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East Forsyth fights from behind,
takes 31-20 win over North JV's
By SAM DAVIS
Tin C'iirosuii Sports Editor
; North Forsyth saw its chances for a con
ference championship slip through its hands
when it dropped a 31-20 decision to East
Forsyth last Thursday night.
I The home standing Vikings jumped out to
an early 20-6 lead only to see one misfortune
after another befall them.
The Vikings took their two-touchdown
advantage after David Eldridge. Eugene
Collins and Justin Masencup scored first half
touchdowns.
; But it was all down hill for the Vikings
from that point.
The Eagles got back into the game after
mounting a late second-quarter drive. North
had suffered their first bad break when
Masencup. their leading receiver on offense
and a starting defensive back on defense, suf
fered a broken collarbone on his touchdown
reception.
On the Eagles' touchdown pass. North
was caught with only 10 men on the field and
East capitalize when Jason Brayboy tossed a
touchdown to close the gap to 20-12. North
committed a turnover when it fumbled the
ensuing kickoff and East recovered with 2:30
left in the half. The Eagles used their momen
tum to mount a 30-yard drive that resulted in
another touchdown to cut North's lead to 20
18 at the half.
Coach Gene Bowles of North said his
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team just couldn't regroup to stem the flow.
"It was a game of momentum," Bowles
said. "We had things go our way early in the
game, but late in the second quarter we start
ed getting ourselves in a bind. After Jason
broke his collarbone, we were trying to find
the right personnel to put in the game when
they hit us with the long pass.
"Although we were still up, we didn't have
the momentum. Then when we fumbled the
kickoff, with them all fire up and ready to go,
it didn't take them long to go 30 yards." East
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came out and continue to have the momen
tum in the second half. The Eagles took a 24
20 lead after they blocked a Viking punt.
But North still had several chances to
retake the lead. North saw its best chance at
victory slip away when a 54-yard touchdown
pass on a trick play was called back.
The Vikings worked their double-pass
play to perfection, but were ruled to have
only six men on the line of scrimmage. That
was the first of two penalties that wiped out
North touchdowns.
Bowles said the plays took the wind out of
the Vikings' sails.
"Whenever everything's going your way
and then turns and goes the other team's way
it hurts," Bowles said. "But it was a?war. It
was a good game with a lot of hard hitting.
We just couldn't establish what we wanted to
do after the second quarter."
The loss dropped North's record to 5-3
overall and 2-1 in the Metro 4-A Conference.
Bowles said the Vikings will try to regroup
when they travel to Greensboro Grimsley
today (Oct. 30).
"Coach (Mike) Muse did a super job in
our post-game meeting," Bowles said "He
told them that sometimes you can work hard
and be focused but still something can keep
you from obtaining your goals. But you can't
quit.
"You've got to go on and do the best you
can. You can't always have all the successes.
You've got to have some failures too."
Togetherness is key
for Tiny Grayhounds
Junior Midgets in
lopsided 40-6 victory
B\ SAM DAVIS
tin Chromcu Sports Editor v
The Tiny Grayhounds Junior Midgets put together another impressive
performance to advance to the Sertoma Bowl championship with a 40-6
victory over the Walkertown Wolfpack last Saturday.
The Grayhounds got a well-rounded offensive effort and threw in a
stingy defensive effort to keep their unbeaten streak intact. The team
improved to 8-0 overall.
Coach Tim Bess' team took an early 6-0 lead on a 50-yard touchdown
pass from Monte' Purvis to Tory Williams. Jarrick Bines scored on a short
touchdown run to increase the Grayhounds lead to 12-6.
The Wolfpack closed the gap to 12-6 when Monte' Anthony broke
loose for a long touchdown run late in the second quarter. However, that
was as close as they came. The Grayhounds extended their lead to 18-6 at
the half and then wore down the Wolfpack in the second half.
Bess attributed continuity in the team as its biggest asset. Most of the
players on the team were members of the 1996 team, which captured the
local championship before u inning the national championship in
Qrlando. Ma
"We worked for it," Bess said. "Most of the players have been togeth
er for four years and we're like a family. They're a good group of kids and
they know that we love them.
Rayshawn Jordan hand% in a touchdown past.
While the offense produced most of the points in the game, the defense
is the key according to Bess.
"We put in a lot of hard work on defense," Bess said. "We have a lot
of players that we can turn to on defense to have a good game every time
we come on the fieid."
Among them are Bines, the team's middle linebacker, defensive end
Shea Rousseau and Tim Bess Jr..
Offensively, Purvis, the starting quarterback, is the leader He's joined
by a full-house backfield consisting of Bines, Rousseau and Rayshawn
Jordan
"< Jfl'e'nsively, we have been working our game to perfection." Bess said
"We were sharp on offensive from the opening kickoff. Another victory
on Saturday will assure the Grayhounds of a slot in post-season champi
onship where they will begin pursuit of another national title.
Livingstone AD says punishment too stiff
By SAM DAVIS
Tin CiiROMCLf Sports Editor
Does the punishment that Livingstone must
face for using an ineligible player fit the crime?
Clifton Huff, Livingstone's athletic director,
doesn't think so. Huff said CIAA league offi
cials should have been more lenient, once it
weighed all of the factors.
In an exclusive interview with The
Chronicle recently. Huff said the school is
being singled out for the infraction. Huff stat
ed that his office made an "honest" mistake
when it made a decision on a student-athlete's
eligibility.
"It was a paperwork error," Huff said. "The
player was certified under a rule that we
thought he could be certified. We had sent out
a transfer tracer and we didn't get it back until
after the second game. When the tracer came
back, after lopsided victories over Virginia
Union and Bowie State, it showed that the
player was ineligible.
"At that point we realized that he wouldn't
be eligible under the one-time transfer rule and
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we declared him ineligible," HufT said. "That's
how we found out we had made a mistake."
Livingstone immediately reported the
infraction to the league office and to the
NCAA. It also began an internal audit of the
entire situation surrounding the student-ath
lete's participation.
"The player was not an impact player and
probably would not have been noticed if we
had not reported it ourselves." Huff said. "We
felt that it was a matter of integrity. Coach
(Rudy Abrams) was up front about it and said
he wanted to make sure we reported it." Huff
said he thought the CIAA office would have
considered the nature of the infraction and
made a ruling based on the fact that
Livingstone made an "honest" mistake.
"By reporting it ourselves, we put ourselves
at their mercy." Huff said. "We made the
announcement and sent it to the NCAA. They
have the right to go for blood if they want to
go for blood."
Leon Kerry, the CIAA Commissioner said
last week that the league would announce
sanctions against Livingstone if the Blue Bears
didn't voluntary forfeit the victories over
Virginia Union and Bowie State.
Huff said the Blue Bears football team has
accepted the impending forfeits well
Livingstone, which was ranked No. 14 in
Division II last week, defeated North Carolina
Central last Saturday to improve to 9-0 overall
and 6-0 in the conference. The Bears will be 7- 4
2 and 4-2 after they are forced to forfeit the
wins.
"The players have responded well," Huff
said. "They have responded optimistically. We
have a great senior class and they've been
through a lot. They take nothing for granted
But this season will not be complete without at
championship."
If it doesn't happen. Huff said the football
team's affect on the Livingstone campus has
been considerable.
"They have been a class act on the football
field and on the campus." he said. "They don't
have the big-head and their winning has
inspired all of our other athletic teams. They're
good kids and the kind of people you can
build a program upon."
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