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Panthers goal: Sweep
second half of season
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in our own little groove and that’s what we
did,” said tight end Michael Gaines.
‘We just worked hard and we wanted it and
finished everything that we do. It’s a sigh of
relief. We have to keep on working.”
When wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson
scored the first Panther touchdown of the
night, it seemed to energize the defense and
special teams for the rest of the night. But will
it carry over?
Steve Smith thinks so. “In the second half of
the season, we’re 1-0,” he said.
“We played better in the second half than we
have all year,” Johnson said.
Unlike the last game the Panthers played at
Bank of America where Dallas scored 25 unan
swered points in the second half, they kept the
pressure on defensively and made plays on
offense.
Comerback Ken Lucas said, “You have to be
focused for every challenge and we were very
focused this week. Anytime you win a game, it
doesn’t matter how you win it, it gives you con
fidence going into the next game. Hopefully we
can build on this.”
Lucas added that the Panthers are made up
to come out in the second half of the season and
play harder.
“Maybe that’s how we’re wired. We’re not a
team that when people expect us to do well we
start off fast,” Lucas said. “Once our back is
against the wall you’ll see our best begin to
come out.”
But the Panthers aren’t perfect.
They aren’t running the ball efficiently,
which is what made CaroMna nearly unstop
pable in the past. Running back DeShaun
Foster is averaging about 2 yards per carry,
though he did have one hig run in the second
half for 13 yards against Tampa Bay.
Foster said the Panthers are trying to get
back to that hard running team that thfey have
been.
“That’s what we preach aroimd here,” he
said. “We want to get back to the way we play
ball.”
The win against the Bucs gives Carolina a
second place tie with Atlanta, a game behind
division leader New Orleans.
On Sunday, the Panthers face St. Louis at 1
p.m.
Bulls to go bowling at home
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(11-0, 8-0) and
East Division
winner
Elizabeth City
State (9-2, 7-1)
earned bids to
the Division II
playoffs. That
left JCSU,
Virginia
Union (7-3, 5-2) and Bowie
State (5-5, 3-4). The Bulls
beat Union head to head.
“The most compelling thing
is going 7-3 and we beat
McNeill
Virginia Union,” McNeill
said. Those two variables
(gave) us a better chance.”
The Bulls also get a chance
to end the season on a high
note. After losing the regular-
season finale 52-7 at N.C.
Central, Smith has another
opportunity at an eight-win
season, which was last
accomplished in 1975.
‘No one wants to lose their
last game, whether it’s a
blowout or one point,”
McNeill said. “You want to go
all out and leave it on the
field. Winning the Pioneer
Bowl would be a great way to
go out.”
• Tickets are $15 in
advance by calling (757) 865-
0071 or calling JCSU ticket
office at (704) 378-1205; $20
at the gate.
• The Marriott Charlotte
City Center is the headquar
ters hotel. Call (800) 228-
9290 and ask for the Pioneer
Bowl block reservation.
On the Net:
Pioneer Bowl
wwwpioneerbowl.com.
Broadway’s light shines brightly
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happening in the ACC, well it
just ain’t happening, baby.
That’s not racism as much
as it is elitism.
Broadway could do the
same at, say. Grand Valley
State, one of the top D-II
teams in the nation, and it
wouldn’t matter. Oh, he
might get a few whiffs as an
assistant somewhere but
HNIC (Head Negro In
Charge)? Uh uh.
It was amusing to read that
some NCCU folks were ask
ing all Triangle football fans
to come out and support the
Eagles in their quest for a
perfect season. They meant
well, but they were wasting
their breath.
Did you check out the
response by a student govern
ment president at one of the
ACC schools in the local
paper. He said he didn’t even
know what NCCUs record
was and — if you read
between the lines - didn’t
care.
You honestly expect them to
be happy that some D-II
school is stealing an ounce of
their thunder in the media?
Broadway was asked dur
ing his weekly Tuesday press
luncheon at the Chicken Hut
if he felt any empathy for the
down season the three ACC
schools were having.
“I do feel for (Duke coach)
Tbd Roof because he’s a good
guy,” he said. “I also care
about my alma mater.”
He was too diplomatic. Why
should he give a kitty about
the troubles of coaches with
three times his athletic bud
get, twice the staff and mil-
lion-dollar facilities? You
think anybody called him
after his first year when the
Eagles went 4-6?
And caring about your alma
mater is not the same as root
ing for them, especially when
the head coach put you in the
unemployment line.
No, Broadway won’t be get
ting any head coaching jobs
in this area any time soon,
but don’t get your celebration
party ready just yet
Eaglelites. Broadway can still
leave, especially since his
contract has yet to be
renewed.
He is one hot commodity
and not every AD out there
has a clogged nose.
BONITTA BEST is sports editor
at The Triangle Tribune in
Durham.
JCSU tips off with pair of classics
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Victory Christian star Jerry Hollis - has
already earned a starting berth. The backcourt
of point guard Jerome Givens and preseason
all-CIAA pick Maurice Hooper return as
starters, and David Sanders, a key reserve at
center last season, moves into the starting line
up. With so many new faces in new places, the
Bulls have two days to make an immediate
impression in a field that includes CIAA rival
St. Paul’s and WVIAC champion West Virginia
State.
“You get a chance to duplicate your good
efforts or duplicate your bad efforts when you
play back to back games,” Joyner said. “It’s a
good opportunity to measure where we are.
josh’s women will also host a basketball
tournament at Brayboy this weekend.
The Queen City Classic field includes
Belmont Abbey against Wingate at 2 p.m.
Friday and Smith vs. crosstown rival Queens
at 6 p.m. Tickets are $8 and good for all four
games.
“Eight dollars for both tournaments,” Joyner
said. “It’s the best deal in town.”
The Golden Bulls women are preseason
favorites to win the CIAA West Division and
return four starters, including guard Ashley
Chase and Brittany Sumpter.
Riddick earns volleyball honors
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Johnson C. Smith outside hitter Desirae
Riddick has been named to the Daktronics
Atlantic Region volleyball second team.
Riddick, a senior from
Misawa, Japan, finished her
career as the Golden Bulls’ all-
time leader in kills with 1,320.
She was also named all-CIAA
and all-tournament. Riddick
and N.C. Central’s Shari
Matthews were the only CIAA
athletes named all-region.
ESPN The Magazine named
Riddick to the academic all-District 3 team,
making her the only CIAA player to earn the
honor. A business management major, Riddick
has a 3.75 grade point avei'age and will gradu
ate in May.
J.C. Smith men’s and women’s tennis coach
Riddick
James Cuthbertson has been named a cam
pus recreation sectional award winner by U.S.
Tfennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis
Association.
Cuthbertson earned the honor
for the southern region for his
work in implementing recre
ational tennis programs on cam
pus to grow participation in the
sport. The awards program cov
ers more than 2,000 coaches in
the NCAA’s three divisions,
NAIA and junior and communi
ty colleges.
Cuthbertson
• The Eastside Cleveland Browns and
Eastside Ohio State Buckeyes each com
pleted 8-0 regular seasons in the Charlotte
Youth Football League.
Players on the first-year teams range in age
from 7-12.
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