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9B SPORTS/The Charlotte Post Thursday, September 12,1996 For the Week of September 10 through September 16. 1996 MILES TO GO Howard Sports Photo THEREALHUiCoach Steve Wilson leads Howard into MEAC battle with Hampton. T MILES SHOCKS SIAC, PLAYS FOR LEAD; HOWARD/HAMPTON IN DC CLASSIC UNDER THE BANNER WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS MOVIN' UP: Loyalty has paid off for Tommy Green. The Baton Rouge, La. native has been named to replace Ben Jobe as head basket ball coach at Southern Univer sity. Green, a Southern graduate and former All-SWAC performer during his playing days, was named to the position last week by Athletic Director Marino Casern just two weeks after Jobe left to take over the head coach ing duties at Tuskegee. Green has served as a Jaguar assistant Southern Sports Photo GREEN: Replaces Jobe as Jag's hoops coach, coach for ten seasons. START ME UP: Black College Sports Today begins its eighth season on ESPN this week (Thursday. 1:00 pm) with its 1996 kickoff show. The show, with game highlights, scores, standings and features will air each Thurs day at 1:00 pm following ESPN’s SportsCenter. Sam Crenshaw is back for his third season as host of the program. This week’s features include a profile of Fort Valley State head football coach Doug Porter, as well as a piece on the Tuskegee vs. Florida A&M matchup last week that brought former Central State coaching mates Billy Joe and Rick Comegy face-to-face. ANEW TORCH: J. Michael Wilson, a Mary land-Eastern Shore graduate and former sports information director at North Carolina Cen tral, continues his climb up the United States Olympic Committee ladder. Wilson, who had served as assistant director in the USOC Pub lic Information/Media Relations Office, has been named General Manager of the new USOC Olym pic Committee Visitor Center cur rently under construction at the Colorado Springs Olympic Com plex. The 20,475-square-foot Visi tor Center is scheduled to open in mid-October. Wilson, 31, wiiloverseethetourprogram, which welcomes about 100,000 visitorseachyear.theU.S. Olympic Hall of Fame exhibit and organizational meetings and community usage. '’Michael Wilson has been a key member of the USOC staff for the past two years and his communications skills and personality will be invaluable as we welcome everyone to the new Visitor Center," said USOC Executive Director Richard D. Schultz. THE STAT CORNER WHO ARE THE BEST PERFORMERS IN BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS K ■rv Iv NCCU Photo J. MIKE: Former NCCU SID takes on another challenge. HOW THEY DID IT RECAPS OF KEY GAMES FROM THE PAST WEEK - Before 27,006at Marshall Stadium in Huntington, WV Howard QB Ted White pul on a show in the Bison's 1996 debut. The 6-4, 220 sophomore riddled the top ranked defense in Div. I-AA fooib a year ago that returned nine starters, for 342 yards completing 16 of 30 passes and three touchdowns. Despite losing 55-2'. on the strength of White’s pinpoint pa.ssing the Bison only trailed 24-20 at the half, and pulled within 34-27 when he threw his third TD of the game to junior wideout MacArthur Johnson. Johnson broke the Howard single game yardage record with six catches for 216 yards. - New Tenne.s.see State coach L. C. Cole delighted Tiger fans in Nashville with a 24-14 upset of Middle Tennessee, ranked 18th in last week's Div. 1-AA poll. Since joining the Ohio Valley confer ence in 1988, TSU had defeated MTSU only once. TSU junior wideout Juan Hall hauled in seven passes for 134 yards and a touchdown and redshiri freshman QBTodd Valentine completed 10 of 23 passes for 158 yards and two 'FDs. - Preseason all-SIAC quarterback Michael Howard of Miles lived up to his advance billing engineering a 29-24 upset of Albany State one week after ASU upset the nation's top-ranked team. Howard completed 18 of 31 passes for 238 yards and four touch downs, three of those scoring tosses to WR Wayne Thomas who had seven catches for 123 yards. In the pre.season Miles was picked to finish ninth out of the ten-team SIAC. ASU RB Antonio Leroy tallied 155 rushing yards and scored a touchdown. - Virginia State came back from a 15-0 deficit to edge Johnson C. Smith 19-15 in Charlotte. All-conference performers (QB) Rodney Granger and (WR) Floyd Lanier did not play while star RB Bo Morgan played sparingly. Smith capitalized battling the Trojans on even terms before surrendering the lead in the final quarter. - Alcorn State added to Grambling and coach Eddie Robinson’s woes with a 31-6 drubbing of the G-Men at Grambling. CAZEEZ Communicalions. Inc. VOL IM, NO. 4 BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL (Standings, Results and Weekly Honors) SCORES Sept. 5 Abil. Christ. 30, Prairie View 14 Sept. 7 Alcorn St. 31, Grambling 6 Ark. Pine Bluff 33, Miss. Vail. 20 B-CC 23. Morris Brown 16 Delaware St. 66, Lock Haven 19 Eliz. City vs. Fayv. St. ppd. Florida A&M 56, Tuskegee 0 Georgetown (KY) 21, Ky. St. 19 Livingstone 40, Glenville St. 34 Marshall 55, Howard 27 Miles 29, Albany State 24 Morehouse 14, Ft. Valley St, 13 NC A&T 31, Winston-Salem St 7 NC Central 31, Card -Webb 14 Norfolk St. 20, Bowie St. 14 N. Alabama 47, Alabama A&M 0 NW Louisiana 27, Southern 10 Sam Houston 27, Central St. 20 Samford 28, Knoxville 13 Savannah St. 54, Va. Union 7 SC State vs, Chas. Southern ppd. Tenn. State 24, Middle Tenn 14 Tex, Southern 10, Alabama St. 3 Virginia St. 19, JC Smith 15 Athcetic Association CONF ALL W L T W L T Livingstone 2 0 Virginia State 2 0 Norfolk St 1 1 Fayetteville St 0 0 Winston SatemSt 0 0 Virginia Union 0 0 NC Central 0 1 JC Smith 0 1 Elizabeth City 0 1 Bowie St 0 1 ClAA PUYERSOFTHE WEEK OFFENSE PERNELL WILDER , Soph. (QB) • Livingstone Completed 15 of 27 passes for 318 yards and one touchdown and rushed 15 times for 74 yards and three touchdowns. DEFENSE CHRIS WATSON. Sr, (SS) - Va. State Had 10 tackles (7 solos, 3 assists) and had a pass break up in win over Glenville St. MEAC W L T W L T NC A&T Florida A&M Hampton Delaware State Beihune-Cookman Morgan State SC State Howard MEAC PUYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE TED WHITE. Soph., (QB) ■ Howard Completed 16 of 30 passes for 342 yards and three touchdowns (32,31 and 65) in loss to Marshall. DEFENSE MONTE KEY, Sr.. (P) • NC A&T Punted three times,for 56-yard aver age including 68-yarder that pinned WSSU near its goal line leading to A&T score W L T W L T Miles 2 Morehouse 1 Savannah St 1 Clark Atl Alabama A&M Mor Brown Albany State Kentucky St. Fort Valley Tuskegee SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE MICHAEL HOWARD, Sr. (QB) • Miles Completed 18 of 31 passes for 238 yards and four touchdowns (31, 46. 9, 14) in upset of Albany State. Also rushed six times for 48 yards. DEFENSE ROBERT CORKER, Soph., (LB) • Miles Had 12 total tackles, 10 solos, and one sack in win over Albany State. SWAC CONF W L T Texas Southern 2 0 0 Jackson Slate 10 0 10 ALL W L 2 0 Alcorn State 1 0 0 Miss Valley Southern Grambling Prairie View 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 Alabama State 0 2 0 SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE CEDRIC DOUGLAS, Sr. (QB) - Texas Southern Completed 13 of 28 passes for 234 yards in TSU's 10-3 win over Alabama State. Also rushed 10 times for 45 yards and scored the game's only touchdown, DEFENSE FRED HARPER, Sr„ (LB) Alcorn State Collected 11 tackles, six unassisted and five assists along with one sack and one tumble recovery. INDEPENDENTS W Ark-Pine Bluff 2 W V. State 1 Langston 1 Tennessee State 1 Central State 1 Cheyney 0 Benedict 0 Lane 0 Knoxville 0 BCSP PUYERSOFTHE WEEK OFFENSE ALONZO JOHNSON, Sr. (WR) • Cen tral State Caught another eight passes (after snaring eight in the opening week) this time for 180 yards and three touchdowns in 27-20 loss to Sam Houston State DEFENSE UMAR CARTER, Fr., (LB) Tenn. State Had blocked punt, five tackles, three for losses of 27 yards, including two sacks (-21 yards) in upset of I8th ranked Middle Tennessee Things are heatin' up Sports View Photo SHOCKER; Miles QB Michael Howard has staked the Golden Bears to the early SIAC lead. They entertain Morehouse Saturday. BCSP TOP TEN 1. HAMPTON (1-0) - Will find out if they belong here. NEXT: Howard at RFK 2. JACKSON STATE (1 -0) - Could be class of the SWAC. NEXT: Dangerous Tenn, St. 3. FLORIDA A&M (2-0) - No problem with Tuskegee. NEXT: Idle 4. VIRGINIA STATE (2-0) - Limping along without Granger & Lanier. NEXT: W. Chester 5. DELAWARE STATE (1-0) - Destroyed Lock Haven. NEXT; Battle at Liberty. 6. ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF (2-0) - Two up, two down. NEXT: Langston in Okla. City. 7. HOWARD (0-1) - Strong showing at Marshall keeps them in poll. NEXT; Hamp ton in DC 8. ALBANY STATE (1-1) - Up high to fall down low. NEXT; A week to think about it. 9. CENTRAL STATE (1 -1) - Stayed close to Sam Houston. NEXT: Grambling. 10. SOUTHERN (0-1) - Upset by NW Louisi ana. NEXT: Alabama State. LUT WILLIAMS BCSP Editor As the kids say, black college football is about to blow up! Just two weeks into the 1996 football season and signs indicate things are getting interesting. Take for example- Howard University - that may have the best young quarterback in the country in 6-4, 220-pound Ted White. Begin ning the season at traditional NCAA I-AA powerhouse Marshall, White showed the kind of poise and ski Ms reminiscent of former AJcom State QB Steve McNair and former Howard signal caller Jay Walker, both of whom now play in the NFL. This week he leads the Bison (0-1 -0) into battleagainsl MEAC preseason favorite Hampton (1-0-0) at the Washington DC Coca Cola Urban League Classic at RFK Stadium (Fri., Sept. 13, 8:00 pm). Hampton has some offensive weapons of their own in RBTynine Mayer and WR Michael Jenkins. This could turn into an old fashioned, high-scoring shootout. You would want to be there. Another example - take Miles College sig nal caller Michael Howard who led an improb able 29-24 upset of Albany State, the SIAC bully fresh off an upset of I-AA lop dog North Alabama. Howard threw four touchdowns in the game and now leads the Golden Bears at home against Morehouse (2-0-0) for the early confer ence lead. Albany State (1-1-0) meanwhile has to regroup against a Kentucky State (0-2-0) team that has suffered two two-point losses, including a 14-12 squeaker to Miles to open the season. Tennessee State (1-1-0) has played two games under new coach L. C. Cole and the Tigers have been in both. They fell to defending MEAC champ Florida A&M by a respectable 35-20 score in week one, and then brought un mitigated joy to their Nashville partisans by beating nationally ranked Ohio Valley Confer ence power and annual nemesis Middle Tennes see last week. Now they face the formidable task of doing battle with defending SWAC champ Jackson State in Memphis, at the Southern Heritage Classic (7:00 pm). The game will be carried live on Black Entertainment Television (BET). Who has le.ss problems, Grambling (0-1-0) or Central State (1 - NO) who face each other in the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mi (7:00pm)? Most of Centra! State’s problems may be off the field, where the institution is trying to stay afloat. Howard Photo WHITE: Howard QB shines at Marshall. Grambling, on the other hand, faces an internal investigation of coach Eddie Robinson's pro gram while the team struggles on the field. Their 31-6 season opening loss to Alcorn is the most uninspired opening game performance in years and does not bode well for the Tigers future. This could be a rout in CSU’s favor. Arkansas Pine Bluff (2-0-0) is showing why its looking to get back in the SWAC staging two early wins over quality opponents. The Golden Li ons have a date this weekend against fellow NAIA power Langston (1-0-0) in Oklahoma City (6:00 pm). Also Livingstone (2-0-0) puts its unblemished record and early CIAA lead on the line at Norfolk State (1-1-0). GAMES THIS WEEK Sept 13 DC Urban League Classic Howard vs. Hampton at Washington, DC (RFK) 8:00 Sept 14 Alabama A&M vs. Clark at Huntsville, AL 1 ;00p Benedict vs. Georgia Military at Columbia. SC 6:00p Bowie State vs. Johnson C. Smith at Bowie, MD 1:00p E. Tenn. St. vs. W. Virginia St. at Johnson City, TN 7;00p Eliz. City St. vs. WSSU at Elizabeth City, NC 7;00p Elon vs. N.C. Central at Elon, NC 7:00p Furman vs, S.C. State at Greenville, SC 1:30p Gardner-Webb s. Fort Vailey St at Boiling Springs, NC 7:00p Hardin-Simmons vs. Prairie View at Abilene, TX 2:00p Kentucky St. vs. Albany St. at Frankfort, KY 7;00p Langston vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Oklahoma City, OK 6:00p Liberty vs, Delaware St. at Lynchburg, VA Miles vs. Morehouse at Birmingham, AL Morgan State vs. Bethune-Cookman at Baltimore, MD N.C. A&T vs. Fayetteville St. at Greensboro, NC Norfolk State vs. Livingstone at Norfolk, VA Southern vs. Alabama State at Baton Rouge, LA Tuskegee vs. Morris Brown at Tuskegee, AL Union vs. Knoxville at Barbourville, KY Valdosta St. vs. Savannah St. at Valdosta, GA Virginia State vs. West Chester at Petersburg, VA Virginia Union vs. Cheyney at Richmond, VA West Alabama vs. Lane at Livingston, AL Western Illinois vs. Alcorn St. at Macomb. IL CLASSICS Operation Education Classic Central State vs. Grambling at Pontiac, Ml Southern Heritage Classic Tennessee State vs. Jackson Stateat Memphis, TN (BET) 7:30p 1;30p 1:30p 1:30p 7:00p 7:00p 2:00p 1:30p 2:00p 1:3dp 7:00p 1:00p 1:30p 7:00p 7:00p BCSP Notes COMPILED BY ERIC MOORE T Other outstanding performances in Week Two; ♦ Florida A&M wide receiver Robert Wilson snared nine passes for 144 yards in the win over Tuskegee. Wilson became the all-time reception leader in FAMU history and now has 150 career catches in his career. He needs 34 more receptions this year to break the MEAC mark held by former Howard flanker, Gary "The Flea" Harrell. ♦ l^ne running back Fred I^ne, black college football’s second leading rusher a year ago. got his first 100-yard game in a loss to Carson-Newman, Sept. 5. l.ane had 22 carries for 110 yards. ♦ FAMU.QB Oteman Sampson had his second consecutive 300-yard passing day completing 15 of 28 for 300 yards against Tuskegee. Samp.son also rushed for four TDs and threw for two scores, v T Prairie View A&M has placed Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Hensley Sapenter on suspension pending comple tion of an internal investigation regarding use ineligible players on the PVA&M football squad. Sources at the school indicate that Sapenter may have used ineligible players in the season opener against Texas Southern. Sapenter was reportedly informed of the players ineligibility but chose to use the players to shore up a young and thin offensive line. PV officials have informed the SWAC office about the invc.stigation and the reasons surrounding it. T Danny Doss has been appointed as the new supervisor of officials for the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference. Doss has served in a similar capacity for the Central Intercollegiate Ath letic Association. A new battle of the bands Letter to the Editor: Is there (or has there been) a consideration to add Black College Marching Band info to your sports page? Tm sure it would be a welcome addition to an already comprehensive web page. You all are doing a great job. Your arrival is long overdue. / realize marching bands don 7 constitute sports, but if you follow Black College football, you ’ll agree that the halftime "show” is a major attraction. If it sounds as though I’m partial to this cause, I am. Just this weekend, / travelled to Nashville (Tenn St/FAMU), then down the road to Birmingham (Jackson St!Ala St). ! got to see four EXCELLENT hands that were surely worth the price of admission. By the way, the games were good too!! See my point? Keep up the good work. Tpct3c(^aol.com While this reader was en- tertained by the halftime and post game activitiesof the bands in Birmingham, she couldn't have known what followed. As if on cue following her letter, the bands at Jackson State and Alabama State brought the kind of attention to black college bands that neither they nor she was seeking. After an intense MagicCity Classic battle in Birmingham (Sept. 1), between the South western Athletic Conference rivals (won by Jackson State 40-0), the two bands staged a po.st game battle, not involving any music, in the Legion Field parking lot. The result - according to official reports from the schools -four Alabama State band mem bers were treated for minor bruises and released. Uncon- SONIC BOOM The Alabama State/ Jackson State Band Melee made more noise than the bands ever did. firmed reports indicate that the incident began when memberf} of one band would not let the other pass. Tempers flared re sulting in the melee. An A.ssoci- ated Pre.ss story reported that a heavy police presence was re quired to quell the disturbance. Jackson State has issued an official statement displaying their regret for the incident and the negative publicity surround ing it. In that statement, JSU refers to the outstanding reputa tion of the JSU "Sonic Boom of the South" for musicianship. Alabama Slate officials said this week that band members of the Hornet Marching Band regret the incident and are taking steps to prevent a recurrence of the behavior.
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