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OROBefore Sundays season

opener, Bethune-Cookman coach Brian

Jenkins said the decision on who to start

at quarterback was a tough one.

Jamarr Robinson and his Wildcats

teammates made it look like a no-brain-

er as they stomped Prairie View A&M

63-14 in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge

before a Florida Citrus Bowl crowd of

17,337 and an ESPN national audience.

Robinson, a Maryland transfer,

rushed for two touchdowns and threw

for another as B-CU stormed out to a

42-7 lead at halftime matching the

school record for most point in twoquarters. The Wildcat offense also

racked up 318 total yards in the opening

half, nishing with an even 500.

Robinson totaled 251 yards passing

and 30 rushing before yielding to David

Blackwell after B-CU took a 49-7 lead

on the opening drive of the second half.

Isidore Jackson scored that touchdown,

his second of the game. Jackie Wilson

saw fourth-quarter action and led B-CU

to a pair of scoring drives.

It was a tight battle up to the very

end, said Jenkins about the competi-

tion to replace Mid-Eastern Athletic

Conference Player of The Year Matt

Johnson at QB. Were still condent

with the other guys, but we felt that Ja-

maar should be the guy.After Jarkevis Fields stuffed Prairie

View A&M on fourth down to end the

Panthers opening possession, Robin-

son made his rst impression quick and

memorable, leading the Wildcats on a

64-yard scoring march.

He completed all four passes on the

drive and capped off the drive with a

10-yard keeper that gave B-CU a 7-0

lead with 10:11 remaining in the open-

ing quarter.

I expected to come out quick, Rob-

inson said. It just felt good to be back

out there and to compete.

The punting game set up the next

two Wildcat scores Isidore Jacksons

1-yarder with 1:24 remaining in the

opening quarter and Robinsons second

rush as Patrick Harris made a 27-

yard return sparked by a Tavaris Bell

block and Nick Addisons blocked punt

return.

After that, B-CUs vaunted defense

made the most of its opportunities toscore as DJ Howard and Reggie Sandi-

lands returned Panther fumbles for two

of the Wildcats four touchdowns in the

second quarter.

Were selsh on defense, even

though were a family, Sandilands

said. We all want to make a big play.

Defense doesnt get to touch the ball

that often. We execute our plays - -align-

ment, assignment and technique is what

wins games.

Byron McLeod, one of eleven differ-

ent Wildcat receivers to catch at least

one pass, made it 42-0 on a three-yarder

from Robinson 5:09 before halftime.

The Panthers broke the shutout on

an 11-yard pass from Jonathan Troast

to Deandre Cooper with 3:45 remainingin the half. Still, six turnovers spoiled

the coaching debut of Heish Northern.

Bethune-Cookman nished plays

and we didnt, Northern said. Mis-

takes turned the game into a calamity

for us.

DanRyan,orlandosentinel.com

WILDCATS COAST, 63-14SCORESFOOTBALLSunday, September 4Bethune-Cookman 63, Prairie View A&M 14Kentucky State 39, Central State 21Morehouse 47, Miles 9Eastern Michigan 41, Howard 9

Saturday, September 3Johnson C. Smith 64, West Virginia State 27Virginia Union 27, Benedict 0St. Augustines 30, Catawba 5Winston-Salem State 22, Elizabeth City State 17UNC Pembroke 33, Fayetteville State 27Cheyney 21, Lincoln (Pa) 19Bowie State 28, Assumption 7Towson 42, Morgan State 3Florida A&M 28, Fort Valley State 22North Carolina A&T 38, Virginia-Lynchburg 7Delaware State 24, VMI 21Norfolk State 37, Virginia State 3Hampton 21, Alabama A&M 20Grambling State 21, Alcorn State 14Mississippi Valley State 41, Alabama State 9

Jackson State 42, Concordia 2Langston 19, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 12Lane 17, Edward Waters 10Albany State 37, Savannah State 34Stillman 16, Shaw 13Tennessee State 33, Southern 7Lincoln (Mo) 35, Avila 3Lamar 58, Texas College 0

Friday, September 2Georgia State 41, Clark Atlanta 7

Thursday, September 1Rutgers 48, North Carolina Central 0Central Michigan 21, South Carolina State 6Chowan, Livingstone 0

The loss of former head coach Johnnie Cole has not stopped experts from picking Texas Southern to repeat as SWAC Champion in 2011.

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THE YARD wEEK oF EPTEMBER 5TH PRO FOOTBALL

Saturday, September 3rd was not

only the ofcial start to the college foot-

ball season, it was also the deadline for

NFL teams to cut there rosters down to

53 players.

NFL Pro-Bowlers Nick Collins,

Robert Mathis and Eric Weems were

guaranteed to make roster spots. 2011Draft selections Kendrick Ellis, Frank

Kearse, Curtis Holcolm and Johnny

Culbreath had opportunities to come in

and ll team needs. It was great to see

undrafted free agent Raymond Web-

ber make the Tampa Bay roster even

though he is starting the season on in-

jured reserves due to an apparent ham-

string injury.

Note: List does not include players who

were selected to practice squads.

NFL Teams trim rosters down, HBCU Alums make cu

AFC EASTBuffalo Bills

Drayton Florence, CBTuskegee, 9th year

Miami Dolphins

Frank Kearse, DTAlabama A&M, Rookie

Kendall Langford, DEHampton, 4th year

New England Patriots

Tracy Wite, LBHoward, 9th year

New York Jets

Marus Dixon, DTHampton, 2nd year

Kendrick Ellis, DTHampton, Rookie

AFC NORThBaltimore Ravens

Ramon harewood, TMorehouse, 2nd year

Cleveland Browns

Marcus Benard, LBJackson State, 3rd year

Dimitri Patterson, CBTuskegee, 6th year

Pittsburgh Steelers

Isaac Redman, RBBowie State, 2nd year

AFC SOThHouston Texans

Jacoby Jones, WRLane, 5th year

Indianapolis Colts

Antoine Betea, SHoward, 4th year

Robert Matis, DEAlabama A&M, 9th year

Jacksonville Jaguars

Rasean Matis, CBBethune-Cookman, 9th year

Terrell Witeead, SNorfolk State, 2nd year

New York Jets

William hayes, DEWinston-Salem State, 4th year

NFC EASTDallas Cowboys

Jason hatcer, DEGrambling State, 6th year

New York Giants

Micael Coe, CBAlabama State, 4th year

Philadelphia Eagles

Jamaal Jackson, CDelaware State, 8th year

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, CBTennessee State, 4th year

NFC NORThDetroit Lions

Jonny Culbreat, TSouth Carolina State, Rookie

Justin Durant, LBHampton, 5th year

Sammie Lee hill, DTStillman, 3rd year

Green Bay Packers

Nick Collins, CBBethune-Cookman, 7th year

Donald Drier, WRAlcorn State, 13th year

Minnesota Vikings

visante Siancoe, TEMorgan State, 9th year

NFC SOThAtlanta Falcons

Eric Weems, WRBethune-Cookman, 4th year

Carolina Panthers

Cletis Gordon, CBJackson State, 5th year

New Orleans Saints

Junior Galette, DEStillman, 2nd year

Tampa Bay Buccaners

DJ Jonson, CBJackson State, 3rd year

James Lee, TSouth Carolina State, 4th year

Raymond Webber, WRArkansas-Pine Bluff, Rookie

NFC WESTArizona Cardinals

Greg Toler, CBSt. Pauls, 3rd year

San Francisco 49ers

Curtis holcomb, CFlorida A&M, Rookie

Seattle Seahawks

Tararis JacksonAlabama State, 6th year

St. Louis Rams

Ron Bartell, CBHoward, 7th year

B ThE NMBERS

7The number of pro football teams that do

not currently have players from histori-

cally black colleges and universities on

their 53 man roster.

Its also the number of BCUs that have

more than one player on gameday rosters.

ampton with 4. Bethune-Cookman, ow-

ard, and Jackson tate with 3. labama

&M, tillman and Tuskegee with 2.

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Kean Wallace, QB, Johnson C. SmithThe freshman recorded a total 391 yards on

offense (337 passing, 54 rushing) and ve

touchdowns in his debut.

Sonquez Nelson, DT, St. AugustinesThe sophomore recorded two sacks and two

interceptions along with eight total tackles,

one forced fumble and two pass break-ups.

Lincoln (Pa) WR Philleads the conference wi

and 146 receivin

RECEIVING Rec.

Juste-Jean,Lincoln, JR 13Taylor,JCSmith, SO 4

Poole,JC Smith, SR 5

Allen,FSU, SO 3

James,Bowie State, JR 4

Williams,WSSU , JR 4

Holland,Chowan , JR 6

Craig,Shaw , FR 6

Smith,St.Aug, SR 11

Hodrick,Chowan , SR 7

PASSING Comp-Att-Int

Wallace,JC Smith, FR 16-35-0

Cook,Lincoln, FR 30-47-2

Stover,Chowan, SO 19-30-1

Smith,WSSU, JR 18-29-0

Blumears,FSU , SO 12-36-0

Budd,BowieState, SR 14-24-0

Odom,Shaw , FR 16-30-1

Powell,ESCU , SR 22-41-3

Battle,VSU , JR 12-27-1

Hickman,VUU , FR 10-26-1

RUSHING Car.

Anderson,JCSmith, JR 13

Cooper,WSSU,SR 23

Washintgon,VUU, FR 58

McNeill,ECSU, JR 40

Smalls,Chowan, JR 17

Williams,Chowan, FR 17Bailey,FSU, SO 17

Wallace,JCSmith, FR 7

Blumears,FSU, JR 10

Stover,Chowan, S0 12

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COUMBI, CVirginia Union Uni-

versitys Cheston Hickman passed for

185 yards and three touchdowns as

VUU downed Benedict College 27-0 in

Columbia, S.C., on September 3. It was

the second consecutive shut-out for the

Panthers.

Hickman connected with Matias

Parker for scoring strikes of 16 and 43

yards and then hooked up with Stephen

Templeton for a 14-yard touchdown

pass. Hickman 9-for-20 on the days.For his efforts, Hickman was awarded

the Andre Braxton Player of the Game

Trophy.

VUUs Antonio Harris also picked up

a fumble and rambled 58 yards for an-

other score.

The shut-outs against Saint Augus-

tines last week and now Benedict mark

the rst back-to-back shut-outs for VUU

since the 1985 squad held Saint Pauls

College, Kentucky State University and

the University of the District of Colum-

bia scoreless in three straight games.

It also marks the rst time VUU has

started the season with two straight

shut-outs since 1964. That team shut-

out Norfolk State University 7-0 and

then defeated Shaw University 10-0.VUUs Brian Gurley and Brian Smith

had an interception apiece while senior

Caesar Burton had nine tackles in the

win.

Virginia now faces Winston-Salem

State University on September 10 at 7

p.m. in Hovey Field.

vuusports.com

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NOTh Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Virginia Union 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000Bowie State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Chowan 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Virginia State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000Lincoln (Pa) 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Elizabeth City St. 0 1 .000 0 2 .000

SOTh Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

J. C. Smith 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

WSSU 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Fayetteville St. 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Livingstone 0 0 .000 0 1 .000Shaw 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

St. Augustines 0 1 .000 0 1 .000

Thursday, September 8Fayetteville State at Carson-Newman

Saturday, September 10

Virginia State at West Virgina StateBenedict at Bowie StateSt. Augustines at New HavenJohnson C. Smith at BrevardLivingstone at Elizabeth City StateLincoln at Kentucky StateShaw at Delaware StateChowan at UNC PembrokeWinston-Salem State at Virginia Union

CROTTThe Johnson C. Smith

University football ignited with a 64-27

season opener win against West Virginia

State University on Saturday afternoon

inside the Irwin Belk Complex. J.C.

Smith is 1-0 for the rst time since their

24-0 season opening win over Edward

Waters in 2007; prior to the coaching

leadership from Steven Aycock.Believe it or not, this game started

off a little shaky for the Golden Bulls.

With just two plays, the Yellow Jackets

had put a touchdown on the scoreboard.

After a rush for no gain, Ricky Phillips

connected with Ervin Kent for a 74 yard

touchdown reception for a 7-0 WVSU

lead. It would be the last time Johnson

C. Smith trailed in the game.

The Golden Bulls did not inch af-

ter the oppositions score; they calmly

put together a drive down the eld with

three rst downs. This drive was led

and capped off by freshman quarter-

back Keahn Wallace (Homestead, FL)

with a seven yard TD pass to sophomore

receiver Avius Capers (Charlotte, NC).

Senior defensive tackle Rashad Dukes(Charlotte, NC) put in some work with

two tackles on a three and out on the

next WVSU possession.

Yet another freshman came up big,

this time receiver William (B.J.) Trim-

ble (Fayetteville, GA) returned a punt

70 yards to the house for a 14-7 JCSU

advantage. West Virginia State managed

to produce another score on the follow-

ing drive off a 25 yard touchdown rush

from LeFloyd Phillip.

Wallace completed a 55 yard touch-

down reception to sophomore Daniel

Taylor (West Columbia, SC), but the ex-

tra point attempt failed resulting in a 20-

14 JCSU lead. The Golden Bulls forced

another three and out on defense; then

Wallace marched the offense down theeld. Junior running back Dedrick An-

derson (Winston-Salem, NC) gained 45

yards on the drive including a 27 yard

sprint for a touchdown.

Before closing out the rst quarter

(thats right, the rst quarter), Ander-

son was back in the end zone for JCSU

off a 13 yard run. Johnson C. Smith led

34-14 after the rst quarter. The Golden

Bulls led by no less than 23 points (44-21

second quarter) for the remainder of the

contest.

Johnson C. Smith was ahead 44-21 go-

ing into halftime; just four points shy of

tying the record for most points scored

in a half (49 in 1964 vs. Livingstone) in

school history.

Wallace made an impressive debut

with 337 yards off 16-25 passing with

four touchdowns. He also rushed for 54

yards and scored once on the ground.

His targets, senior receiver Rico Poole(Atlanta, GA) with ve catches, 121

yards, and a TD; also Taylor, who

capped his day with two touchdowns

and 139 yards off four receptions.

The ground game was clicking for J.C.

Smith as well as Anderson rushed for 156

yards and two TDs off 13 carries. Senior

defensive end Derrick (Deuce) Johnson

(Charlotte, NC) recorded four and half

tackles (three solo) and a sack. Junior

linebacker Michael Coats (Greenwood,

SC) chased down ball carriers with four

tackles.

It feels good to start the season like

this, these guys came onto the eld

ready to win and they played that way

throughout, said head coach Steven

Aycock. The credit goes to my team for

their execution and my entire coaching

staff for preparing these guys for a vic-

tory. We have a few things we still need

to work on, and we will, and we cannot

lose focus its still one game at a time.

The Golden Bulls will take this show

on the road next week as they travel to

Brevard, NC to face Brevard College onSaturday, September, 10th. Game time

is slated for 2:00 p.m. on Tornadoes

Field.

goldenbullssports.com

Golden Bulls bust open WVSU

Behind freshman quaterback Keahn Wallace (1), the Golden Bulls got their first season opening victory since 2007.

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Lewis Kindle, QB, North Carolina A&TKindle threw for a career-high 341 yards and

four touchdowns on 14-for-23 passing against

Virginia-Lynchburg.

Nate Clay, LB, Savannah StateThe senior made 18 total tackles (8 solo) i n the

Tigers loss to Albany State.

Florida A&M QB Austinfor 348 yards and 2TD

victory over Fort V

RECEIVING Rec.

Miles,NC A&T,SR 7Elliott,FAMU,SR 6

Lackey,SavState, SO 3

Wilson,DelawareState,JR 6

Lewis,NC A&T,JR 3

Cook,Sav State, SO 3

Tarpley,DelawareSt,JR 5

Francois,B-CU, SR 4

Garrett,Norfolk, JR 7

Lennon,FAMU, FR 2

PASSING Comp-Att-Int

Trainor,FAMU,SO 19-33-1

Kindle,NC A&T,FR 14-23-0

Defilippis,SavState, SR 15-34-0

Walley,Norfolk,SR 25-29-0

Elko,DelawareSt, JR 17-32=0

Blackwell,B-CU, SO 25-36-0

McGhee,Howard, FR 15-27-1

Legree,Hampton, SR 9-20-1

Johnson,NCCentral, SR 10-25-2

Wiley,SCSU, JR 12-26-0

RUSHING Car.

Chisholm,Hampton, SO 25

Legree,Hampton, SR 14

Jones,DelawareSt., SR 18

Scott,B-CU, JR 8

Hedgeman,Norfolk, JR 12

Mayhew,NCA&T, JR 8Jackson,B-CU, SO 9

Lefall,Howard, SR 8

Burgess,NCAT, SO 13

Brooks,MorganState, SR 15

MEAC

MEAC

Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

B-CU 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

NC A&T 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Norfolk State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Florida A&M 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Delaware State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000Hampton 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Savannah State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Howard 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

SC State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Morgan State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000NC Central 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Thursday, September 8Florida A&M at Hampton

Saturday, September 10Morehouse at HowardSavannah State at Southeastern LouisianaNorth Carolina Central vs. Central StateNorth Carolina A&T at Appalachian StateSouth Carolina State at Bethune-CookmanShaw at Delaware StateMorgan State at Bowling GreenNorfolk State at West Virginia

GRBORO, CThere was great

anticipation surrounding three men

on Saturday. First, there was North

Carolina A&T head football coach Rod

Broadway. How would the Aggies, who

havent had a winning season in seven

years, look under a man who has done

nothing but win during his career?

Second, there was quarterback LewisKindle. After sitting out an entire sea-

son with an ACL injury in 2010, was he

ready to lead the Aggies offense? Finally,

there was local do-it-all athlete Ricky

Lewis. With more playing time, could

he dazzle Aggie fans the same way he

dazzled Greensboro Dudley fans during

his prep career?

All three men did not disappoint

the Aggie faithful on Saturday as N.C.

A&T defeated Virginia University of

Lynchburg 38-7 at Aggie Stadium. It

was Broadways rst win as Aggies head

coach as his offense posted 431 yards

and his defense held the Dragons to mi-

nus-16 yards rushing.

Kindles numbers were also impres-

sive. He threw for a career-high 341yards and four touchdowns on 14-for-23

passing. It was the fourth-best passing

performance in school history. Lewis

added a career-best 100 yards receiv-

ing and two touchdowns on three recep-

tions. Not to be forgotten, senior Wal-

lace Miles nished with a career-high152

yards and a touchdown on seven catch-

es.

Its great to have an athlete like

Ricky Lewis to throw to, said Kindle.

It makes my job a lot easier. He knows

how to get open and do great things with

the ball.

Lewis, who also doubles as the Kin-

dles backup, got the Aggies on the board

midway through the second quarter.

Kindle led Lewis perfectly on a crossingroute that Lewis caught at the VUL 40-

yard line and sprinted to the end zone

for the score. A Jose Garcia-Camacho

20-yard eld goal were the only other

points the Aggies put on the board in the

rst half.

N.C. A&T had a tough time gur-

ing out the Dragons because there was

no lm on the team. In fact, it was the

Dragons rst game played in more than

70 years. But the feeling out process was

a lot easier in the second half. On the

rst play of the half, Kindle found Miles

open for a 52-yard touchdown pass.

Eighteen seconds later, Dragons quar-

terback Emmanuel Yeager fumbled at

his own 1-yard line, setting up a 1-yard

touchdown run from Kindle that gave

N.C. A&T a 24-0 lead. The Aggies third-

quarter scoring continued as Kindle

lofted up a pass to Lewis for a 34-yard

score.

Rick is a ball player, said Broad-

way. He can do so many things, and he

can do so many things well. You wouldlike to have four or ve of those guys. He

would be unbelievable if we could put

him in one position and leave him there,

but because of our lack of numbers we

have to put him at running back and

quarterback and wide receiver too.

Lewis also returned three punts on

Saturday. But despite the stellar play

from Lewis, Kindle, Miles and the Aggies

defense, Broadway wasnt all smiles. He

was bothered by the Aggies six turnovers

(all on fumbles) and 75 yards in penal-

ties.

Well take the win, he said. Well

enjoy it. Then we need to get back to

work on Monday because weve got to

get a lot better. Six turnovers are unac-

ceptable in anyones league.

The Aggies head to Boone, N.C., next

week to face Appalachian State at 3:30

p.m. The Mountaineers, a top 5 team

in Division I-FCS, lost to Division I and

13th-ranked Virginia Tech 66-13 on Sat-

urday.

Sophomore linebacker Tony Clodfel-ter led the Aggies defensively with six

tackles, one sack and two fumble recov-

eries. Junior linebacker Brandon Hover

added six tackles and a quarterback

hurry..

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Lewis Work For A&T

Senior receiver Wallace Miles had 152 yards re ceiving and a touchdown on Saturday.

NORTHCAROLINAA&TSPORTSINFORMATION

TThe Florida A&M

Rattlers had all they could handle with

the scrappy Fort Valley State Wildcats.

They held off the Wildcats 28-22, to

start the 2011 season 1-0. In the end, an

alert Lenworth Lennon, took a pass that

ricocheted off the hands of Kevin Elliot,

and scampered 68 yards for the game-

winning score.While the Rattlers offense was feel-

ing out new personnel in various key

positions, the Wildcats performed like

a well-oiled machine. The Rattlers will

have to correct the errors and be ready

for a short week, as they face their rst

MEAC foe of the season in the Hampton

Pirates in just ve days. The Pirates are

coming off an exciting 21-20 victory over

Alabama A&M, in the Chicago Football

Classic.

Starting quarterback Austin Trainor,

threw for 170 yards in the rst half, on

8-for-17 passing. He ended the game

passing for 348 yards. Running back

Eddie Rocker, led the ground attack

with 24 yards rushing in the game. He

scored the rst FAMU touchdown of2011 on a 17 yard slashing run.

Elliott, led the Rattlers with 137 yards

receiving, including a spectacular 40-

yard touchdown run after catch. Elliott,

caught six passes for a 22.83 yards-per-

catch average.

Defensively, Greg Harvey led the Rat-

tlers with eight total tackles (6 solo, 2 as-

sisted). John Ojo, had six tackles and

two interceptions.DJ Folsom, held down

the middle for the Rattlers with ve

tackles.

The Wildcats were led by led by quar-

terback Antonio Henton, who went

7-for-18 for 139 yards in the rst half.

Henton, connected on a 73-yard bomb

to Christopher Slaughter for the rst

score of the game. Denzel Wesley, led theWildcats with just 7-yards rushing in the

rst half.

In the second half, the Wildcats came

to life, with a resilience of a team with

nothing to lose. Henton, came back af-

ter an injury sidelined him, to pass for

299 yards total. Rashad Johnson, led

the Wildcats in rushing with 30 yards in

the game.

The Rattlers used a running back-by-

committee approach as Rocker, Lavante

Page and Jordan Stanley saw action out

of the backeld.

In the end, the Rattlers would pre-

vail, but with work to be done to elimi-

nate mistakes. The Rattlers were penal-

ized 19 times for 207 yards. The errors

were costly, as they allowed the Wildcatsto continue drives.

The Rattlers will review lm on Sun-

day and prepare for a Monday practice

and an altered preparation sechedule as

they y to Hampton, Va. on Wednesday

for the Thursday night game on ESPNU.

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Eddie Rocker runs for a first quarter touchdown in their 28-22 victory against Fort Valley State.

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2003The last time SC State started a season 0-2.

It could very well happen again this year. The

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CROTTStanley Jennings has

led Albany State up and down sand

dunes, in and out of huddles and to the

top of the HBCU world.

However, the senior quarterback

may have saved his greatest moment for

Saturdays Music City Classic in Macon

against Savannah State.

In the season opener for both teams,Jennings led the Rams 63 yards in the

nal 45 seconds for a game-winning

score, capping off the drive with a 12-

yard rushing touchdown that gave Al-

bany State a come-from-behind, 37-34

victory.

Thats too much time they gave us. I

was just keeping composure, Jennings

said about the nal drive. I always had

faith (that we could comeback).

Albany State improved its record

against Division I Savannah State to 43-

16-2, but Rams coach Mike White said

he was just happy to escape with the vic-

tory.

I told them I would rather go back

and correct our mistakes with a win

than go back with a loss, White said.We will take the win and go further. As

I have been saying all along, this team

has a long way to go.

In what turned out to be a wild nal

two minutes that saw 22 points put on

the board, Albany State and its quarter-

back stayed poised.

The Rams started that nal drive with

two timeouts and immediately came out

ring. Jennings connected with Mark

Bell for a 14-yard pass and then hit Oc-

tavius Staton on a 38-yard pass to put

the Rams 12 yards away from the end

zone.

The Rams next two plays were incom-

plete passes, setting up a third down

with 24 second left in the game.

And there was only one man the Ramscould go to in that situation. On a de-

signed quarterback draw, Jennings took

the ball up the middle, avoided a series

of tacklers and crossed the goal line with

19 seconds on the clock.

I was thinking, dont let nobody

catch me, said Jennings, who threw

for 240 yards and two touchdowns and

ran for 25 yards and a score. I had to

show my O-linemen I wasnt slow. I told

them that the defense needed us. We had

them on our shoulders the whole time, so

we needed to come through for them.

When Albany State jumped out to

a 19-0 lead, it looked as if the Rams

would roll to their 15th straight win in

the 80-year rivalry. But Savannah State

had other ideas, scoring 27 of the next

30 points and taking a 27-22 lead with

11:29 left in the game.

Albany State retook the lead with 1:20remaining when starting running back

Darryl Carey pounded in a six-yard

rushing touchdown. Jennings connected

with Darius Nelson on the ensuing two-

point conversion to give the Rams a 30-

27 lead.

We wanted it, we expected it and

we believed, said Carey, who nished

the game with 51 rushing yards and two

touchdowns. Lets talk about that of-

fensive line. They fought. Without them,

I couldnt have done anything. They

kept ghting. Stanley kept ghting.

But Savannah State and its rst-year

head coach Steve Davenport had an an-

swer.

Tigers quarterback A.J. DeFilip-

pis completed a 45-yard pass to Byron

Leggett, and then hit Dylan Cook for a

25-yard touchdown pass that put Savan-

nah State on top, 34-30.Savannah States lead lasted just 32

seconds before Jennings game-winning

touchdown.

Albany State did a hell of a job of ex-

ecuting their offense, Davenport said.

We would have loved to make one big

play and get the ball back and sit on it

for the rest of the game. But you have

to tip your hat to the guys who were ex-

ecuting.

It was all Albany State to start the

game.

Jennings oated a 20-yard pass over

the left shoulder of Ronnie Tubbs in the

corner of the end zone on the Rams

opening drive, giving Albany State a 6-0

lead six minutes into the game.

Touchdowns on a 1-yard run by Car-

ey and an 11-yard pass from Jennings to

Staton gave the Rams a 19-0 lead with 13

minutes left in the second quarter, andit looked as if Albany State had picked

up right where it left off after last sea-

son when it nished 11-1 and was named

SBN Black College national champions.

I was feeling composed, calm and

collective, Jennings said of his rst-

half play. But I think we got a little too

relaxed. We were guring we were going

to blow them out.

Albany States complacency showed

on the opening kickoff of the second

half. Davenport surprised the Rams

with an onside kick, which Savannah

State recovered.

The Tigers turned that recovery into

a 26-yard eld goal by Derek Williams,

who had also hit a school-record 52-

yard eld goal in the second quarter.Albany States Tory Torstenson hit a

40-yard eld goal on Albany States next

possession, but that was one of just a few

bright spots for the Rams special teams,

which had a eld goal and punt blocked

and missed two extra points.

We didnt expect (the onside kick),

but we work on that all the ti me, White

said. It should not have happened. We

do the same thing to our coverage team

all the time, so we will have to go back

and look at the lm. The blocked punt,

all the missed PATs, just a lot of spe-

cial teams break downs today. We had

enough mistakes on special teams to last

us the entire year.

After Torstensons eld goal, Savan-

nah State scored the next three touch-downs of the game a 5-yard pass from

DeFilippis to running back Justin Babb,

a 9-yard blocked punt return by Regi-

nald Givens and a 64-yard pass from

DeFilippis to Lackey.

DeFilippis threw for 315 yards and

three touchdowns, while Babb led the

Tigers rushing attack with just 37 yards

on 16 carries. Lackey was Savannah

States leading receiver with 115 yards

and three catches.

Weve got some positives, Daven-

port said. Obviously, the pain of the

loss is still kind of fresh right now. I

am proud of the guys, proud of the way

they fought. We just have to gure out a

way to get over the humps and win the

games.Staton was ASUs top receiver with 85

yards and ve receptions, while Tubbs

had three catches for 44 yards and

Janell Jones had three catches for 30

yards.

ASU plays again at 7 p.m. Saturday at

home against Wingate in the Dr. Joseph

Winthrop Holley Memorial Game.

JohnMillikan,savannahnow.com

Savannah State battles to the end in loss

Tiffany Haywood (51) carries a teammate around the court as she and her teammates celebrate a victory.

SIAC

East Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Albany State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Morehouse 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Benedict 0 0 .000 0 1 .000Clark Atlanta 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Fort Valley State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

West Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Kentucky State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Lane 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Stillman 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Tuskegee 0 0 .000 0 0 .000

Miles 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Saturday, September 10Benedict at Bowie StateMorehouse at HowardSt. Augustines 63, Chowan 59Lincoln (Pa) at Kentucky StateLane at Clark AtlantaDelta State at Fort Valley StateWingate at Albany StateConcordia-Selma at MilesStllman at SamfordLangston at Tuskegee

KU Daytassic39-21

TO, OKentu

control early and never

they dominated Centra

front of 6,539 fans at th

in Dayton, OH.

The Thorobreds go

early in the rst quar

Noland hit Justin Willia

touchdown pass with 1

KSU would take a 12-

time after a pair of 27-

from Cade Berryman.

With 6:25 remainin

quarter, Noland hit Ra

a 5-yard touchdown pa

lead.

Central State would

a 5-yard touchdown frey Brooks to Steven

came right back with a

down pass from Noland

rst play of their next

Thorobreds a 26-7 lead

Just nine seconds

quarter, KSU running

Ramsey would break a

down run to make the

tral State would answer

fensive play when Broo

for a 60-yard touchdow

KSUs Noland wou

out of reach with his fo

pass on the day, this ti

Churchill for a 36-yard

Noland, who was na

most valuable player, copasses for 218 yards and

also rushed for 55 yard

KSU running back And

all rushers with 130 yar

and a touchdown.

Central States Dari

game-high 13 tackles

Lewis led the Thorobre

Maroon Tigers roll inLabor Day Golden Classic:Morehouse College made thingslook easy as they dominated MilesCollege, 47-9, in the 5th AnnualLabor Day Golden Classic at historicLegion Field in Birmingham, AL.Byron Ingram (above) threw for 167yards and a touchdown while alsorushing for 58 yards on 10 carriesand two scores while Derrick Hector

had a game-high seven catches for66 yards.

JEFFROBERTS/BIRMINGHAMNEWS

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FOOTBALLTHE YARD wEEK oF EPTEMBER 5TH

BIRMIGM, Doug Williams has

one goal get his Grambling State foot-

ball team back to Birmingham, Ala., for

the Southwestern Athletic Conference

Championship Game in December.

The Tigers took the rst step toward

there Saturday night, defeating Alcorn

State 21-14 in the Port City Classic at

Independence Stadium.

While Williams was pleased to have

opened the season with a victory, he saw

room for improvement.

We were bad on third down, he

said. We had a couple of dropped balls

on third down and a couple of situations

where (quarterback) D.J. (Williams)and the clock management got away

from him. Im going to chalk that up to

freshman jitters. Certainly third down

is a major part of our game we need to

work on.

Two things likely pleased Williams.

One was the play of D.J. Williams,

who threw for 161 yards and two touch-

downs without committing a turnover in

his rst college start.

It was a great game for D.J. to grow

up in a pressure cooker, Doug Wil-

liams said of his son.

No turnovers, two TD passes, two

big TD passes, well take that.

The other was his teams mind-set.

Like their head coach, the Tigers (1-

0, 1-0) were happy with the result but

just as hard on themselves as their coach

was.

I give him a C, wide receiver Ma-

rio Louis said of D.J. Williams perfor-

mance.

Hes very critical of himself. Very.

Despite only working with D.J. Wil-liams since the spring, Louis proved

just how far their relationship has come

as Williams also gave his rst start a C

grade.

The pairs on-eld chemistry was

evident as they connected on the score

that put the Tigers ahead for good a

7-yard fade route that Lewis caught in-

side the right rear pylon with 5.6 sec-

onds left before halftime.

The GSU defense also put on a chem-

istry lesson, one that was brought on by

a couple of injuries.

After a strong rst -half performance,

the Tigers front seven was decimated

by nagging injuries that forced defensive

coordinator Clifford Yoshida to become

a puzzle master. He found enough pieces

to t and the Tigers summoned one last

big play as Cliff Exama and Joshua Gen-

try stuffed Alcorns Reuben Duckworth

on a fourth-and-1 from the GSU 30 with

3:21 to play.

We just thought we had to make a

real big contribution, Yoshida said.We didnt contribute very much in the

second half. I thought we played well

after that (a 53-yard Brandon Bridge

touchdown pass). We had some injuries,

but thats no excuse. We had to patch-

work things in there.

JasonPugh,shreveporttimes.com

Grambling sees room forimprovement after win.

The Matthews Family Reunion ended with the older of the two cousins, Williams, winning a close one.

SWACEast Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Alabama State 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000Jackson State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000

Alabama A&M 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Alcorn State 0 1 .000 0 1 .000

MVSU 0 1 .000 0 1 .000

West Conference All Games

W L PCT W L PCT

Grambling State 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000

Texas Southern 0 0 .000 0 0 .000

UAPB 0 0 .000 0 1 .000PVA&MU 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Southern 0 0 .000 0 1 .000

Saturday, September 10Alabama State at Eastern MichiganMurray State at Mississippi Valley StateAlabama State at SouthernTennesee State vs. Jackson StateGrambling State at Louisiana-MonroePrairie View A&M at Texas Southern

ITT B, MNick Andrews caught

a career-high 10 passes for 104 yards

and a career-high three touchdowns as

Alabama State defeated Mississippi Val-

ley State 41-9 in the season opener for

both teams at Rice-Totten Stadium.

Alabama State (1-0, 1-0 in South-

western Athletic Conference) trailed

6-0 early before the offense got in gear.

QB Greg Jenkins threw three rst-half

touchdown passes to Andrews, whose

explosive night moved him up the Hor-

nets career receiving charts.It was the rst-game jitters, head

coach Reggie Barlow said of his teams

slow start. You never know how these

guys will come out and play in the rst

game. We got off to a slow start, but once

we got settled in and started playing, we

played the way we know we can play. We

were able to score some points and were

excited about that.

Andrews caught touchdown passes of

36, 5 and 8 yards in the rst half as the

Hornets led 21-6 at halftime. He is now

second all-time in receptions (134), sev-

enth in receiving yards (1,772) and fth

in touchdown receptions (20).

Its a blessing to have such a big

night, Andrews said. Im just glad to

have the opportunity to play with these

guys and they got me the ball often to

score three times tonight.

The ASU defense forced seven take-

aways in the game and kept the DeltaDevils out of the end zone.

Whenever you can get not only seven

of them, but start the season off +7 (in

turnover ratio), thats outstanding,

Barlow said. To get that many is a great

start to the season and we want to con-

tinue that.

QB Garrick Jones rushed 14 times for

113 yards and passed for 121 yards to

lead Mississippi Valley S

Following a third MV

the third quarter, Jen

a 12-yard touchdown

Wenzig added two eld g

State led 34-9 after t hre

Jenkins completed 19

188 yards with three t

rushed for a fourth as

won its season opene

straight year.

Devin Dominguez thr

scoring pass to T.C. Mcthe scoring in the fourth

Kynjee Cotton made

one sack, while Kejuan

interception.

Alabama State travel

Michigan next Saturday

rst football game aga

ponent.

bam

Alabama State roll paMississippi Valley Sta

Alabama State WR Nick Andrews (8) gained 104 yards on career-highs 10 receptions and t hree touchdowns.

Jackson State StompConcordia: Therriaults pitch-and-catch touchdown to juniorwide receiver Rico Richardson, whowas selected as the W.C. GordenOffensive Player of the Game, wasthe beginning of 28-unansweredpoints en route to a 42-2 blowoutvictory over Concordia in front ofan announced crowd of 4,911 atMississippi Veterans MemorialStadium.

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FOOTBALLTHE YARD wEEK oF EPTEMBER 5TH

I, TThe Tennessee State

Tigers opened their 2011 football sea-

son with a resounding 33-7 win over the

Jaguars of Southern University in the

John Merritt Classic, played in front of

25,209 fans at Nashvilles LP Field.TSU rolled up 512 yards of Total Of-

fense (342 rushing, 170 passing), while

limiting Southern to 300 yards of Total

Offense (37 rushing, 263 passing). The

342 rushing is a JMC record eclipsing

TSUs 279 yards against Alabama State

in 1999. The 512 yards of Total Offense

ranks second (530 vs. Alabama State,

1999). Southerns 37 yard rushing to-

tal was the second lowest by a team in

the John Merritt Classic (13, Alabama

A&M, 2009). The Tigers rolled up a

JMC record 29 rst downs (20 rushing,

8 passing, 1 penalty) while allowing just

a record low 12 rst downs by the Jag-

uars ( 1 rushing, 9 passing, 2 penalty).

Individually, several Tigers turned in

stellar performances. Sophomore run-ning back Trabis Ward had a career

day rushing for 141 yards on 18 carries

with 1 TD. Ward racked up 157 yards

in All-Purpose yardage. Senior safety

Joe Wylie opened the TSU scoring with

a 59 yard interception for a touchdown

in the rst quarter (9:58). Senior line-

backer Rico Council led the Tigers de-

fense, recording 9 (solo) tackles, with 3

tackles for loss (17), 2 sacks (12) and 1

interception (4).

Southerns top offensive performance

game from freshman quarterback J.P.

Douglas who was inserted into the game

in the third quarter and on his rst col-

legiate pass tossed a 66 yard TD to Jor-

dan Bilbo. Douglas nished the game

completing 7-of-15 passes for 141 yardswith 1 TD and 1 interception. Starting

quarterback Dray Joseph was 9-of-18

for 122 yards and 1 interception.

On the game, Tennessee State put 13

points on the board in the rst quarter

after Wylies 59-yard interception re-

turn (9:58) and Trabis Wards 5-yard

touchdown blast (6:01) for a 13-0 lead

after a missed PAT.

In the second quarter, the Tigers

capped an 80 (12 play) drive with senior

Dante Thomas 4-yard blast (11:52)

and nally on a Travis James 11-yard

TD reception from Jeremy Perry (2:51),

pushing the score to 27-0 at halftime.

Southern put the only points on the

board in the third quarter on the Doug-las 66 yard pass (8:29) to close the score

to 27-7 after three periods.

The Tigers tacked on two eld goals

by Jamin Godfrey in the fourth quarter

as he booted FGs of 20-yards (12:05)

and 42-yards (00:53).

The win marks the end of a six-game

losing streak and gives TSU a 1-0 record

heading into next weeks match-up with

rival Jackson State in th

itage Classic in Memphi

Tigers pound Jaguarin Merritt Classic, 33

Trabis Ward has career night, eludes Southern defenders in John Merritt Classic win.

C, PIt was the rst colle-

giate coaching victory for interim head

coach Ken Lockard. It was the rst vic-

tory in the season opener for the Wolves

since 2000 (32-22 over Glenville State).

It was the rst victory over Lincoln in

ten tries as Cheyney claimed the Battle

of the Firsts 21-19.I was proud of all the guys today,

stated Lockard. We were pumped up

right from the opening whistle which

probably accounted for a bunch of pen-

alties. However, no one let it get them

down. We just kept on playing the spe-

cials really delivered as did the defense

when the game was on the line. Tyler

Wilkerson twice punted the ball inside

the Lions ten yard line in the fourth

quarter. Freshman Jewel Jones con-

verted all three PATs. Stan Banks broke

up a game tying attempt at a two point

conversion. The Cheyney defense only

surrender 8 yards rushing on the after-

noon.

Defensively Cory Brown led the way

with 8 tackles but as a team the Wolveshad 10 tackles for loss, recovered two

fumbles and grabbed two interceptions

as well as being credited with three

sacks. Offensively Marcus Jones contin-

ued his effort from his freshman season.

He carried the ball 15 times for 96 yards

including a touchdown; an impressive

6.4 yards per carry. Chris Anderson was

4-13 for 60 yards but two of the comple-

tions went for touchdowns. His counter-

part, Douglas Cook was 30-47 for 317

yards and two touchdowns.

Cheyney was the rst to strike on the

second play of the second quarter as se-

nior quarterback Chris Anderson found

Lonnell Wilson down the left sideline

and Wilson scampered all the way across

the eld to the right corner of the end-zone to give the Wolves an early 7-0 lead.

Lincoln quickly answered on the ensu-

ing possession as freshman signal caller

Douglas Cook found Anthony Wilson in

the middle of the endzone. However the

point after failed giving Cheyney a 7-6 as

the teams left the eld at halftime. Mid-

way through the third quarter Anderson

found Prince Stewart over the middle

for an 18 yard touchdown strike and af-

ter another Jewel Jones point after the

Wolves were on top 14-6 which held till

the start of the fourth quarter. In the

rst play of the quarter the Wolves de-

fense forced a fumble at the Lincoln 22

which was recovered by Isaiah Fleming.

On the Wolves rst play from scrimmage

running back Marcus Jones rushed off

right tackle 22 yards for the Wolves nal

score of the afternoon.

However, the Lions would makethings easy for the Wolves in the nal

quarter. On Lincolns next possession

Cook found Philip Juste-Jean in the en-

dzone to cut the lead to 21-13 with 12:56

remaining. Lincoln was able to hold

Cheyney to three and out on their next

possession and start a drive on their own

41 yard line with just over 11 minutes

to play. The Lions marched down to the

Cheyney 34 where they faced a third

and 10. Lincoln Coach OJ Abanishe

went into his bags of tricks and called

a wide receiver option where wide out

Ivan Mitchell found Anthony Wilson

down the left sideline wide open where

he walked in to the endzone cutting the

lead to two. However, the Lions went for

the two point conversion but Cooks pass

was broken up by Stan Banks. Cheyney

again went three and out and after a

Wilkinson of 60 yards pinned Lincolnback on their own seven yard l ine. Four

plays later Shannon Burch intercepted a

pass giving the Wolves possession on the

Lincoln 36-yard line. After a Cheyney

drive stalled the Wolves were forced to

punt and once again. This ti me Wilkin-

son pinned the Lions back on their one

yard line with four minutes to play.

Lincoln which burned all their time

outs was able to march to mid-eld be-

fore Tim Hume forced a fumble that Joe

Winn fell on with only seconds remain-

ing in the contest to secure the victory.

State Farm partially underwrote

The Battle of the Firsts and in a half-

time ceremony presented the Universiy

with a check for $ 10,000.

Next week the Wolves will hit the road

traveling to Slippery Rock for a 6:00 pm

kick-off.

cheyneywolves.com

Cheyney Earns First...

Cheyney cornerback Stan Banks broke up the game-tying two point conversion to seal the victory for the Wolves.

Thursday, September 8

Lincoln (Mo) at Washburn

Saturday, September 10Central State vs. North CaroCheyney at Slippery RockMiles at Concordia-SelmaVirginia-Lynchburg vs. EdwaLangston at TuskegeeTennessee State vs. JacksoTexas College at LamarVirginia State at West Virgin

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TWO-MINUTE WARNINGTHE YARD wEEK oF EPTEMBER 5TH

Alabama State, Claflin and A&T get new coacheMR, TXClain University

has announced the hiring of Mr. Harry

Freeman as Men and Womens Head

Cross Country, Indoor, and Outdoor

Track and Field Coach.

Coach Freeman brings to Clain

University a wealth of coaching experi-

ence said Clain Director of Athletics

Dr. Timothy J. Autry. He comes to us

after serving as assistant Cross Country

and Track and Field Coach, at Norfolk

State University. Coach Freeman also

coached in the track program at highly

respected St. Augustines College for a

combined 13 years, during two stints of

duty (1990-1996 & 1998-2005). Coach

Freeman also served as Track & Field

Assistant at North Carolina Central

University 1996-1998. We are looking

for Clain Track and Field to be com-

petitive in the SIAC.

During his active competition days

Coach Freeman earned Most Valuable

performer at the CIAA Championships

on three occasions for Cross Country

and twice as an Indoor and Outdoorcompetitor. He was a member of the

1982 NCAA Division II Cross Country

All-American Team, and in 1983 joined

the NCAA All-American Track and

Field Team. In 1984 and 1987 Freeman

was a member of the Georgetown Road

Racing Team.

I am delighted to be here at Clain

University, and appreciate the opportu-

nity to guide young peoples lives here

in Orangeburg. We have some great ath-

letes here and I look forward to work-

ing with them and making a run at the

SIAC Cross Country and Track & Field

Championships, said Freeman.

GRBORO, CNorth Carolina

A&T Director of Athletics Earl Hiltonhas announced the appointment of Joel

Sanchez to be the new head baseball

coach. Prior to joining N.C.A&T, San-

chez held the assistant baseball coach-

ing position at Daytona State College for

one season in 2011.

Coach Sanchez has what I call

championship experience, said Hil-

ton. He spent numerous years learning

what it takes to win championships on

a consistent basis. We are excited about

blending his winning knowhow with

what we believe is already an outstand-

ing baseball program.

The bulk of Sanchezs coaching suc-

cess came during his eight seasons (2001-

08) at Bethune-Cookman University,

where he served as the head assistant

under Mervyl Melendez. During his

stint at B-CU, the Wildcats earned sev-

en MEAC Championships, and earned

an automatic bid to the NCAA Regional

each time.

Sanchezs coaching experience is not

limited to college baseball. He served

as the minor league pitching coach for

the Gulf Coast League Nationals, therookie-level minor league afliate of the

Washington Nationals in 2010; and the

Vermont Lake Monsters, the short-sea-

son level-A afliate of the Nationals in

2009. He was responsible pitching staff

of each team.

As a player, Sanchez played profes-

sionally with the Ciudad Juarez of Chi-

huahua, Mexico from 1997-1999. He

was a two-year letterman at New Mexico

State University, where he earned his

bachelors degree in psychology in 1998.

Sanchez replaces Keith Shumate, who

resigned in July after 15 seasons with

the Aggies. Austin Love will remain as

an assistant for the program.

Im excited about getting to work,

and getting back on the eld, said San-chez. Weve got a good group of players

returning, and I think weve got some

new guys that will also be contributors.

Coach Shumate and coach Love have

done an outstanding job with putting to-

gether quality teams in the past, and I

think the same of this group. I know this

group is ready to compete for the MEAC

Championship right away. Its time to

implement the plan and get to work.

MOTGOMR, Anuk Christian-

sz, who has been a part of seven nation-al championship tennis teams and was

a member of the Sri Lankan Davis Cup

team, has been named head coach of the

Alabama State mens and womens ten-

nis programs, Athletic Director Stacy

Danley announced.

We are proud to welcome back an

ASU alum as well as a national champi-

onship coach to our tennis programs,

Danley said. His record of success on

the court is only matched by his record

of success of his student-athletes in the

classroom. We look forward to Anukcontinuing his outstanding record of ac-

complishments at his alma mater.

I am so excited to be a part of the

Alabama State athletic department,

said Christiansz, a former Hornet ten-

nis player from 1984-88 who graduated

in accounting. I look forward to taking

the Hornet tennis programs to national

prominence. There are amazing things

going on at ASU. I am happy to be a part

of it.

Christiansz spent eight years at Au-

burn University Montgomery and was

a part of seven national championships

during his career with the Senators.

He joined the AUM staff as an assistant

coach for both the mens and womens

programs in 2002, winning his rst na-

tional title that season as the AUM men

won the championship, while the wom-

ens program nished the season as the

national runners-up.

Christiansz took over both programs

in 2003 and started a run which saw

the men win four titles, including three

consecutive (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008).

He also won two national titles with thewomens program in 2004 and 2005.

AUM was a dual-national titlist in 2004,

as both the mens and womens teams

won titles.

Christiansz led the mens program

only from 2006-09, leading them to four

consecutive national championship ap-

pearances as they nished runners-up

in 2009. It was one of three times his

teams nished second (2002 and 2003

womens teams).

He had his programs involved in

the community as the programs were

involved in the Read Across America

Program as well as being involved with

The Metro Fitness Road Race each year

helping raise funds for the Montgomery

Food Bank.He has also been involved at both the

Arrowhead Golf and Country Club and

at Wynlakes Golf and Country Club as

the tennis professional..

Former St. Aug

Stars Help USA

Win 4x400

World Title

GU, . ORFormer Saint Au-

gustines College track stars Bershawn

Batman Jackson and Jamaal Tor-

rence were instrumental in the United

States winning the mens 4x400 relay ti-

tle Friday morning (Sept. 2) at the 2011

IAAF World Championships in Daegu,

South Korea.

Jackson, the 2005 world champion

and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in

the 400hurdles, ran the second leg for

the United States in the nals. The USA

ran 2:59.31 to hold off South Africa,

which nished second in 2:59.87. Jamai-ca, featuring former Johnson C. Smith

University standout Leford Green, was

third in 3:00.10.

Torrence competed for the United

States in the preliminaries the day be-

fore. He helped USA win its heat and

qualify for the nals in 2:58.82

Former Johnson C. Smith Track Star Leford Green helped Jamaica place t hird in the 4x400 Relay Finals at theIAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.

Xs Pieri, Jackson, Reuter sweep GCAC weekly awards: Xavier Universityof Louisianas Matt Pieri, Zahri Jackson and Taylor Reuther swept the Gulf Coast AthleticConference weekly awards for Aug. 29-Sept. 4.

Pieri and Jackson are the GCACs inaugural Runners of the Week of the 2011 crosscountry season. Reuther is the GCAC Player of the Week in womens volleyball for thesecond consecutive time.

TO ThE BOOTh:The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will embarked into a new phase othe 2011 football season as it kicks off the use of instant replay during its conference sponsored televESPN, ESPNU and ESPN Classic.

The instant replay process got underway during the MEAC/SWAC Challenge this past Sunday on ESP

GAMES ON T

September 8

Florida A&M at

Hampton

ESPNU 7:30p (Live)

September 10

South Carolina State vsBethune-Cookman

ESPNU, ESPN3 4p (L

Alcorn State at

Arkansas-Pine Bluff

SWAC TV 6p

Jackson State vs.Tennessee State

SportsSouth 6p

Morgan State at

Bowling Green

ESPN3 7p

Grambling State vs.Louisiana-Monroe

ESPN3 7p