small part to the Rams' cold hand from the floor. WSSU made only 10 of its 27 first-half field goal tries. Central built its lead to 13 points with 7:54 left in the game, but the visitors were not out of it yet. Alexander Hooper's layup capped a rally that pulled the Rams within 60-54. But Sifford countered with a three-point play for a nine-point lead and WSSU was unable to get closer than eight the rest of the way. "This game was no fluke," said second-year Eagle Coach Michael Bernard. "Coming into the game, we felt that if we executed our offensive sets, the end result would be getting the ball close to the hoop." NCCU, coming off a 14-12 record and third-place finish in the Southern Division, improved to 10-5 overall. The Eagles play at Bowie State Friday night and at the University of the District of Columbia Saturday night. / Thomas Daniels added 15 J ponus ior inc winners, Derrick / Leak 12 points and a game-high / 12 rebounds. Please see page B4 i ucsuay uigiu <ii memorial v^oit with 23 seconds left gave the lge, and Coach C.E. "Bighouse" th victory of his 41-year career, ition's winningest active coach, to sole possession of fourth place es among all college coaches, past von for only the second time in its h A&T (1-0-4). Gaines' record rose I = nst Aggie Coach Don Corbett with beating us pretty good the last few lid. 14So I think it would be safe to blight of our season so far. I mean, beating a Division I team.** i satisfying victory like Tuesday can about his future, the 63-year ited what most people surrounding ieve to be his intentions: 44If the me like they did tonight, the old >und for a long time.'* ?* ntly for this season, the victory il Aggies also signaled the end to a had seen WSSU lose two of its >od win for us,'* Gaines said. 44We entral and didn't play all that well loreover, we got UDC coming in ey beat us up there. We'd like to figure this bunch out. Virginia the Northern Division and is conin our league. We beat them and able with teams Union beat up on. >t one night and not the next." for Tuesday night's game to warm were about as hot as the recent nissed its first five shots from the 5U failed on its first four. Finallv. j Charlie Spell dropped in a layup d 29 seconds into the game, ts stayed close for the first seven 16-footer left the Aggies ahead 9-8. ne defending Mid-Eastern Athletic lpions went on a 14-6 run. The Agard Claude Williams, scored most rom inside, except a 17-footer by i Con/in Davis. g its patented half-court game, lilar lead for the remainder of the ;'s 10-footer staked the Aggies to a ad. Spell and Alexander Hooper, the heir tune in the second half and ease see page B3 all Ford sinks
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