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LADY BULLDOGS WHOOP TENNESSEE TECH Whiquitta Tobar (above) led the Lady Bulldogs with 17 points in Alabama A&M’s 61-35 victory at Elmore Gym Alyssa Strickland and NaDra Robertson came up big for A&M as the duo finished with 11 points Jackson State celebrates after their victory over Alabama A&M. apiece on 8-of-12 shooting. BALTIMORE—The University 11 digs, adding three aces and a of Maryland Eastern Shore won pair of assists. Vaitai also got a QB READY the Mid-Eastern Athletic Con- double-double, earning 10 kills, Alabama A&M coach Anthony ference Championship for the 11 digs, two aces and a pair of Jones said Tuesday that he expects first time ever with a five-set vic- blocks. Ibe amassed nine kills starting quarterback Deaunte tory over Florida A&M (15-25, and six blocks. Vicic set 46 as- Mason, who sprained the medial 25-17, 25-21, 18-25, 15-12) at sists, adding six blocks plus a kill the Physical Education Complex and ace. Lea’Aetoa had six kills collateral ligament in his left knee at Coppin State University. and three aces while Williams in the regular-season finale against With the win, UMES has got five kills and two blocks. Prairie View, to be ready when the earned an automatic berth into For the Rattlers, Ceccarelli Bulldogs take on Grambling in the the NCAA Tournament. The got 22 kills with seven digs and SWAC championship game on Dec. Hawks continue their winning a block. Jovanovic finished with streak with their 19th straight 19 kills, three digs and three 10. victory, improving to 24-6. Flor- blocks. Katherine Huanec had ida A&M falls to 13-13. 11 kills with three digs. After the Rattlers took the Iosia was named the tour- The Heritage Sports first point in the fifth game, a nament’s Most Outstanding The 2011 MEAC Volleyball All-Tournament Team. Radio Network is mourning service error and a Vaitai ace Performer, finishing the three the loss of its Director of gave UMES its first lead at 2-1. matches with 54 kills and leading After dropping the opening digs with 29 and 10 respectively. Communications, Lecounte FAMU took back the advatange the Hawks in that category every set 25-21, JSU rallied to take the Clairissa Moore finished with 13 Conaway. Conaway, 57, with three of the next four match. The rest of the All-Tour- next three 25-17, 25-21, 25-22. kills while, Audrey Harris had points for a 4-3 lead. The Hawks nament Team included Cecca- In the fourth set, 13 digs and Christa Rogers con- passed away in his sleep Monday earned the lead back with an Io- relli, Krysta Gardner and Janeen A&M looked to be on the way tributed 10 assists. night while on the road for sia kill and ace from Jessie Vicic Davis of Bethune-Cookman, Sh- to forcing a fifth and deciding set Edwards was named tourna- the network’s coverage of the (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada) antel Moore of North Carolina after jumping out to a 6-0 lead. ment MVP. She was joined on Florida Classic. Conaway to go up 5-4. Both sides traded Central and Krista Kraskura of But, with A&M leading 16-10, the All-Tournament team by had served as the network’s points when at 7-7 off the serv- Hampton. JSU went on an 11-3 run to take Coleman and Clark. Beckford, ing of Bowens, UMES blocked UMES will face No. 9 UCLA a 21-19 lead. The Lady Tigers Moore and Forman also made communications director for the its way to a 5-0 run, including in the first round of the NCAA never trailed again. the All-Tournament team, while past 3 1/2 years. a Bowens ace and finishing with Tournament on December 2nd Chyna Coleman led JSU with Maya Bell from Alabama State, a Vicic solo block and two com- in Los Angeles 22 kills and nine digs. Christine along with Chanda Journet and bined blocks from Vicic and Ibe —umeshawks.com Edwards and LaToya Clark both JaQuincia Williams from South- SCORES for a 12-7 lead. FAMU got to had double-doubles. Edwards ern to round out the All-Tourna- FOOTBALL within two at 12-9, where UMES westwego, la—The Jack- finished with 17 kills and 14 digs ment selections. Saturday, November 26 and the Rattlers traded points son State Lady Tigers completed while Clark had 55 assists and The Lady Tigers will head to Grambling State 36, Southern 12 up to game point 14-11. After a perfect run through the SWAC 16 digs. Donisha Dunn contrib- Lincoln, Neb. to face the second- FCS Playoffs the Rattlers scored a point, Iosia Volleyball tournament, beating uted 11 kills and Angelica Kelley ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers Old Dominion 35, Norfolk State 18 finished the match with her 25th four-time defending champion joined Daedra Carline with 14 (23-3) on Thursday. Division II Playoffs kill to end the fifth set 15-12 and Alabama A&M. It was the first digs each. —swac.org Winston-Salem State 35, California (PA) 28 secure UMES’s first ever MEAC ever volleyball Championship Karensa Beckford had a dou- Volleyball title. for JSU (29-9) who claimed the ble-double tallying 18 kills and Thursday, November 24 Alabama State 30, Tuskegee 21 Iosia ended the match with a tournament title and the auto- 10 digs. Ashley Forman also had double-double with 25 kills and matic bid to the NCAA Playoffs. double digits in both assists and THE YARD WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15TH 2 MEN’SBASKETBALL STANDINGS Standings Through: November 30, 2011 DIVISION I DIVISION II NAIA MEAC SWAC CIAA SIAC GCAC RRAC Conf All Conf All DIV All Conf All Conf All Conf All W L W L W L W L North W L W L W L W L W L W L North W L W L Norfolk State 0 0 4 1 Alabama A&M 0 0 2 2 Bowie State 0 0 3 1 Paine 3 0 3 1 Tougaloo 0 0 6 3 Texas Wesleyan 1 0 4 1 NC Central 0 0 4 3 Southern 0 0 2 4 Elizabeth City St. 0 0 3 1 Benedict 2 0 3 0 Edward Waters 0 0 4 2 Our Lady of the Lake 1 0 4 3 SC State 0 0 4 3 Prairie View 0 0 2 6 Lincoln (Pa) 0 0 4 3 LeMoyne-Owen 1 0 1 1 Xavier 0 0 4 2 LSU-Shreveport 1 0 3 3 NC A&T 0 0 4 4 UAPB 0 0 1 4 Virginia Union 0 0 4 3 Morehouse 1 0 1 2 Fisk 0 0 2 4 St. Thomas 1 0 3 3 Delaware State 0 0 3 3 Miss. Valley State 0 0 1 5 Chowan 0 0 2 4 Stillman 1 1 3 1 Philander Smith 0 0 2 5 Langston 1 0 1 6 Hampton 0 0 3 3 Texas Southern 0 0 1 5 Virginia State 0 0 1 6 Clark 1 1 1 5 SUNO 0 0 1 3 1 1 5 3 Howard 0 0 2 4 Jackson State 0 0 1 7 Claflin 1 2 1 3 Dillard 0 0 0 7 SW Assemblies 0 0 6 0 Bethune-Cookman 0 0 2 5 Alabama State 0 0 0 5 DIV All Albany State 0 0 0 1 Talladega 0 0 0 7 Paul Quinn 0 0 1 3 Savannah State 0 0 2 5 Alcorn State 0 0 0 5 South W L W L Ft. Valley State 0 0 0 1 Bacone 0 0 1 4 Coppin State 0 0 1 4 Grambling State 0 0 0 5 WSSU 0 0 4 0 Miles 0 0 0 1 Southwest 0 1 2 2 MD-Eastern Shore 0 0 1 6 Livingstone 0 0 3 0 Tuskegee 0 1 0 1 Jarvis Christian 0 1 1 2 Florida A&M 0 0 0 6 Shaw 0 0 4 1 Lane 0 2 0 4 Huston-Tillotson 0 1 0 3 Morgan State 0 0 0 7 J. C. Smith 0 0 2 2 Kentucky State 0 3 0 3 Wiley 0 2 3 3 St. Augustine’s 0 0 2 3 Fayetteville State 0 0 1 3

Six Eagles record Lions hold of Bulldogs, 74-72 double-figures as MILWAUKEE—Denzel Mooney missed just four shots from the floor and finished with NCCU win’s fifth a game-24 points to earn the Fresh Coast Classic Most Valuable Player award on Sat- straight home game urday night as the Lincoln University men’s Durham, NC—Tuesday night inside basketball team stunned NCAA Division McDougald-McLendon Gym, the Eagles of II ninth ranked and tournament defending North Carolina Central University used a champions Bowie State, 74-72, at Wisconsin complete—team effort with six student-ath- Lutheran College. letes scoring in double figures to roll past a “We came here with a purpose,” Mooney feisty Southern Wesleyan University 94-60, said. “In order to be the champion, you want earning their third straight win on the sea- to go through the champion and we did that. son. We feel like no one in the conference (CIAA) Despite going 0-for-3 from the outisde in really respects us and I hope this victory the first half, senior Landon Clement (Ra- shows that we are a team and can compete leigh, N.C.) got it going in the second half as night in and night out.” he hit three three-pointers to tie Shawn Ray Mooney was on fire in the first half with (2000-03) for sixth all-time at NCCU with 16 points, including going 4-of-4 from the 133 career three-pointers. Clement finished floor, 3-of-3 from behind the 3-point line and the night with 13 points 5-of-5 from the foul line. The senior from Current MEAC player of the week, Ray Baltimore, Md., was 7-for-12 shooting for 24 Willis, recorded his first double-double at points and was nearly perfect from the free- NCCU leading the way with 18 points and 13 throw line by going 7-of-8. rebounds. The other four student-athletes to Justin Jackson scored 13 of his 17 points in record double figures on the night included the second half, while George Jackson added Sutton, who finished with 16 points, Ingram 11 points, despite being in foul trouble for ended his first game of the season with 13 most of the second half. Derrick Washington points, Anyaorah went 4-for-5 from three- also had 11 points, including a key 3-pointer point range to finish with 12 points, and Nick with 52 seconds remaining to give Lincoln (4- BRIAN HOWARD/LINCOLN UNIVERSITY Chasten (Raleigh, N.C.) ended up with 11 3), which shot 50 percent (26-of-52) from the points including 7 points in the second frame. floor, a 72-66 lead. Denzel Mooney was named MVP of the Fresh Coast Clasic after averaging 20.5 points throughout the tournament. Sophomore point guard Chapman record- “We wanted to make sure we controlled ed double figure assists for the third straight the tempo of the game,” Lincoln head coach with 6:35 remaining in the first half. The Bulldogs kept the game close, cutting game as he racked up 11 helpers for NCCU, John Hill said. “I knew their size and depth The Lions, currently on a four-game win- the margin to two, 63-61, after a three-point that included a heady, crowd pleasing save of would be a concern for us. We had a good ning streak, responded with a 12-6 run, play by Dameatric Scott, but that was as the basketball as that ended up in the hands game plan in place and brought the right ef- capped by a pair of free throws by Kenny close as Bowie State could get. of a wide-open Clement, who buried his first fort. Bowie is where we want to be and we Sharpe to give Lincoln a 38-30 advantage Jay Gavin, Travis Hyman and Scott each three of the night, giving the home faithful are looking to build that tradition at Lin- with 2:02 left in the half. The Bulldogs (3-1) had 14 points to lead Bowie State. Darren something worth standing for in the second coln. This win was huge for the school and answered by closing out the first half on a 6-2 Clarke chipped in with 13 points as the Bull- half. Chapman has 37 assists in the last our program.” run as the Lions took a slim 40-36 lead into dogs were 24-of-50 shooting for 48 percent. three ballgames. Lincoln quickly raced out to a 6-0 lead af- the break. In the consolation game, Cheyney stormed The maroon and gray outscored Southern ter back-to-back 3-pointers by George Jack- In the second half, Lincoln never relin- back in the second half to defeat Fisk, 81-71. Wesleyan 38-6 in points off the bench. son and Mooney to begin the game. However, quished the lead and took its largest lead of  —lulions.com Chris Hooks, nccueaglepride.com Bowie State kept the game close, tying the the night, 59-50, after a Washington 3-point- contest at 26 after a dunk by Travis Hyman er with 10:53 remaining.

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Morehouse 94, Stillman 88: bounds, but Central State University out- assists as WVSU evened its record at 3-3. Junior R.J. Buck led the Aggies assault Led by Shawn Allen, four Maroon Tigers lasted the Panthers in Wilberforce, Ohio. Norfolk state 70, EKU 63: from off the bench with 16 points and five scored in double figures and Morehouse won Harris hit nine of 20 shots from the field, Kyle O’Quinn tallied 23 points, 11 rebounds, rebounds on 7-for-9 shooting. Fellow junior its first game of the season, with a 94-88 win including two-for-two from the three-point five assists and five blocked shots Sunday af- reserve Austin Witter added 12 points, seven over the . arc. ternoon at Echols Hall. rebounds and five assists, and Kam Shep- Morehouse led from start to finish and VUU’s Jamaal Blalock was the only other It was the fifth straight double-double for herd came off the bench to post 11 points snagged their first conference rivals from Panther to reach double-figures, scoring 13 O’Quinn, who scored 13 of his points in the and a block. Tuscaloosa. points in the game. second half. Pendarvis Williams added 11 UDC 82, Florida Tech 75: Senior Allen, a perfect 7-of-7 in the first half, was Central State was led by Greg Rice’s 25 points and Chris McEachin and Brandon guard Brandon Herbert (Baltimore, MD – nearly perfect for the entire game, finish- points. Wheeless chipped in with nine points apiece McDonogh School) was named Florida Tech ing 11-of-12 from the field and 3-of-4 from The loss drops Virginia Union to 3-3 on the for the Spartans (4-2), who are off to their Tournament MVP after scor- the free-throw line. His 27 points and 11 re- season while Central State is now 4-1. best start after six games since the 1995-96 ing 48 points and gathering 17 rebounds on bounds were career highs and he led all play- WV State 75, JC SMith 73: team began 5-1. the weekend. Senior guard Nigel Munson ers in both stat lines. The Yellow Jackets defeated visiting Johnson Nca&t 87 nc-greensboro 65: (Washington, DC – Dematha HS) was named Daniyal Faquir had 23 points. Mario Far- C. Smith 75-73 on a pair of Howard Douglas The Aggies bench scored 51 points in N.C. to the All-Tournament Team tallying 34 ris and Andrae Nelson had 17 each. free throws with three seconds remaining. A&T’s 87-65 win over UNC Greensboro, in points and 15 assists over two games. With Central State 88, Virginia Douglas finished with 18 points, David the annual tilt at the Greensboro Coliseum the win, the Firebirds advance to 5-1. Union 73: Virginia Union’s Damion Har- Ford 24, Dustin Jones 14, Robbie Lewis between the two Division I basketball schools ris scored 25 points and grabbed nine re- added 13 rebounds, and Delrico Lane nine in the Gate City. THE YARD WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15TH 3 WOMEN’SBASKETBALL STANDINGS Standings Through: November 29, 2011 DIVISION I DIVISION II NAIA MEAC SWAC CIAA SIAC GCAC RRAC Conf All Conf All DIV All Conf All Conf All Conf All W L W L W L W L North W L W L W L W L W L W L North W L W L Hampton 0 0 4 1 Alabama A&M 0 0 3 2 Elizabeth City St. 0 0 3 2 Benedict 2 0 3 1 Xavier 0 0 6 3 Langston 2 0 8 0 Norfolk State 0 0 4 2 Alabama State 0 0 2 2 Lincoln (Pa) 0 0 3 2 Tuskegee 1 0 4 1 Talladega 0 0 5 3 Our Lady of the Lake 1 0 4 1 NC A&T 0 0 4 2 Grambling State 0 0 2 2 Virginia State 0 0 4 4 LeMoyne-Owen 1 0 2 1 Fisk 0 0 2 3 Texas Wesleyan 1 0 4 1 Savannah State 0 0 4 2 Southern 0 0 1 2 Chowan 0 0 2 4 Paine 2 1 2 3 SUNO 0 0 2 3 LSU-Shreveport 1 0 3 2 Morgan State 0 0 2 2 Texas Southern 0 0 1 3 Virginia Union 0 0 1 3 Clark Atlanta 1 1 1 2 Edward Waters 0 0 3 5 Wiley 1 1 4 1 SC State 0 0 2 2 Miss. Valley State 0 0 1 4 Bowie State 0 0 0 3 Kentucky State 1 2 1 2 Philander Smith 0 0 2 4 St. Thomas 1 1 3 3 Coppin State 0 0 2 3 Prairie View 0 0 1 5 Claflin 1 2 1 3 Tougaloo 0 0 2 5 Bacone 0 0 3 1 Delaware State 0 0 2 4 Jackson State 0 0 0 2 DIV All Ft. Valley State 0 0 1 2 Dillard 0 0 1 4 SW Assemblies 0 0 3 3 Bethune-Cookman 0 0 1 3 Alcorn State 0 0 0 5 South W L W L Miles 0 0 0 1 Paul Quinn 0 0 1 5 Howard 0 0 1 4 UAPB 0 0 0 5 J. C. Smith 0 0 5 1 Albany State 0 0 0 3 Southwest 0 1 5 2 Florida A&M 0 0 1 5 St. Augustine’s 0 0 4 1 Stillman 0 1 1 2 Jarvis Christian 0 1 0 1 NC Central 0 0 1 6 Fayetteville State 0 0 3 1 Lane 0 2 0 3 Huston-Tillotson 0 1 0 2 MD-Eastern Shore 0 0 0 3 Shaw 0 0 1 1 Texas College 0 2 0 7 WSSU 0 0 2 4 Livingstone 0 0 1 5 Cutting, Curtis Lead Chowan in 84-57 win Lady Hornets top MURFREESBORO, nc­—The Chowan Uni- Mobile, 78-59 versity women’s basketball team erupted for Montgomery, AL—The University of 51 points in the first half and cruised to an Mobile Women’s Basketball team saw Ala- 84-57 win over visiting St. Andrews Presby- bama State use two runs to pull away and terian College on Tuesday. The Hawks never hand the Rams a 78-59 loss Tuesday night in trailed in the game and shot 45.1% from the the Dunn-Oliver Acadome. field. Chowan moves to 2-4 on the season, “This was a great win at home for us,” while the Knights fall to 0-4. stated Head Women’s Coach Freda Free- Chowan placed three players in double fig- man-Jackson. “It’s great to have two wins in ure points, led by Janelle Murphy’s 17. She a row, one on the road and especially one at drained three of the team’s six three pointers home. Mobile is a good team and they played and recorded three rebounds, two assists, hard. They didn’t give up even when they and two steals. “It was great to see Janelle were down by 18 points. I am also proud of have a great game today,” said Head Coach our senior leadership we have great senior Patrick Mashuda. “She has worked hard to leadership in Tamara Wadlington, Millicent come back from an injury last year and she Jones and Jasmine Quinn. They are the key continues to get better every day.” to this young team the things that these se- Junior T’Arra Cutting also had a break- niors are doing are helping us perform well. out game, netting 15 points on 6-8 shooting. I really appreciate them.” “I was very happy for T’Arra to get double Mobile (2-6) scored the first four points digits tonight,” added Mashuda. “ She also of the contest, but Alabama State (2-2) got has worked hard to come back from a bad back-to-back buckets from Danielle Gaza- injury last year, but she kept believing in way to advance over the Rams 5-4 with 18:08 herself and in this program.” remaining in the half. The Lady Hornets Pre-Season All-CIAA selection Talaya remained in front and extended the lead to Lynch scores 13 points and pulled down sev- eight when Wadlington put a bucket in ad- en rebounds. Freshman Summer Curtis had vancing the score 12-4 with 15:33 to go. a monster game on the defensive side of the Alabama State held on to its lead through ball, grabbing a team and career high 13 re- the start of the second half, but Mobile did bounds. She also blocked six shots, just one not allow itself to fall behind to long by pull- shy of the Chowan single-game record. Said ing within two 47-45 at the 10:20 mark. The Mashuda, “Summer works hard every day basket ended a drought for Alabama State at Freshman Summer Curtis had 5 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks in Chowan’s 84-57 victory over St. Andrews. in practice and does exactly what you ask of the 6:47 mark from a Millicent Jones layup. her. The one thing you can’t teach is being A Lynch jumper with 2:34 remaining in The Knights forced six Chowan turnovers The Lady Hornets regained its 12 point lead 6’3”, and she has a tremendous upside. She the half gave the Hawks a 49-25 advantage. and held Chowan to just 2-9 shooting during 62-50 with 5:23 remaining in the half. ASU did a nice job being aggressive going to those That capped an 18-4 run over the previous that span. went on its last surge of the night to defeat 13 rebounds and positioned herself well, not five and a half minutes. Chowan went into Chowan dominated the paint, out-scor- the Rams 78-59. fouling on her blocked shots.” halftime with a commanding 51-28 lead. ing St. Andrews 44-22 inside the key. The Paige led all scorers with 15 points, and Chowan raced out to an early 13-5 lead on The Hawks’ offense did not slow down in Hawks also scored 33 points off 20 St. An- was one of three Lady Hornets with double- two Cutting free throws. St. Andrews kept it the second half, as they opened on a 19-5 run drews turnovers. The Knights shot just digit figures. Both Jones and Gazaway led close, though, and trailed by just eight with in the first five minutes of play to take a 38 16-67 (23.9%) from the floor, and were led on the boards with nine rebounds apiece. 11:46 on the clock. The Hawks then went point lead. Chowan maintained a big lead by Benee Norton who scored 16 points and Jones finished with 13 points and on the re- on a 10-2 run to open up a 31-15 lead with throughout the half, but the Knights did not grabbed nine rebounds. turn of Quentori Alford she handed out 11 to 9:31 to play in the first half. Chowan shot stop competing. Late in the game, they went  —David Hodge assist in the wins. 4-5 from the floor during that stretch. on a 13-4 run, keyed mostly by their defense. bamastatesports.com

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Xavier 55, Carey 38: Senior cen- FAMU got well-rounded scoring from a trio bounds and four blocks for SSU (4-2) while Coppin State (2-3) finished with a season- ter Keldra Hall scored 15 of her 17 points in of other players in double figures. Kimber- Jasmine Kirkland chipped in 11 points. high 26 assists led by Dawnnae Roberts who the second half Tuesday to lead NAIA No. ly Sparkman and Antonia Bennett poured Coppin State 94, Cheyney had six. 16 Xavier University of Louisiana to a 55-38 in 15 points each, while Tameka McKelton 39: Crystal Whittington led five players in Norfolk State 76, Virginia women’s basketball victory against William chipped in 13 points. Bennett would also double figures with 15 points and Coppin Union 58: Senior Whitney Long led the Carey. grab nine rebounds. State used its best shooting night of the sea- Spartans with 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting, The Gold Nuggets (6-3) won their second The Lady Rattlers shot 41.8 percent from son to rout Cheyney on Monday. while junior Marian Brooks and freshman in a row and snapped the four-game win the field, including 37.5 percent from three- The Eagles shot a blistering 54.3 percent Ebony Brown also scored in double figures streak of the Lady Crusaders (4-4). point range. They shot 78.9 percent from the from the floor, including 64.9 percent shoot- with 13 and 10 points, respectively. As an Hall scored all her second-half points in free throw line and grabbed 52 rebounds as ing in the first half, in posting their largest offense, NSU hit 47.5 percent for the game the final 14 minutes, including consecutive a team (24 off./28 def.). ever margin of victory in the Physical Edu- while holding Virginia Union to a 31.6 per- 3-point plays which gave Xavier a 47-27 lead savannah State 66, Jack- cation Complex. cent clip despite the Panthers attempting 15 with 4:20 remaining. For the game Hall was sonville 64, OT: Ezinne Kalu scored Whittington was 7-of-12 from the floor and more shots on the night, including 20 more 7-of-8 from the floor and 3-of-3 from the line 27 points and dished out seven assists to lead also added seven rebounds. Kyra Coleman, 3-point attempts. in 15 minutes. Xavier is 5-0 this season when Savannah State to a 67-64 overtime victory Larrisa Carter and Jaleah Holsey each had Junior Batavia Owens chipped in with sev- Hall scores in double figures. over Jacksonville in Tiger Arena. 12 points for Coppin State, while Jeanine en points and 10 rebounds for NSU, which FAMU 77, so. Mississippi 66: The Dolphins (0-6) led 30-28 at the half Manley added 10 points. held a 51-42 advantage on the boards. Soph- The Rattlers were led by a strong perfor- but increased their advantage to six early in Leola Spotwood led the Eagles with 11 re- omore Rachel Gordon added nine points and mance from Qiana Donald, who carded a the second period. bounds and she also added eight points and eight boards, while sophomore Rae Corbo double-double of 20 points and 17 rebounds. Alisha Nelson added 14 points, 15 re- two assists. added seven points with four assists. THE YARD WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15TH 4 COLLEGEFOOTBALL Heinicke, Monarchs Down Norfolk State 35-18 in FCS Playoffs Norfolk, Va—Freshman quarterback Taylor Heinicke threw for 269 yards and five to lift host Old Dominion to a 35- 18 win over Norfolk State in the first round of the Division I Football Championship on Saturday afternoon at Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium. The first-ever meeting between the two Norfolk schools separated by less than five miles started off with the teams trading of- fensive fireworks. But the No. 19 Spartans (9-3), making their first-ever appearance in the Division I playoffs, couldn’t overcome their 18 penalties and Heinicke’s big day. As a result, the 10th-ranked Monarchs (10-2) advance to the second round to meet third- seeded Georgia Southern next Saturday. The Spartans outgained ODU 406-385. Walley passed for a career-high 363 yards and completed 28-of-43 passes with two touchdowns and two . Hair- ston and Reggie Garrett had seven and six Kenneth Byrd/WSSU Photography catches, respectively, and both had 63 yards receiving. Winston-Salem State running back Nicholas Cooper gained 118 yards on 20 carries in the Rams 12th straight win this season. Corwin Hammond led the NSU defense with 12 total tackles. Giddens and Onyem- echi Anyaugo had eight apiece, with Giddens tallying 1.5 sacks. WSSU Advance, 35-28 Matt Michalec, nsuspartans.com Winston-Salem—The #3 ranked Win- also had three catches for 38 yards. Juhuann ston-Salem State University rode the back Butler had two catches for 55 yards and Ce- QUATERFINALS SPARTAN HIGHLIGHTS of running back Nicholas Cooper’s 118 dric Hickman had two catches for 12 yards New Haven at Winston-Salem State yards and three touchdowns, and Kameron and a score. December 3, 12p • NSU ends the season with nine wins, Smith passed for 267 yards and two scores, Defensively, Alton Keaton finished with Bowman-Grey Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC most in its Division I era (since 1997) and as the Rams defeated #17 California Univer- eight tackles, one tackle for a loss and one second-most in school history behind the sity (Pa.), 35-28 in the second round of the blocked kick, while Carlos Fields had eight 1984 team that finished 10-2. NCAA Division II Playoffs. tackles as well, with one tackle for a loss and PLAYER TO WATCH • Walley ended the 2011 season with 2,672 Winston-Salem State moves to 12-0 on the one pass break up. Khendra Reid had seven passing yards, third-most in school history year, while the Vulcans end their season at tackles; Donnie Owens had five tackles, one behind Aaron Sparrow’s 1995 (3,434) and 10-3 overall. The Rams are the #1 seed in Su- sack, two tackles for loss and a pass deflec- 1994 (3,212) seasons. per Region One. Cal (Pa.) came in as the #5 tion. Malcolm Rowe and Jonathan Setzer • For his career, Walley passed for 4,531 seed in the region. each had five tackles with Setzer also picking yards, second-most in school history, also be- Offensively for Winston-Salem State, off one pass. Akeem Ward also picked up a hind Sparrow 8,758. Walley surpassed third- Nicholas Cooper rushed 20 times for 118 sack for WSSU. place Robert Morris (4,263) and second-place and three scores, while Kameron Smith fin- Winston-Salem State will host second- Casey Hansen (4,277) on Saturday. ished going 20 of 33 with one seeded New Haven next Saturday, Dec. 3, • Giddens finished the season with a team- for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Jameze in the Super Region One Championship at high eight sacks, most by a Spartan player Massey the led the WSSU wide receivers with 12:00 pm (subject to change) in Bowman since defensive lineman Jamal Naji’s 12 in five catches for 65 yards, while Dominique Gray Stadium. New Haven advanced to the Ryan Osiecki, Quaterback, New Haven 2002. Fitzgerald had four catches for 50 yards. Ja- Elite 8 to face WSSU by defeating Kutztown, Osiecki threw for 433 yards on 23-of-31 passing mal Williams finished with three cacthes for 44-37 with five touchdowns in New Haven’s win over 39 yards and a score, and Tehvyn Brantley wssurams.com Kutztown, 44-37. MEAC names All-Conference Team, Players of the Year PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2011 all-MEAC FIRST TEAM 2011 all-CIAA SECOND TEAM OFFENSE OFFENSE Player Class School Player Class School Chris Walley, QB SR Norfolk State Greg McGhee, QB FR Howard Mike Mayhew, RB SR North Carolina A&T Travis Davidson, RB JR South Carolina State Isidore Jackson, RB SO Bethune-Cookman Asheton Jordan, RB JR Morgan State Xavier Boyce, WR JR Morgan State Kevin Elliott, WR SR Norfolk State Willie Carter, WR SR Howard Wallace Miles, WR SR North Carolina A&T Lamont Bryant, TE SR Norfolk State Joe Hawkins, TE JR Florida A&M Kendall Noble, OL SR Norfolk State Alex Harper, OL SO North Carolina A&T Co-Player of the Year, Mike Mayhew Co-Player of the Year, Chris Walley Steven Robinson, OL SR Florida A&M Terrance Hackney, OL SO Bethune-Cookman Corey Gwinner, OL SR Howard Lawrence Brewer, OL SR Morgan State Blake Matthews, OL SR Norfolk State Branden Curry, OL SR Florida A&M Shelly Anthony, C SO Florida A&M Natiel Curry, C SR Bethune-Cookman Ryan Estep, K SR Norfolk State Trevor Scott, K SR Florida A&M

DEFENSE DEFENSE Player Class School Player Class School Ryan Davis, DL SR Bethune-Cookman Joey Christine, DL SR Norfolk State Sackie Kerkulah, DL SR Howard Corey Berry, DL SR Howard Defensive Player of the Year, Ryan Davis Offensive Lineman of the Year, Blake Matthews Josh Turner, DL SR Norfolk State Ian Davidson, DL SR Hampton Pat Washington, DL SR South Carolina State Zackary Stewart, DL SR Morgan State Keith Pough, LB JR Howard Reginald Sandilands, LB SR Bethune-Cookman Corwin Hammond, LB SR Norfolk State Delbert Tyler, LB SO Hampton Donovan Richard, LB SR South Carolina State Ryan Lewis, LB SR Bethune-Cookman John Ojo, DB JR Florida A&M Jean Fanor, DB SR Bethune-Cookman Micah Pellerin, DB SR Hampton DeVonte Reynolds, DB SR Norfolk State Justin Ferrell, DB SR North Carolina A&T Christian Thompson, DB SR South Carolina State Dominique Ellis, DB SR South Carolina State Lanny Kelly, DB SR Howard Branden Holdren, P JR Florida A&M Jordan Stovall, P JR Hampton Edmond Baker, PR JR Florida A&M Geovonie Irvine, PR JR NC Central Rookie of the Year, Greg McGhee Coach of the Year, Pete Adrian THE YARD WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15TH 5 COLLEGEFOOTBALL Tigers Win , SWAC West

New Orleans—The Grambling State University Tigers Football Team demolished the Jaguars of Southern University 36-12 in the State Farm Bayou Classic; in the Mer- cedes-Benz Superdome. The win secured Grambling as the Western Division Champi- ons of the Southwestern Athletic Conference and opened the highway from Grambling to Birmingham for the SWAC Championship being held on December 10th. The first quarter saw very little scoring from either team, the only scoring was a 53 yard field goal (Career long) by Zoltan Ri- azzo with 2:55 remaining. D. J. Williams hit Mario Louis with a 27 yard pass for six points; Riazzo tacked on one at 9:44 mark. Southern finally climbed on the board when J.P. Douglas found Lee Doss with a 13 yard pass with 7:53 remaining in the first half. At the half the score was 10-6. The 2nd half began with Louis snatch- ing down a 34 yard bomb from Williams at 11:20. The point after by Riazzo was good to push GSU up 17-6. SU’s Dray Joseph tossed a five yard pass to Michael Berry (6:48), bringing them to 12 points. Joseph’s threw an incomplete pass, while attempting a two point conversion. The Tigers’ Louis caught a 12 yard pass from Williams for an additional six points. Riazzo’s kick was good for one. With 10 seconds remaining in the quarter Grambling’s Antonio Leonard added two points when he sacked SU’s quarterback for -P icayune /T he T imes H inton M atthew a safety. Grambling State wide receiver Mario Louis (1) grabs a pass while Southern Virgil Williams (7) defends during the Bayou Classic. Riazzo nailed a 28 yarder at the 13:37 re- maining in the contest. Roberts rounded out Payton and Louis were each chosen as the gridiron. The 2011 Farmers Insurance FOR THE RECORD scoring for the G-Men with a 32 yard run MVPs of the Bayou Classic for their respec- SWAC Championship Game presented by (12:11). Riazzo’s extra point was good. tive teams. Toyota will take place Saturday, December 2-5 Jamie Payton from SU finished the game So, for the fourth time in the 13-year his- 10 at Birmingham’s . Kickoff is This is only Doug Williams’ second career win in with 15 tackles (10 solo and 4 assists). Cliff tory of the SWAC football championship set for 12:00 p.m and will air on ESPNU and seven attempts as a coach over Southern in the Exama completed the match with seven (4 game, Alabama A&M and Grambling will ESPN3. Bayou Classic. As a player, Doug was undefeated solo and 3 assists). meet to decide the league’s champion on (4-0) from 1974-1978. Hornets top Golden Tigers, Win —Tim Clark rushed for a On a day in which Alabama State honored career high 143 yards and one touchdown its 1991 SWAC and HBCU National Champi- in leading Alabama State to a 30-21 victory onship team, Alabama State came out swing- over Tuskegee in the 88th Turkey Day Clas- ing in the first quarter. sic. The Hornets got off to their best start of Leading 23-21 late in the fourth quarter, the season, scoring a season-high 17 first Clark’s 39-yard run into Tuskegee territory quarter points. A Bobby Wenzig 29-yard set up his game-clinching one-yard scoring field goal ended a 14-play, 82-yard drive that run with 1:20 remaining. gave the Hornets a 3-0 lead with 7:47 to play “I played to the best of my ability, for the in the opening quarter. coaches, for the team and the rest of the WR Nick Andrews’ nine-yard touchdown seniors,” said Clark, who also scored on a catch on the next drive was the 200th recep- 17-yard scoring pass to earn Offensive MVP tion of his career and gave the Hornets a 10-0 honors. “It’s our Super Bowl. It’s huge. We lead. wanted to go out strong and finish.” FS Kejuan Riley’s ninth interception of Alabama State (8-3) led 23-7 at halftime, the season set up Alabama State’s third score and withstood a late rally by the Golden of the opening period, a one-yard touchdown Tigers. Tuskegee (4-6) scored second-half run by Greg Jenkins to give the Hornets a touchdowns on an Adam Lucus 31-yard in- 17-0 lead. Riley added seven tackles and was terception return and DeMario Pippen 11- named Defensive MVP. yard touchdown run to cut its deficit to two After a two-yard touchdown run by Pip- points. pen got Tuskegee on the board in the second “I’m proud of our guys today,” head quarter, Alabama State extended its lead. coach said of his Hornets Devin Dominguez, filling in for Jenkins who won the Turkey Day Classic for the first time suffered a hand injury and did not return, since 2008. “We have nine seniors that have threw a 17-yard scoring pass to Clark to give been here with us and they fought hard. We the Hornets a 23-7 lead they would take to David Campbell/ASU wanted to win it for them and it’s a big win halftime. ASU’s head coach Reggie Barlow is showered after the 88th annual Turkeyday Classic football game between Alabama State for us.” University and Tuskegee Univeristy, November 24, 2011. won the game 30-21

SGC XIII: The 2011 Farmers Insurance defeated Jackson State to claim the school’s fifth has played Grambling three other times (2000, SWAC Championship Game presented by victory all-time in the SWAC championship game. 2002, and 2005) with the Tigers winning Toyota will take place Saturday, December 10 GSU is 5-1 all-time in the contest. all three championship game matchups. The at Birmingham’s Legion Field. Kickoff is set for Bulldogs also won at Grambling for the first time 12:00 p.m. Alabama A&M is the champion of the Eastern in school history, 20-14, in the fourth week of the Division for the fifth time in school history. Prior season. Grambling enters the championship on a to their last appeared in the title game in 2009, six-game winning streak. Grambling’s last a loss to Prairie View A&M, and their only title This year’s contest will be televised live on appearance was in 2008, when the Tigers win in 2006 over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. A&M ESPNU. THE YARD WEEK OF NOVEMBER 29TH 6

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Football Ten HBCU players and coaches are in- cluded in the group of finalists announced Tuesday for the Walter Payton, Buck Bu- chanon, Eddie Robinson and Jerry Rice Awards which honors the best in the Football Championship Subdivision. QB Casey Therriault of Jackson State is the only finalists from an HBCU for the Walter Payton Award, which honors the offensive of the year. Prairie View A&M DE Adrian Hamilton, Howard LB Keith Pough and FS KeJuan Riley of Alabama State are three of the finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, which honors the defensive of the year. MEAC Champion Norfolk State head coach Pete Adrian, Anthony Jones of Ala- bama A&M and Gary Harrell of Howard are three of the finalists for the Eddie Robinson Award, which honors the coach of the year Howard QB Greg McGhee, Tennessee State QB Michael German and N.C. A&T LB D’Vonte Grant are three of the finalists for the Steve Cannon/AP inaugural Jerry Rice Award, which honors the freshman of the year. Julian White, former director of Florida A&M University’s famed Marching 100 band, speaks at a news conference Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, in Tallahassee, Fla. White, who was fired by the The winners of the Payton, Buchanon, college following the death of drum major Robert Champion, said he feels he was unfairly dismissed. Police suspect hazing contributed to Champion’s death, but have not released any more Robinson and Rice Awards, presented by details. The Sports Network and sponsored by Fat- head.com, will be announced at the national awards banquet on Friday, Jan. 6 in Frisco, Drum major who died in hazing was ‘Mr. Band’ Texas - the night before the national champi- Robert Champion fell in love with music at 19 trombone players?’” White said. “And A middle school teacher recognized his tal- onship game. about age 6 when he saw a marching band at other folks. ‘Doc, do you thing you can do it ent and he was tapped to lead the school’s a parade in downtown Atlanta. So mesmer- without them?’ My comment was, it doesn’t orchestra and perform with the Southwest The new Alabama State University football ized by the festivities, he came home, took matter, I am not going to sacrifice the perfor- DeKalb High School band as an eighth grad- complex has housed the Hornets’ football out pots and pans and started banging away mance for the principle.” er. He could also sing and play keyboards. coaching staff since the end of the summer like a little drummer. Hazing has a long history in marching Chapel Hill Middle School band director and the last bit of construction has been com- His passion led him to marching bands pleted with the addition of the weight room. from middle school through college. He was However, the most important aspect of com- a drum major for the famed Marching 100 pleting the building was done today as the band of Florida A&M University, a group complex will now be officially known as the that has performed at Super Bowls, the Markham, Jr. Football Complex. Grammys and presidential inaugurations. Markham, along with several family mem- The prestige brought along a “culture of haz- bers, former players and former members of ing” and a secret world that played a role in the coaching staff were on hand today to wit- Champion’s death, his family said Monday. ness the dedication. Markham coached the “It needs to stop. The whole purpose is to Hornets from 1987-1997 and led the Hornets put this out there and let people know there to a 68-39-5 record during his 11 years at has to be a change,” Champion’s mother, the helm of the program. His 68 wins are the Pam, said at a news conference. most wins by any coach in the history of ASU On Nov. 19, after the school’s football football. team lost an away game to rival Bethune- “I wouldn’t be around here if it weren’t Cookman, Champion collapsed on a bus for great players, great coaches and a great parked outside an Orlando, Fla., hotel. The administration,” Markham said. “I am 26-year-old junior had been vomiting and proud to succeed to some degree with what David Goldman/AP complained he couldn’t breathe shortly be- we had. We adopted the motto we were going fore he became unconscious. Robert Champion Sr. (Left) and his wife, Pam wait to lead a procession into the funeral service for their son, Florida A&M to worry about what we have and not worry When authorities arrived about 9:45 University band member Robert Champion on Nov. 30, 2011 in Decatur, Ga. about what we did not have.” p.m., Champion was unresponsive. He died Among the former players that spoke at at a nearby hospital. bands, particularly at historically black col- Natalie Brown said she’ll never forget his the dedication was former ASU and NFL Authorities have not released any more leges, where a spot in the band is coveted for outgoing personality and phenomenal musi- star Eddie Robinson, who was a member of details, except to say hazing played a role. its tradition and prominence. Band perfor- cianship. the 1991 SWAC and Black College National An attorney representing Champion’s family mances are sometimes revered as much as “He was always smiling. He never gave me Championship Team and Current head also refused to talk specifics. the school’s sports teams. a hard time,” she said. “If class was about to coach Reggie Barlow was also able to play “We are confident from what we’ve learned FAMU has been at the center of some of start, he’d get everyone quiet and start the for Coach Markham before embarking on that hazing was a part of his death. We’ve the worst cases. In 2001, former FAMU band warm-up process. He had the drum major an NFL career and then coming home to lead got to expose this culture and eradicate it,” member Marcus Parker suffered kidney mentality way back then.” the Hornets. Christopher Chestnut said. “There’s a pat- damage because of a beating with a paddle. He was so enthusiastic about performing “This is really a special day,” Barlow tern and practice of covering up this cul- Three years earlier, Ivery Luckey, a clari- that his mother would call him “Mr. Band.” said. “Coach Markham recruited me to Ala- ture.” net player, said he was paddled around 300 At times he struggled with his schoolwork bama State,” Barlow continued. “Alabama Since Champion’s death, the school has times and had to go to the hospital. and he didn’t immediately go to Florida State was the only school that offered me a shuttered the marching band and the rest of Champion’s parents said their son never A&M after high school. But he eventually scholar...I am really proud Coach Markham the music department’s performances. The spoke of hazing. Robert Champion Sr. said enrolled, balancing a job with school and believed in me and allowed me to come over longtime band director, Julian White, was he talked to his son just a few days before his his band commitments. In late 2010, he was here and take off with my career.” fired. death and everything was fine. named drum major. Markham coached the 1991 ASU team The college also announced an indepen- “I wanted to believe stuff like that wouldn’t “His experience in the band was, in his which was arguably the best season in the dent review led by a former state attorney happen,” he said. “I would ask my son ques- words, great. Robert was happy,” his mother history of the program. That year the Hor- general and an ex-local police chief in Tal- tions. ‘Is there anything you need to tell me? said. “He loved the band and everything that nets finished the season with an 11-0-1 re- lahassee, where the historically black college Let me know.’ He told me, ‘Dad everything is went with it. He loved performing. That was cord, with the lone tie being a 14-14 finish is based. going OK. I’m working, trying to go to school his life. You couldn’t take him out of it.” against Texas Southern. The Hornets fin- White, who believes he was unfairly dis- and practice.’” The family’s attorney said they hoped a ished the regular season as the Southwestern missed, said Monday he had suspended 26 As a child, Champion would use a broom lawsuit would lead to changes at the school Athletic Conference Champions and ended band members for hazing two weeks before handle to mimic a band director’s baton. At and prod other hazing victims to come for- the season with a win over North Carolina Champion died. He took heat for the deci- one point, he designed his own drum major ward. A&T in the Alamo . At the end sion, particularly from the parents of band uniform, his mother said. “We want to eradicate a culture of hazing of the year, ASU was named the Black Col- members, and said the punishments were “You put him on a field in a performance so this doesn’t happen again,” said Chest- lege National Champions. That magical sea- like suspending star football players. and he would give you a show,” she said. nut. “Hazing is a culture of, ‘Don’t ask, son was the centerpiece of a streak in which “And so the band members were appre- His first instrument was the clarinet, don’t tell.’ The family’s message today is: Alabama State went undefeated in 20 con- hensive. ‘Doc, you think we can go without which he learned to play in the fifth grade. ‘Please tell.’” secutive games, 19 of them victories.