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siction D October 30, 1997
Seems like
"old times"
at WSSU
It seemed like old times
last Saturday night at
Bowman Gray Stadium.
It's been a long time since
?Winston-Salem State dominat
-an opponent. But last week
tile Rams pounded Johnson C.
Smith into submission en route
To a 40-7 win.
..-.is this the same Kams team
Slit struggled at Fayetteville Tory Woodbury
State less than a month ago in an 18-16 loss?
?'n^The Rams piled up 380 yards of total offense and
yielded only 109. WSSU held Lee Scott, the CIAA's sec
ond leading rusher, to only 47 yards on 14 carries.
Meanwhile, Eric Hendley rushed for a season-high 169
yards on 29 carries and scored two touchdowns.
? Not bad for a team that went
into the game near the bottom of
the conference in total offense and
way down the line total defense.
You certainly couldn't tell from the
Rams' performance against the
Golden Bulls.
WSSU dominated from start to
finish and did it with confidence
that hasn't been witnessed at
Bowman Gray Stadium in a long
time. Coach Kermit Blount of
WSSU said the win was a good
one for the Rams.
"It's never easy," Blount said.
"As a coach when a game goes like
this one did , you don't want to
relax. My main goal was to keep pressure on the them
(Golden Bulls). You don't want to run up the score, but
you want to keep your intensity."
The fact that the Rams are in this position at this point
in the season is a dramatic change from the way the sea
son started out for WSSU. The Rams have struggled to
maintain offensive and defensive intensity throughout the
season. But this time that wasn't the case.
"It's a totally different ball club," Blount said. "We've
gotten to the point where we've jelled. We're playing well
as a team."
The Rams took the opening kickoff and marched sev
enty-five yards for a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead and the
rout was on for the rest of the game. Quarterback Tory
Woodbury continued to show poise beyond his years. The
6-5, 195-pound freshman gave the Rams offense a consid
erable lift with his leadership, passing and scrambling.
Woodbury finished the game seven of 12 passing the
football for 122 yards and two touchdowns. Although he
hatf only 13 yards rushing on four carries, he was able to
break away from several near-sacks to get the ball off.
"Tory is cocky and aggressive," Blount said. "He has a
lot of confidence in himself and that fuels the rest of the
team. But I think it is a combination of a lot of things. He
came into the lineup five or six games into the season and
the team has had a chance to get a lot of the kinks and
bugs out."
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A Dog Day!
The Orayhounds defense ifopi
Robert Carpenter (above).
Jarrkk Bines (right) breaks
through the Wolfpaek lino.
Rams football program
has come a long way
a Eaton, former two-way player,
remembers the early days of
Winston-Salem State football
By VJNCE WOODY
The Chronicle Sport? Intern
v HP - ' ,
Nowadays football players and fans are too caught up in the com
mercialization, economics and statistics of modern day football to
remember a time when the game was just fun.
It wasn't about making it to the NFL or being on prime time, it
was just a sheer love of the sport that drove people to watch and play
the game. Many have also forgotten the history of their hometown
Winston-Salem State Rams football team or "T.C." (Winston-Salem
Teachers College) as the school was called then.
The Ram program indeed came from an humble beginning.
"In the Spring of 1941 coaches Harold Taylor and Pete Butler
came to Greenville, N.C. searching for athletes. I was one of many
athletes who would call Winston - Salem Teachers College (the name
of WSSU at the time) home for the next four years," said Charles
Eaton Sr., a former Ram in the early 40's.
Eaton is one of the few Rams still alive to tell the tale vividly. He
remembers a great deal of information and will probably be the inspi
ration for more articles of this sort. Under the coaching of H.K.
Brutus Wilson, the Rams would make history in the city of Winston
Salem.
Eaton vividly remembers the players on that team.
"Jap Davis, (tight end) played both ways and Ernie Ingram, (tight
end) a converted track star used his speed to exploit the defense,"
Eaton said.
Eaton was known as "Big Red" and never weighed over 195 lbs..
By today's standards he would be oonsidered small, especially as a
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Grayhound Pee Wees
defeat Titans, advance
to championship game
By SAM DAVIS
The Chronicle Sports Editor
The Tiny Grayhounds Pee Wees took a 6-0 halftime lead and held off the
Lewisville Titans in the second half for a 19-6 victory last Saturday at Grayhounds
Stadium. Delwann Singletary picked up a fumble and scored to give the Grayhounds
a 6-0 lead in the second quarter. The Grayhounds extended it to 12-0 on Jeray
Biddies five-yard run in the third quarter before Lewisville closed the gap to 12-6.
Coach Ed Brown of the Grayhounds said his team showed its character by hold
ing on after Lewisville's score.
"We had talked to the kids about not letting down if they were scored on," Brown
said. "Going into the game we hadn't allowed a touchdown all season and I was wor
ried how they would react. But we kept telling them that if the other team scored we
couldn't get down.
"I think that really prepared them for it," Brown added. "After they scored, we
came right back and scored and that was the key to the game."
The Grayhounds added their final score on Rishawn Page's 15-yard late early in
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Carver's McCloud working
to be his best on both sides
By SAM DAVIS ?
The Chronicle Sports Editor
Adrian McCloud will never be mistaken for the tight end
slot that he often tells Carver Coach Keith Wilkes is his nat
ural position.
But he nevertheless is a highly skilled player. But not
unlike many football players who do battle on Friday night
on the grid-iron, McCloud is very rarely in the spotlight.
He's another of the guys who do the work in the trench
es that only the coaches and parents notice he is an offen
sive lineman.
The 6-0, 260-pound junior has been a starter on the
Carver varsity for two seasons. Last year he was named to
the North Piedmont 3-A All-Conference team. Thus far he
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Titans JV's defeat
South Rowan 37-0
By SAM DAVIS
The Chronicle Sports Editor
West Forsyth started slow but came on strong in the
second and third quarters to take a 37-0 victory over
South Rowan in China Grove last Thursday night (Oct.
23).
The Titans got outstanding play from a trio of half
backs to record the win. Anthony Butler, West's starter
had 120 yards on eight carries and scored a touchdown.
Ricky Froneberger added 91 yards and Ranson Pearson
rushed for 130 yards and two scores.
Coach Jonathan Hayes of West said his team turned
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