MK4C Football Roundup
A&T, S.C. State Picked To Win ME AC Championship
special To The Host
DURHAM, North Carolina
A 4 Τ and South Carolina
State finished the 1975 season
in a tie for first place in the
Mid-Eastern Athletic Confer
ence (MEAC) football stand
ings. Odd Enough, the same
two teams have been picked to
finish at the top of the stand
ings again for the 1976 season.
At the recent meeting of the
MEAC head football coaches,
the Aggies of Coach Hornsby
Howell were picked to win the
1976 MEAC football crown. In
the balloting South Carolina
State finished a close second
followed by Howard Univer
sity. The-results of the poll
taken among the coaches had
North Carolina Central in
fourth place followed by Mor
gan State, Delaware State and
Maryland Eastern Shore.
A & Τ has 42 lettermen
• returning from the "75 squad
which compiled a 5-1 league
£. mark and an 8-3 overall mark
Among the 42 monogram win
ners back are 18 starters, nine
on offense and nine of defense.
Leading the list of returning
lettermen on offense is the
... passing combination of quar
icruacK ciswonn lurner ana
split end Dexter Feaster, both
first team all-conference per
^ formers last year. As a sopho
more last year. Turner com
pleted 107 of 197 passes for
, ' 1,349 yards and 11 touch
downs. Turner, Who lead the
conference in passing and to
tal offense, had only 12 passes
intercepted a year ago. Feas
■f ter finished second in the
Ri league in pass receptions. The
D* 6-1 rising senior caught 29
£·- passes for 243 yards and one
>Y TD
With the loss of George
Ragsdale in the backfield, the
Aggies will count on running
back Gleen Holland and full
back Ron Scott to handle most
; of the running chores.
Up front A & Τ will have
tackles Wheeler Brown and
George Smalls, guard Ron
Aiken, center Joe Bloomfield
and Charles Roberts to open
up the holes.
Defensively, tackles Ron
Morgan and James Merrick
and ends Jerald Holland and
Arthur Boone anchor a solid
line. Linebackers Lewis Als
ton and Jerome Simmons are
capable in their positions
while defensive backs Iwry.
Bellamy and Howard Barrthil!'
head the delensive secondary.
South Carolina State, which
has won or shared the last two
MEAC football titles, has 30
lettermen returning from the
8*2-1 "75 team. The Bulldogs
lost four lettçrmen. including
three starters from the team
which represented the MEAC
in the Pelican Bowl last year.
S C. State has 19 starters back
• 10 on offense and_.nine on
defense The Bulldogs, known
for their outstanding defen
sive teams, have four first
team all-conference players
back.
A solid defensive team
which allowed only 38 yards
rushing and only 44 points in 11
games is anchored by tackle
Robert Sims. Sims has been
picked by some preseason
AU-American teams. Sims
made All-MEAC last year a
long with teammates line
backer Erone Edwards, cor
nerback Leonard Duncan and
safetyman Anthony Evans.
Other defensive starters
coming back are end Bobby
Moore, linebackers Charles
Haynes and Rudolph Bryant
and defensive backs Bruce
Jackson, Stanley Clinkscale
and Tommy Brown.
rtii-ΜΕ-Λ^ guard miner lm
xon anchors the offensive line
for the Bulldogs. Other states
returning on offense are cen
ter Arthur Prescott, tackle
Milton Glover, tight end Keith
Franklin, wide receiver Lewis
Pinkston, quarterback Tho
mas Prather and running
backs Charles Burgess and
Jackie Reed.
As a freshmen last year
Burgess rushed for 654 yards
in 121 carries for a 5.4 aver
age. Pinkston was the top-pass
catcher for S.C. State with 11
receptions for 181 yards and
one six pointer.
S.C. State's kicking game
should be adequate with Leroy
Mason handling the field goal
and extra point chores and
Anthony Evans doing the
punting. Mason was the first
team All-MEAC PAT, field
goal specialist. Mason kicked
21 extra points and added six
field goals to lead the Bulldogs
in scoring with 39 points.
Evans averaged 38.8 yards
per punt on 66 kicks to rank
second in the league last year.
Howard loet 17 players by
the graduation route from the
'75 team which compiled an
><Mr*ccrd Of the 17, 14 play· ■
Υοιιημ Finds
Young Generation
Eager To Work, Play
By James Cuthbertson
Post Staff Writer
What's happened this sum
mer at the Recreation Center
in Deri ta?
"Well the young generation
was eager to work and play,"
explained director Charles
Crump of 4423 Maridan Drive.
The biggest event in the
history of the community cen
ter occurred when Graylon
Wallace scored 31 points and
teamed with Gerald McAfee to
wrestle the North Mecklen
burg Summer League basket
ball title away irom Hunters
ville for the first time in the
league's history.
• The-program at the center
was sponsored by the Meck
lenburg County Park and Re
creation Commission and was
slow getting started. By the
end of the program over 200
youths had registered and the
average daily attendance was
100.
Sortie of the daily activities
included softball, horseshoe,
table tennis, volleyball, bad
minton, basketball, ring pool,
cards, checkers, and many
others said Crump.
"We had a special person
sponsored through the Meck
lenburg County Park and Re
creation Commission who
brought us many other activi
ties such as music, art. physi
cal education and nature stu
dy," added Crump.
The rudiments of a North
Mecklenburg summer softball
league was started as Derita
played Huntersville for the
first time
In reflecting on the sum
mer's success. Crump thanks
Richard McNeil and his assis
tant John Harris who directed
the gym in Derita for keeping
the basketball team coordina
ted
The gym was open from 8
a m until 4 every day and
from 6pm until 10 ρ m on
Thursday evenings
A big day for the Derita
youth this summer was Activi
ty Day
On thai riay tournaments
were held in the various areas
The winners were Konnie
Graylon Wallace
...Scored 31 points
Barnett and J"ff Alexander in
horseshoes. Grey McCauley
and Fitz McCauley in Table
Tennis, Curtis McCoy and
James Gaston in basketball
and Lori Land and Gary Alex
ander in Ring Pool.
The Director, Crump and ι
his assistant James Leepei
are looking forward to closing
out the program with a com
munity cook out where every
one in the community can take
part in all the activities of the
center. !
He thank) the Derita Com
munity for "giving us the -
support you have given/'
BATCH Host
W eateide Τ ennis
Tournament
The Westside Tennis Tour
nament will be held Septem
ber 3-5, at the West Charlotte
High School Tennis Courts
The tournament for Black
Association For Tennis In
Charlotte (BATCH) members
only will feature Charles Par
ker. Richard Jones, Hiram <
Jones. Alex Thompson. Kloyd
Young and the best of Char· j
loti«^J^nnis players
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Charlotte football players expected to play a
big role in the 1976 A & Τ football program
are. kneeling left to right, Art Steadman,
Terry Bellamy. Howard Barnhill; standing,
Photo by Joe Faust
Clayton Pride, Joe Crosby, and Dexter
Feaster. Bellamy and Feaster are All-Ameri
ca Candidates.
ers were starters.
On offense the Bison have a
solid line in All-MEAC perfor
mers center Dan Ambrose and
guard Keith Napier. Napier
will team with Talbert Hutton
to give Howard a pair of
strong guards.Ken Warren
will start at the wide end.
Quarterback Michael Banks
will be back for his senoir year
to lead the Bison offense. After
being named the offensive
player of the year two years
ago, Banks made the second
team All-MEAC team last
year. He completed 59 of 153
passes for 914 yards and 12
touchdowns. Sophomore Steve
Wilson will handle most of the
running chores for Howard
while James Brakefield and
Marco Mangum are slated for
duty in the backfield.
Top defensive players re
turning for Howard include
tackle Kevin Cunningham,
linebacker James Ball and
defensive backs Herm Redden
and Hulon Kemp.
North Carolina Central has
14 starters back this year
among the 25 lettermen re
turning Among the seven
starters back on offense are
quarterback Ricky Moore,
running backs James Law
rence and .Delacio Bartley,
tackle Darius Helton, center
Leroy Way, flanker Reggie
Smith and guard Nathan Mar
row.
Moore ranked third in the
conference in total offense last
year rushing for 200 yards and
passing for 616 yards. Bartley
carried the ball 74 times for
327'yards and will team with
Lawrence to give the Eagles
a strong running game.
All-MEAC free safetyman
Lewis Breeden will anchor a
steady defense for Coach Wil
lie Smith. Breeden will team
with Ray Irby in the secon
dary. Linebackers Aaron Whi
taker and Tom Lancaster
make the Eagles strong in this
department.
Along the defensive line tac
kles Bobby Miller and Randall
Evans and end Joseph Ballard
will fotm the nucleus for the
Eagles.
Henry 'Hank' Lattimore,
former assistant coach at
North Carolina Central and
Texas Southern, takes over at
the helm of the football forces
at Morgan State. Lattimore
will try to improve on the 4-5-1
record the Bears compiled
last year.
On offense Morgan has
some top players returning.
All-MEAC tackle William
Lighty tops the returning of
fensive linemen. Tight end
Larry Smiley and center Dave
McCleary were starters last
year. Allan Rose is expected
to give last year starting
quarterback Donnell Coleman
a run for the money at the
signal calling position. Cole
man was one of the top pass
ers in the conference last year
completing 50 of 129 passes for
616 yards and five TDs.
Lloyd McCleave was the top
rusher for the Bears last year
as a freshman. He ran for 565
yards in 116 carries and scor
ed five six pointers. He will be
joined by Nathan Munform in
the backfield.
Mark Durden made all con
ference last year as wing
back. Durden was the top pass
catcher in the MEAC last year
with 30 receptions for 503
yards. Smiley caught 15 pass
es for. 288 yards.
Some of the top defensive
players returning for the
Bears include end Alvis
Franks, linebacker Marvin
Charles, cornerback Joe
Fowlkes and safetyman Glenn
Thompson.
Morgan's kicking game
should rank as one of the best
in the MEAC. Junior punter
Steve Turpin has led the lea
gue in punting for the last two
years. Last year he averaged
just over 40 yards per punt on
59 kicks and was named the
all-conference first team pun
ter. Duane Danner made 14
extra points and added seven
field goals with his soccer
style kicking last year for the
Bears.
Edmund Wyche starts his
second season at the helm of
the Delaware State gridders.
Wyche's team finished 5-5 last
year. From that team of a
year ago 21 lettermen return
including 12 starters.
The Hornets will have six
starters back on offense. In
the offensive line, center Cald
well Cooper, guard Gregory
Coleman, split end Decesta
Brown and tight end Levi
Baptise are back. Quarter
back Andre Brown is back to
run the Hornet offense. He will
be joined in the backfield by
Lucious Goodwine and Antho
ny Jones.
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Crocker leads the list of defen
sive stalwarts coming back.
Defensive linemai urning
include Reggie · -ington
and Earl Goodma he de
fensive secondary η cap
able hands in An ι Dixon,
Walter Luten and 1 · / Bras
well.
Maryland-East Shore
went winless last ? η in ten
outings. The Hawks have
some top players returning.
Quarterback James LeSane is
back to guide the offense for
Coach Harold Gray. Junior
running back Clarence Wil
liams will lead the running
attack for the Hawks. End
Abie Pimento was the top
receiver for UMES a year ago.
Bruce Nichols will handle the
kicking game for the Hawks.
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