CI A A Football Week in Review
Matt Hind propels
Rams to victory
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
A 26-yard Matt Hind (jun
lor/Clernmons ) field goal with
six seconds remaining on the
clock earned WSSU a 26-24
win over the 2002 and 2003
CIAA champion Broncos as the
Rams defeated Fayetteville
State University for the first
time in four seasons.
The first play from scrim
mage looked as though it may
be a game-breaker for the Rams
as Martin Hicks broke free for a
36-yard gain deep into FSU ter
ritory. With only one man to
beat. Hicks spun to elude a
tackier and was stripped of the
ball, coughing up his fifth fum
ble of the year and the Rams'
10th fumble giveaway in 2005.
The Broncos immediately
made the Rams pay on the
offensive series that resulted
from the Hicks fumble as Amir
Holding capped a seven-play,
62-yard drive that used 2:05 of
the clock, with a 4-yard touch
down run to put the home-team
Broncos ahead 7-0 only minutes
into the first quarter of play.
The Rams answered two
possessions later as "never
nervous Monte Purvis" turned a
busted play on third-and-5 from
the WSSU 45-yard-line into a
55-yard touchdown run to tie
the game at 7-7 with 4:40
remaining in the first quarter of
play. The Ram drive, a three
play, 60-yard possession, was
set up by a stingy Ram defense
that gave the Broncos no
options on their second drive of
the game, forcing a three-and
out.
The quarter came to a close
with the fans in attendance
looking toward the possible
fireworks that could come in the
game's second 15 minutes.
Those fireworks came only 2:23
into the second period of play as
FSU's Robert Munoz drilled a
21 -yard field goal through the
Photo by S. Gerald McNeil
Chester Charles has kicked well for the Shaw Bears this sea
son.
middle of the uprights to grve
the Broncos a 10-7 lead.
Again, however, the Rams
answered as Martin Hicks, the
first-quarter scapegoat follow
ing his fumble on the opening
possession, atoned for his sin by
scoring a pair of touchdowns
less than five minutes apart to
give the Rams back the lead.
The first of Hicks' two first
half touchdowns came with
7:18 to play in the first half
when he took a handoff from
Purvis into the FSU end zone
from 12 yards out, capping a
five-play, 63-yard drive that
took an uncharacteristically
short 1:37. Hicks later recorded
his second touchdown of the
quarter, this time from only 4
yards out, to give the Rams a
20-17 advantage. A Matt Hind
point-after attempt failed, and
WSSU was forced to take a
three-point lead into the locker
room at half time.
The final 15 minutes of the
final quarter started with a
Bronco big play as FSU sopho
more quarterback Jay Autry hit
Daryl Barnett with a 47-yard
touchdown strike to put the
home-team Broncos up 24-23
less than one minute into the
quarter. The Rams immediately
answered with a drive of their
own in an attempt to regain the
lead
However, a quarterback
draw play on third-and-goal
from the Broncos' 10-yard line
was unsuccessful, setting up a
Matt Hind 2 1 -yard field goal
that pulled the Rams to within
one point at 24-23. Hind later
hit a 26-yard field goal with
only six seconds on the clock to
seal the win.
With the win, the Rams
improved to 3-3 overall and.
more importantly, improved to
3-0 in the CIAA, keeping their
championship game dreams
alive. The Broncos fell to 3-3
overall and 1-2 in the CIAA
with the loss.
WSSU will return to action
on Saturday when the Rams
travel to Salisbury to take on the
Livingstone College Blue Bears
in another important CIAA
Western Division football con
test at 6 p.m.
Saint Augustine's 22,
N.C. Central 8: The buzz
around the showdown between -
unbeaten Saint Augustine's and
N.C. Central centered around
whether the Falcons, whose
defense was allowing a paltry
5.2 points a game, could slow
down the high-scoring Eagles,
who came into the contest aver
aging a conference-leading 39
points and almost 400 yards of
total offense per game.
Saint Augustine's didn't just
slow N.C. Central down but
ground the Eagles to a halt,
holding them scoreless for the
better part of three quarters in
the Falcons' 22-8 dismantling
Conference
Scoreboard:
Livingstone 27,
Johnson C. Smith K)
Saint Augustine's 22,
N'.C. Central 8
Saint Paul's 41,
Virginia Union 35
Shaw 22.
Bowie State 20
Virginia State 26,
Elizabeth City State 6
Winston-Salem State 26,
Fayetteville State 24
of the Eagles.
Quarterback Darrell Nesbitt
accounted for three touchdowns
and 290 of Saint Augustine's
370 yards of total offense, while
the Falcons' suffocating defense
limited NCCU's high-octane
-< offense to a season-low 175
yards of total offense, including
just 30 rushing yards.
The Falcons used a 23-yard
field goal by Arthur Lemon, a
1-yard touchdown run by Nes
bitt and a 37-yard touchdown
from Nesbitt to Eddie Mont
gomery to open up a 1 6-0 half
time lead on the Eagles.
In the third quarter, Nes
bitt's 6-yard touchdown pass to
Montgomery, who had eight
receptions for 129 yards,
capped a 43-yard scoring drive,
as the Falcons opened up a 22-0
lead on the Eagles in front of a
stunned homecoming crowd of
more than 1 1 MX).
In the fourth quarter, a
botched punt attempt by the
Falcons gave the Eagles the ball
at the Falcons' I -yard line. Greg
Praitt's plunge from I yard out
and a two-point conversion
with 7:23 remaining allowed
the Eagles to avoid the shutout.
With the win, Saint Augus
tine's improves to 6-0, 3-0
CIAA and remains in a first
place tie with Winston-Salem
State in the hotly contested
Western Division. The Eagles
fall to 5-1 and are 2-1 in a divi
sional race that is far from over.
Livingstone 27, Johnson
C. Smith 10: Jason Mitchell
threw two touchdowns to
Jo'von BonneaU and Chris Jeter
rushed for 80 yards and a score
as Livingstone got its first win
of the season in a 27-10 road
win over Johnson C. Smith.
Shaw 22, Bowie State 20:
Devin Chapman's 94-yard
interception return with 28 sec
onds left in the game sealed the
win as Shaw held off Bowie
State 22-20 in Bowie, Md.
Upcoming games for Oct. 8:
? Fayetteville State Univer
sity at N.C. Central
? Shaw at Virginia Union
University
? Bowie State at Elizabeth
City State University
? Winston-Salem State Uni
versity at Livingstone (Kickoff
is set for 6 p.m.)
? St. Paul's College at Vir
ginia State University
? Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity at St. Augustine's College
Hill
from page B1
make sure I knew how much
reporters aren't liked by most
coaches. And that may be true. I
was a player (unlike some of the
coaches who wrote me). So I
am very aware of a coach's rela
tionship with the media. And I
definitely understand that play
ers don't really like the media
unless they think the reporters
are going to write something
good about them.
I have a great relationship
with ALL the real coaches in
this city. And the ones who
don't like me probably don't get
much attention from me for
some reason or another. But the
coaches who know me don't
even come at me like a reporter
or whatever. Some of them treat
me like a former player or
friend. That's great. So I could
n't care less about what some
coaches think about me.
I found out that a number of
them thought I was out of place
when 1 was told by someone to
check out a message board on
ncpreps.com. I checked it out,
then laughed when I saw a mes
sage board full of remarks (both
good and bad) about me and my
column. So I decided to print
my own message board with A
FEW of the anonymous mes
sages from people that support
ed what I had to say.
Message one: "I saw your
article on Chip Petree and the
West team. To start off I want to
say that it was an excellent read.
I'm truly saddened at the state
the West football program has
been left in after the ousting of
Coach Stone. Secondly, I want
to apologize for any comments
made by Chip Petree. He does
n't represent West in its opinion
of you or your paper. You have
to realize that these were the
words of a man who wiggled his
way to the head coaching of
another man's team and has
seen the players refuse to give
him respect and have bickered
over being the leaders."
Message two: "Mr. Petree
has been a big disappointment
to many of us parents and play
ers. He is immature and very
arrogant. We have been in con
tact with Coach Stone and miss
him terribly. He may' have
yelled at the players but HE
CARED FOR THE BOYS. It's
hard to see that in Mr. Petree.
Thanks for your time."
Message three: "I, as well as
many others in the coaching
community, share the same feel
ings as you. I could share sev
eral stories with you that are
similar to the experience that
you had. You were right on tar
get with what you wrote."
Message four: "I read your
article.... I would have to say
that the success of West Forsyth
throughout the years was more
or less ... Dave McConnell. He
was the mastermind behind
West Forsyth's defense. Coach
Stone was a good head coach
but he also had a great assistant
in McConnell. Also, I attended
Reynolds, graduated in 1988. I
was also a member of the super
25 all city county football team.
1 applaud The Chronicle for its
coverage of sports in this area.
OK. That's enough. There
were so many e-mails received
on this matter. I even got one
yesterday (Wednesday) morn
ing. The best messages were the
ones I got over the phone,
though. But I truly didn't have
any intentions of starting such a
huge discussion. I just wanted
to state how 1 felt and move on.
Actually, the version of the col
umn that was printed was pretty
nice, 1 thought. You should've
seen the original column.
But obviously something
isn't right about Chip and the
relationship he has with the
people that are supposed to sup
port him - the West family. For
get about me. He needs to worry
about getting them on his side.
And that's what's up.
Nothing funny about Jokey
Joe "Jokey" Brown was tied
for fifth place in my list of top
10 football flayers in this city.
He's looking like he should've
been my second or third selec
tion. Well, I can't put him over
Ryan Taylor because he's still
money on the field too.
But Brown has really
stepped up his game. I mean, I
knew he was good. After all.
I've been covering the kid since
his junior varsity days. But he's
looking like the second-best
running back in Mt. Tabor histo
ry (second to Art Brown) right
about now. He scored four
touchdowns two weeks ago. and
he blazed Davie County for two
exciting scores last Friday
night.
I talked with Coach Bob
Sapp about Brown last week,
and he couldn't stop talking
about him. .That's how I felt
after watching the Spartans
down Davie County. I couldn't
stop talking about Jokey. And
then 1 began to wonder why
everyone called him Jokey
because there's nothing funny
about the way that kid plays.
The guys at West are going
to have a tough time slowing
him down tomorrow, and so are
the rest of the teams that get in
the way of the Spartans.
They're for real, and so is
Jokey.
Anthony Hill is the spurts
editor for The Chronicle. He
can be reached at 722-8624
(ext. Ill) or ahill@wschroni
cle.com.
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