Chuval Truesdale
.Versatile athlete
Local Talents
Further NCCU’s
Gridiron Growth!
By James Cuthbertson
Post Sports Writer
North Carolina Central has been
lucky over the years by maintain
ing a cache of Southwestern 4A
Conference players who have fur
thered the growth of talent at the
Durham school by providing a talent
bank.
The Central Intercollegiate Ath
letic Conference member awarded
a football scholarship to Chuval
James Truesdale of Myers Park
High School for his exciting high
school exploits as a linebacker,
defensive back and place kicker for
Myers Park High School.
The 6’1”, 190 pounder is very
excited about going to North Caro
lina Central.
“I can’t wait,” he said, in re
ference to the August 11 reporting
date. "It is a dream that I have
always had to play college foot
hall.’’
The linebacker, who has experi
ence at tight end (sophomore year)
and defensive end (junior year), was
a terror in his senior year and one of
the reasons the Mustangs marched
unblemished through the South
western 4A Conference and into the
state playoffs.
He considers his best game as the
game with South Mecklenburg
Sabres in which, be sacked opposing
quarterback Stewart fcole five
times.
i was playing very well that
game,” he said referring to his
archrival. That was at his lineback
er position.
His best game at guard came
against Roxboro Person when he
“fired off the line quickly and
cleared the way.”
His best game kicking off was
against the Independence Patriots.
“I was recruited by Lawrence
Pettis,” he said. “We went up there
and coach Lattimore talked to us
and we really liked it."
_ Truesdale is the son of Mr. and
MnTS: T.Hu tchuis dT Hidden Valley *
and attended Cochrane Junior High
School.
To keep in shape during the
summer he has been running,
lifting weights and doing exercises.
MEAC Football
Luncheon Planned
Greensboro • The Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference will hold its
annual football press luncheon fea
turing the head coaches Friday,
August 3, from 11:30 a.m. until 2
p.m. in Greensboro, NC, at the
Hilton Inn-Airport in Forum Two
and Three. v
The MEAC coaches will highlight
the affair, offering their pre-season
expectations and predictions.
They welcomed new head mentor
Willie Jeffries of Howard Univer
sity, who holds the MEAC record for
most victories when he coached
South Carolina State College to a
50-13-4 slate from 1973-78. He is
'Jlafinitely no stranger to the Con
ference, having also been defensive
coordinator at NX. A AT St* UTUni
versity from 1987-71. Jeffries was
hsad-coarh nf Wichita State from
1979 until last season.
The other MEAC coaches are:
Larry Little of Bethune-Cookman
College; Joe Purzycki of Delaware
State College; James Phillips of
Morgan State University; Mo Forte
of N.C. AlrT State University; and
Bill Davis of S.C. State
Little is a former NFL All-Pro
guard, and guided the Wildcats to a
4-4-1 record in his debut last year.
Purzycki, who was a standout
defensive back at Delaware, has
made some positive strides in Ms
three years at Delaware State;
leading the Hornets to a 7-8-1 record
last season, the best since they
joined the MEAC. Forte is a former
professional runningback for St.
Louis, and looks to rebuild AAT’s
program. His teams have improved
over the past two seasons, and he
expects the third to be better. In five
years, Davis has won four conse
cutive MEAC titles, reached the
second rounds of the I-AA playoffs in
1981 and 1982, end won 44 of 57
games at SX State.
Bulls Turnaround Possiblities
> . . * • i
Appear Promising
By Phil Busher
Special To The Post
If ever a publicity campaign
came back to haunt a school,
Johnson C. Smith’s “Bruise Bro
thers” last year was a prime ex
ample. While the Golden Bulls of
" fense moved the bail up and down
the field finishing fourth overall
among 12 CIAA teams, the defense
finished a dismal tenth in the league
overall. The Bruise Brothers be
came the Bruised Brothers.
If the Golden Bulls hope to contend
for the CIAA South, they’ll have to
stop playing league doormat. A
turnaround possibility appears pro
mising, despite a young squad. Not a
single senior is slated to start.
The^ Bulls' prime prospects for
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respectability rests on the wide
shoulders of nose guard John Logan
and linebacker Craig Warren.
Logan. Second team All-CIAA last
year, was picked as a pre-season
selection by league coaches going
into his junior year. The East Gaston
native compiled six QB sacks and 82
tackles in 1983. More importantly,
Logan ties up his share of offensive
linemen, freeing linebackers to do
their job The defensive ends are
likely to be a pair of freshmen from
among three strong prospects com
ing in.
Linebackers will be a strength
Associated Press' second team All
American linebacker, Craig Warren
(a school record of 178 tackles in
1982) is anxious to make up for a lost
year. Veteran Charlotte native Billy
Banks (Myers Park) and Walter
Harris provide experience while
red-shirts Vernon Stowe and Jerome
McCoy add potential. Newcomer
Tony White will be worth keeping an
eyeon.. ..
The seconday will have to over
come not having worked together as
a unit before. Jarrius Moore, Ed
Lilly and Jackie Wilkes gained ex
perience last year. Wilkes, a grad
uate of West Charlotte, has been
moved to strong safety where he
scored high marks last spring for
Smith coaches. Another Charlot
tean Anthony Byers (East Meek.)
has walked-on after a year layoff
from football and captured a cor
nerback position.— —
Billy Banks
.Provides experience
"What were lacking in experi
ence. we make up in potential and
Jackie Wilkes
.....Moved to strong safely
leadership,'' appraised head coach
—Hiirarp Small_
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