Sunday, April 15, 2012

Defense dominates WSSU spring game

KERNERSVILLE, North Carolina -- It was part fun, part business and also competitive. That summed up Winston-Salem State's spirited spring football game Saturday in front of about 500 at Glenn High School.

The trash-talking started during warm-ups, and coach Connell Maynor directed the White team against assistant Duane Taylor and the Red. Maynor's team came out on top 19-17.

"I would give us a B," Maynor said of a game dominated by the defenses. "It was competitive, and we made some mistakes, but that's going to happen in a football game. A lot of guys hadn't played in a game before, and I'm hard on them, but I have to be if (we) want to win championships."



Starting quarterback Kameron Smith was the only healthy player who didn't see action. Grambling transfer Anthony Carrothers and redshirt sophomore DeShean Townsend led the teams in his absence, and although both struggled at times, both also had good moments.

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