The WSSU
men suffered
another last
second loss,
their second
in three games,
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Nine Lives
claimed the
Canadian
Co-Ed Volleyball ?
League
championship
in two sets.
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/
S.C. State's,
quarterback and
Howard
University's
defensive end
were named
players of the
year in
ME AC football. .
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' Winston-Salem Chronicle
S PORTS WEEK
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1994 Page 17
Lady Rariis Off to Rocky Starr
Jk WSSU loses three straight to begin season
By JEROME RICHARD
Chronicle Sports Writer "
' '' I
The Winston-Salem State Universi
ty women's basketball team has had a
Tocky start to the 1994-95 season, losing
its first three games under new head
coach Debra Clark. .
The most recent loss was a 73-60
setback to Bowie State Nov. 26 in the
Rams' home opener. That followed a
66-60 road loss to Elizabeth City State
Nov. 23 and a season-opening 61-47
defeat at the hands of Shaw University
Nov. 21 in Raleigh.
"We are 0-3, but each game I see
improvement and a better understanding
v of our system. I see from the other two
games that the girls have improved,"
Clark said after the loss td Bowie State.
"It is taking the girls a while to get used
to me and me to them, and as we do, I
see us improving day by day."
The Lady Rams displayed flashes
of potential against iowic^ * ite, but
scored only one field goal in 'he final
7:16 ot the ClAA conies. v>ooL* shot
24.7 percent from the floor for the game
and was a frigid 9-for-50 shooting (1 8
percent) in the second half after hitting
35.5 percent in the opening half.
"I was proud of how hard we
played, but we just didn't execute at
times," Clark said. "We got the ball
inside like we wanted, but just didn't
put the ball in the basket. The girls
aren't taking their time with their shots.
Sometimes it just seems they throw it up
and don't use the backboard when I
think they should."
see LADY RAMS page 20
i
Photo by Laura Martdand
Kendra Home of W SSV is sandwiched by two Bowie State defenders .
North
/, took nearly 20 ^ iLttlal! JuMelko
East Travels Far And Wide
i ? p,^i- R'i<ck'pih:ill Talent
Searching tor HasKtioai.
South
By JEROME RICHARD
C h ronicle Sports Writer -
Ted East strolled to his car after a full
day monitoring parolees.from the North Car
olina penal system. He fired up the family
sedan and drove to his second job, the one
that brings a. smile to his stem countenance
and is the envy of every basketball junkie
who ever laced up a pair of Nikes or pulled
on a number 23 Chicago Bulls' jersey.
East is a scout for the Boston Celtics.
The Winston-Salem resident scours North
Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Geor
gia evaluating basketball talent, hoping to
stumble upon the next Scottie Pippen or
Charles Oakley for one of the most storied
franchises in the history of professional
sports.
Basketball has been in East's blood long
before he won a state championship at Win
ston-Salem^s Atkins High School and an
NAIA national championship at Guilford
College, where he and M. L. Carr. Executive
Vice President of Basketball Operations for
the Celtics, were teammates. The two helped
Guilford win the 1973 national title before
Carr went on to an NBA career, including a
world championship with the Celtics. East
took a different career path as he settled into
married and family life.
Basketball, though, was never far from
his thoughts.
"When M.L. and I finished college he
went to the NBA. 1 got married and: didn't
explore basketball as a career because with
three small children, it's basically just trying
to survive," said East, who worked for R. J.
Reynolds for 15 years before taking his cur
rent job with Parole Services, an agency with
in North Carolina state government. He satis
fied his passion for basketball as a non-facul
ty coach at Carver High School for eight
years, assisting-varsity- coach AlfrectPoe and
serving a stint as junior varsity coach. In the
intervening years he kept in touch with Carr,
and two years ago they talked about East
becoming a scout. When Carr was appointed
head of basketball operations for Boston ear
lier this year the talk turned to reality.
for 20 years,'" East said. "He knew this was
something I wanted to do. It gives us a chance
to team up 20 or so years after winning a
national championship."
__ see EAST page 21
Boston Celtic scout Ted East of Winston-Salem keeps in
daily contact with the organization.
Minority
Golfers
Receive
Scholarships
Bill ^Dickey, President of the National Minority ?
Junior Golf Scholarship Association (NMJGSA),;
announced last week that forty-seven student athletes ?
received scholarships totaling over $52,000 to help fur
ther their education. The students are currently enrolled
in twenty five different colleges across the country.
The NMJGSA is a non-profit organization that was
established in 1984 for the sole purpose of generating
funds to help minority students pursue their education
while playing golf on the college level. According to
Dickey, the organization awarded a total of $5000 to
five students in its first year and has grown to this
year's high of S52.600. The total dollars generated for
scholarships is an impressive $508,000 of which
$258,000 has been distributed to students. The
NMJGSA endowment fund now exceeds $250,000.
Two hundred forty students have benefited from the
efforts of the organization.
Steven Blount is the 1994 Jackie
^
? Rohm&on/N M JGS A scholarship awarder. Blount is
from Detroit, Mich, and is attending Ferns State major
ing in Golf Course Management. This is one of four full
scholarships jointly funded by the two organizations.
Scholarships range from $500 to $2,500 and helps
defray general expenses (books, tuition, housing)- at
schools unable to offer full, four-year golf scholarships.
The NMJGSA alsolendsT financial assistance to black
college programs when they provide scholarships to
minority golfers:
For more information regarding jhe NMJGSA pro
gram, write or call:
Bill Dickey, President
1 140 E. Washington Street Suite 102
Phoenix, A Z 85034
phone: (602) 258-7851
ENTERTAINMENT
Denzel Washington
emcee the fifth annual
fund raiser for the
Michael Jordan Founda
tion
page 23
RELIGION
Bethlehem A.M.E. Zion
Church will present its
Annual Pre-Christmas
Banquet Gala on Satur
day, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m.
page 25
BUSINESS
On Sunday, Hooper
Funeral Home will hold an
Open House to reintro
duce its services to the
community.
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