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(. IA A Football Virginia State Wins First Title in 23 Years ? Granger, Morgan pace 58-14 thrashing of Virginia Union Rodney Granger threw for 275 yards and five touchdowns and Bo Morgan rushed for 114 yards as Virginia State whipped Virginia Union, 58-14, Oct. 28 to clinch its first CIAA champi onship since 1972. The Trojans rolled up 444 total yards of offense, while its defense held the Panthers to 76 yards rushing and 214 total yards offensively. Virginia Union was stymied by 110 yards in penalties. In other CIAA action from Oct. 28, Livingstone College traveled to Durham and bush whacked North Carolina Cen tral, 60-25, to spoil the Eagles' homecoming. Pernell Wilder shredded the NCCU defense for 313 yards passing. His favorite targets were Justin Brown, who hauled in eight passes for 128 yards, and Torrence Stevenson, who caught two passes for 109 yards and a touchdown, Duran McLaurin completed 28 passes for 289 yards and a touchdown for the Eagles. Antonio Cal loway caught 13 passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns for NCCU, while teammate Nikki Brannon caught eight balls for 103 yards as the Eagles gained 382 yards through the air. Fayetteville State outlasted Bowie State, 6-3, in a defensive struggle to win their first game of the season. The game's only touchdown came on a 30-yard reception by Aris Young from Virginia St. ^ Elizabeth City St Norfolk St. miyi SfeiKyre WmM Fayeteiille St Vliginia Union City St. Jermaine Bryant. Fayetteville gained 185 total yards, while the Bulldogs only mustered 173. Cedric Gordon had seven tack les to lead the Fayetteville defense while Harlan Crenshaw, Tyrell Chatman and Elvis Dud ley had six apiece. Vincent Young led Bowie with 11 tack les. Norfolk State bombed John-~ son C. Smith, 55-14, to make the alumni happy during home coming. The winners' Aaron Sparrow complete nine straight passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game with a shoulder injury. Robert Morris came in and picked up where Sparrow left off, completing 16 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns. James Roe caught 11 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns to become the all-time NCAA Division II leader in reaving yards with 4,363. Jerry Davis rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries. Darius Blount caught three passes for 24 yards and two touchdowns. In non-conference action, Elizabeth City State lost to Hampton 36-13. Kenny Crump completed 11 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown and Lamont Avent rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown to lead ECSU. Junior Varsity Football Parkland Ends Season on Winning Note By JEROME RICHARD Chronicle Sports Editor Parkland ended its 1995 junior varsity football season on winning note Oct. 26 when its blasted homestanding Cen passes by quarterback Mike Farrar. The victory capped a 6-4 season for the Mustangs and left them with a 4-2 slate in the North Piedmont 3-A Confer ence. "Our guys were as focused as any game this year. They wanted to go out on a good | son 34-6 ? behind three ' touchdown tral David note," Parkland coach Scott Humphrey said. "They felt they were a better team than 6-4 and wanted to show it," Parkland bolted to an early lead on a 65-yard pass from Farrar to Shaun Williford and the duo combined later on a 40-yard bomb for a 14-0 lead. They added a third member to their act just before the half when Ron Cook took a lateral from Williford, who had caught a pass from Farrar, for a 65-yard hook-and-ladder touchdown that gave the Mus tangs a 21-0 halftime lead. "The guys were focus and ready to play," Humphrey said of the big first half. Cook scored on a 60-yard sweep in the third quarter before Jay Singh hauled in a 7(>-yard touchdown, pass from Farrar to close out the scoring. The catch by Singh was his first ever after taking up foot ball last year as a freshman. Central Davidson scored in the waning stages of the contest. "Our defense played well and a lot of guys that didn't play much earlier in the season came through for us as we pla tooned," Humphrey said. "Lamont Wilson and James Rumph had good games and Radasma Cooper, who has been steady all year at line backer for us, also had an out standing game." Glenn Overcomes Turnovers to Beat Crosstown Rival from page 17 different things in the second half and we tried to take advan tage of our strengths," Hawley said. "We were lucky to get in twice." When his team didn't score to begin the second half, Haw ley admitted he was a bit con cerned about morale and the tone of the contest. "You are always concerned when you get close to scoring and don't, but these kids are really resilient," he said. "We told them we would get down there again, and that they should keep their heads in the game." Glenn tied the game 6-6 with 9:20 remaining in the fourth quarter as East began to tire against its bigger and deep er opponent. The Bobcats scored on a 12-yard sweep by Stephens to cap a 69-yard drive. The kick for the PAT was wide right, setting the stage for Glenn's winning pass. Glenn rushed for 267 yards, led by Stephens' 134 on 20 carries. Gore added 82 on 13 totes of the pigskin and Payne had 46 on 13 carries. The Bobcats passed for 69 yards, the majority coming on the 52-yard winning pass from Stephens to Witherspoon. ? ; * t Photo by Johnny Wilson Quarterback Brian Amrich runs an option play against Glenn. East ran for 95 yards with 57 coming from quarterback Brian Amrich, who made some nice reads on the option and several against-the-grain cuts on the rollout. He passed for 17 yards, completing 2 of 5 pass es. "Brian did a good job read ing the option. He had a heck of a night," Beeson said. "I'm just very proud' of these kids and the effort they made." Independent. Afrocentric. Diverse. Committed. If those words say something about who you are, then we are the newspaper for you. For more than 20 years, the Chronicle has been a newspaper dedicat ed to presenting a fair picture of our community. We have been there when others could not be reached. We have been there for you! From the Sheila Epps-McKellar debacle to the Million Man March to social happenings to church news, the Chronicle has reported on situations of concern to the African American Community. Don't accept an occasional once-a-year February Black History Month special chronicling the achievements of African Americans by those who do not have your best interest at heart. Read the Winston-Salem Chronicle where you will find everything for you, about you, by you, each and every week. ' ; v *tr,? a t ^ qrrr y-rrf* ^ % -:TfJ*.v / * 5 ? % y .. v # M ?-l * 4J* (, r*_VIf ? ? * J o Winston-Salem Chroniclr npnick fj For convenient home delivery 910-722 8624 \ * * 9 >' fc't ' .1 Our Service Manager Is One Picky Woman Her name is Tampa Childress, and she knotos cars and trucks inside and out. 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